Personal, poetic letter, handwritten and signed by Uri Zvi Greenberg, to "Ms Rivkah." Written on official stationery. Ramat Gan, "the end of Year 5720 and on the threshold of 5721 [1960]."
In the letter, Uri Zvi Greenberg writes as follows: "To my dear friend Ms Rivkah, May She Live [Long], even as we speak the year draws to its conclusion. Blessed be G-d, that we exit with body and soul [intact] into the new year. The Lord does discern our soul and its desires, its torments and its wishes, for ourselves, and for our people and our land. He has been gracious with my household, and notwithstanding all the injuries sustained by my children, they have endured. And I was ‘the hero,' who remained steadfast of body, and was able, in between all the disturbances and worries, to create compositions for publication in ‘Haaretz' and ‘Moznayim' (these have not as yet been published, and will appear after Yom Kippur). And so I bless you, my dear Rivkah, who carries in her heart so very very very much, and her heart has the strength to carry, and with a smiling face, and yet a tear of emotion does sparkle in her eye! Indeed you do not set aside that which weighs upon your heart. And yet I sense the tension in it [your heart], and in its beating, in your day and in your night. I wish you health of body and soul in anticipation of that which approaches – and [I wish you] vitality of the spirit! And may we be so fortunate as to be blessed [in this way] again in the upcoming year. And yet another aspiration: Oh to rejoice over the redemption of Jerusalem. From the bottom of my heart, peace unto you: Uri Zvi, the end of Year 5720 and on the threshold of 5721 which approaches us with good [tidings]. I enclose a letter to Malka."
We were unable to confirm the identity of "Ms Rivkah." It is quite possible that the woman in question is Rivkah Aharonson, who was well acquainted with Uri Zvi Greenberg, and who participated in a private party in his honor at the home of the publisher Alexander Mozes in March 1960, the year this letter was written. One of Rivkah Aharonson's closest friends was her housekeeper, Malka Samsonov, and this may indeed be the "Malka" mentioned at the very end of the letter.
[1] f., approx. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal fold line.

1. "Sadna DeAra, a mouthpiece, with the participation of Uri Zvi Greenberg […]" (Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Achdut Press, Adar [1925]. Linocut by Marek Szwarc on the back cover.
2. "Ezor Magen uNe'um Ben HaDam" (Hebrew), by Uri Zvi Greenberg. Jerusalem: Sadan, 1930. Linocut by Leon Finn on the front cover.
3. "BeIkvei HaShir, words of praise and research on the poetry of Uri Zvi Greenberg, published from time to time" (Hebrew). Jerusalem: HaMiloh, Tamuz 1949.
4. "Poems" (Hebrew), by Uri Zvi Greenberg, publisher not indicated. The poet's portrait by Reuben Rubin on the first leaf.
Size and condition vary. Stains and blemishes (mostly minor); single long tear to one booklet. Blemishes and wear to covers (one detached, one with long tears and open tears to spine).

36 booklets with sheet music for Hebrew songs, Yiddish songs and Jewish folk songs, and three additional booklets about Hebrew songs and music, Palestine, Europe, England and the USA, ca. early 20th century to 1940s. Hebrew, English, Russian and Yiddish.
Varied collection of booklets with sheet music for songs, most of them with illustrated covers. Including booklets published by "Yuval", Hebrew music publishers, Berlin; by "Yavneh", Jerusalem – the Agency for the Diaspora in Berlin; by "Kipnis Falks-Leader Zamlong", Warsaw; by "Zimra", Warsaw; by "Yudisher Literarisher Farlag", Lemberg; by A.Z. Idelsohn, Jerusalem; by Jos. P. Katz, New York; by Gesellschaft fur Judische Volksmusik in St.-Petersburg; by S. Alman, London; and additional publishers.
Enclosed: two issues of "Hallel", an artistic and scientific journal for poetry and singing, edited by Dr. M. Zandberg and M. S. Gshuri. Published by the Jerusalemite Institute for New Music, Jerusalem. Issues 1 and 2, 1930; a booklet "From the Songs of Palestine – Content of the Records", Tel Aviv: The "Achva" Records and Phonographs Factory, [ca. 1940].
Some booklets appear in several copies.
Size and condition vary. Notations and stamps to several booklets. Damp damage to several booklets.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.

Bay Unz Yuden, Zamelbukh far Folklor un Filalogia [Among Us Jews, Folkloric and Philological Anthology] Edited by M. Wanwild. Warsaw: Pinchas Graubard, 1923. Yiddish.
The publisher's logo was designed by the artist Wolf Ze'ev Weintraub (1893-1986). The anthology includes more than ten illustrations by Shlomo Yudovin (listed in the list of contributors to the anthology as "Yudinov"). Includes several reproductions of photographs and several musical scores.
218, [3] pp. + plates, 29.5 cm. Illustrated paper cover missing. Good overall condition. Stains. Library inked stamps. Minor worming.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.