Three books published in limited editions (with numbered copies) by Dr. Moritz (Moshe) Spitzer's Tarshish Publishing House in its early years, as part of a series titled "Defusei Tarshish" [Tarshish Printings].
1. Masa Ahavato Umoto shel Hacornet Christoph Rilke [The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke], by Rainer Maria Rilke. Translated from German into Hebrew by Yitshak Schönberg (Shenhar). Jerusalem, 1941/1942.
First book in the series titled "Defusei Tarshish." Copy No. 240 out of an edition printed in 311 copies.
Good condition. Binding partly detached.
2. Af'apei Tzvi [Eyelids of a Gazelle: One Hundred Poems of Passion by Hebrew Poets of Spain and the Lands of the Orient], compiled and edited from manuscripts and printed books by Avraham Meir Haberman. Jerusalem, 1941/1942. Hebrew.
Second book in the series titled "Defusei Tarshish." Copy No. 39 out of an edition printed in 150 copies.
Good condition. Stains. Blemishes and stains to binding. Binding with parchment spine.
3. Aley Higaion [On Reason: A Collection of Aphorisms from the Best of the French Moralists], translated (from the French) and collected by Yitshak Schönberg (Shenhar). Jerusalem, 1943/1944. Hebrew.
Third book in the series titled "Defusei Tarshish." Copy No. 2 out of an edition printed in 476 copies.
Good condition. Few stains. Blemishes to edges of binding. Binding with parchment spine.
Size and condition vary.