Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

Shai Agnon – "BiLevav Yamim" and "HaShanim HaTovot" – Early Booklets – Inscribed by Agnon to Shelomo Dov Goitein

Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Offprints of two of S.Y. Agnon's tales. Jerusalem, 1927 [and 1934]. 1. "BiLevav Yamim" ["In the Heart of the Seas"] (excerpted from "Sefer Bialik, " published by Va'ad HaYovel, 1934). Inscribed by Agnon (in upper left corner) to Shelomo Dov Goitein: "To my honorable friend, RaSha"d [acronym for R. Shelomo Dov] Goitein [letters of name faded]… S.Y. Agnon." 42 pp., approx. 27 cm. Good condition. Blemishes and tears (mostly minor) to edges. 2. "Sipur Ha-Shanim Ha-Tovot" ["Tale of the Good Years"]. Jerusalem: HaMadpis Press, 5687 [1927]. 11, [2] pp., 25 cm. Good-fair condition. Open tear to title page (not affecting print). Tears to edges. Stains. Thin paper cover, blemished and stained. This story was first published in 1927 in the Hebrew monthly "Moledet." This booklet is not listed in the NLI catalogue.
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