Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

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

Six Books Inscribed to Ruth and Moshe Dayan – Inscribed by Yehonatan Geffen, Avraham Shlonsky, Yoram Kaniuk (with a Drawing) and Others

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Six books inscribed to Ruth and Moshe Dayan. Israel (one book printed in London), 1950s to early 21st century. 1. "Once Upon a Time... Stories that Anat Loves Best", by Yehonatan Geffen (Dvir, 1970. Hebrew). Inscribed by Geffen to Ruth and Moshe Dayan (inscription dated 1970). 2. "Masa'ei Hatziporim" [Bird Migrations] by Konstantin Davydov, translated to Hebrew by Avraham Shlonsky (Sifriyat Poalim, 1972). Poetic presentation inscription by Shlonsky, to Ruth Dayan. 3. "Commander of the Exodus", by Yoram Kaniuk (Daniella De-Nur, 2011. Hebrew). Inscribed by Kaniuk to Ruth Dayan. Inscription accompanied by an abstract drawing by Kaniuk. 4. "A Tale of One Family" [the Danin family] by Rivka Alper (Davar, 1955. Hebrew). Presentation inscription (dated 1955), to Ruth and Moshe Dayan, "from Tzipora and Ezrah [Danin]". 5. "Alilot Iraq" [Adventures in Iraq], by Yaakov (Yani) Avidov (Am Oved, 1959. Hebrew). Inscribed by Avidov to Ruth and Moshe Dayan (inscription dated 1959). 6. "Palestine is my Country, the Story of Musa Alami", by Geoffrey Furlonge (London: John Murray, 1969). Presentation inscription by Musa Alami, in Hebrew and in Arabic, to Ruth Dayan. Size and condition vary. Enclosed: "A Leaf in the Storm" by Lin Yutang (William Heinemann, 1942). With an unsigned presentation inscription, "to the young couple (young, relatively speaking) from the old couple. Haifa, 13th Tammuz 5703 [1943]". Provenance: Estate of Ruth Dayan.
Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan
Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan