Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

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

Varied Collection of Books – Zionism, Hebrew Literature, Education, Rare Editions – Inscribed by Poet Elisheva, Composer Abraham Zevi Idelsohn and Women's Rights Activist Anitta Miller-Cohen

Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
Including buyer's premium
Eighteen books on various subjects. Palestine, Europe and the USA, mid-19th century to 1940s. Hebrew, some German, English and other languages. Three of the books bear signatures and presentation inscriptions: VeHaya He-Akov LeMishor, by S.Y. Agnon. Illustrations by Joseph Budko. Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1919. On title page, presentation inscription to "Mr. Ussishkin", hand-signed by the Zionist women's rights activist Anitta Miller-Cohen (German). • Kos Ketana, Poems, by Elisheva (Elizaveta Ivanovna Zhirkov Bikhovski). Tel-Aviv: Tomer, 1925. Numbered copy 60/200. Title page signed: "Elisheva, Tel Aviv, 1 Cheshvan 5686 [1925]" (Hebrew). • Diwan of Hebrew and Arabic poetry of the Yemenite Jews: collected from manuscripts and edited with explanatory notes, by A. Z. Idelsohn (Abraham Zevi Idelsohn). Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, (1930). Title page inscribed by the author. Lot also includes: • Malmad HaTalmidim, by Yaakov Anatoli (Lyck, 1866). • Loh Dubim VeLoh Ya'ar, by Abraham Baer Dubsewitz (Berditchev, 1890; missing back cover). • Zionism from a Religious Perspective (Hebrew), by Yehudah Leib Don-Yahya (Vilnius, 1901). • Aramäisch-neuhebräisches Wörterbuch, Gustaf H. Dalman's Hebrew-Aramaic-German dictionary (Frankfurt am Main, 1901). • Manifesto of the Jewish Youth to the British Nation (Hebrew) by Moshe Sambation (Tel-Aviv, [1936]). • And more. Eighteen books. Size and condition vary. A detailed list will be provided upon request. Enclosed: an advertising booklet of the Mitzpah press – "Subscribe for 20 books of the finest literature" (Hebrew). 4 pp.
Prayers and Piyyutim, Poetry and Literature, Collections of Books
Prayers and Piyyutim, Poetry and Literature, Collections of Books