70 volumes belonging to the series "Bücherei des Schocken Verlag" [Library of the Schocken Publishing House]. Berlin, 1933-39. German.
The collection comprises 70 volumes – Book Nos. 1-6, 8-14, 16-47, 49-59, 61, 63-72, 75-80, 84, 85, 87, 90-92.
The Library of the Schocken Publishing House was established in the wake of the great burnings of the books at the hands of Nazis that occurred nationwide in Germany in 1933. These events were viewed as a call to action. The goal of the library's founders was to choose texts from the wellspring of Jewish literature of particular importance to Jewish readers in Nazi Germany. The books in the series focus on a broad range of topics, everything from philosophy and biblical commentary to scientific research, poetry, drama, and all forms of belle-lettres by Jewish authors. The books in the series – all uniform in their outward appearance – were designed by Moritz (Moshe) Spitzer.
70 volumes, some with double numbering, 19 cm. Condition varies. Overall good to good-fair condition. Missing volumes: 7, 48, 60, 62, 73, 74, 81-83, 86, 88, 89.

Collection of bibliophilic printed items – books, booklets and leaves – published by the Soncino Society, of Friends of the Hebrew Book in Berlin, 1925-1932.
1. Szefiroh-Melodie, Zur ersten Geburtstagsfeier der Soncino- Gesellschaft am 1. Siwan 5685 (24. Mai 1925). A long, narrow sheet with a ten-stanza poem, published for the first anniversary of the Soncino Society, May 1925.
2. A single leaf discussing a facsimile published by the Society (of a decree pertaining to Jewish commerce at the Leipzig fair, 1687), which will be sent to the members subsequent to the first annual assembly. [Berlin], 1925.
3. Das Schass Meines Grossvaters, S. J. Agnon. Berlin, 1925. German. An edition of 550 copies.
4. Von Gotts gnaden Johans Friderich… [Berlin, 1925]. Facsimile edition of a decree issued in 1543 by Johan Friedrich I pertaining to Martin Luther's arguments against the Jews.
5. Verzeichniss der auserlesenen Büchersammlung des seeligen Herrn Moses Mendelssohn. Berlin, 1926. Facsimile edition of Moses Mendelssohn's library catalog, published in 1786, with an article by Hermann Meyer. An edition of 800 copies.
6. Der Jude von Trimberg – Minnelieder, Suezkint. Berlin, 1926. Sixt poems by the medieval Jewish troubadour Susskind of Trimberg. An edition of 800 copies.
7-8. Lesebuch für jüdische Kinder [Textbook for Jewish Children], David Friedländer and Moses Mendelssohn. [Berlin], 1927. A facsimile edition of a textbook for the "Chevrat Chnich Nearim", the first modern Jewish school. Accompanied by an introductory booklet by Moritz Stern.
9. Neun Holzschnitte zu ausgewählten Versen aus dem Buche Jeschu ben Elieser ben Sirah. [Nine woodcuts for chosen passages from the book … Ben Sirah], with an introduction by Arnold Zweig. Berlin, 1929. Woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt. An edition of 800 copies, with Steinhardt's signature on the colophon.
10. Der Jüdische Spieler, Heinrich Loewe. Berlin, 1930. Numbered copy from an edition of 300 copies.
11. Die Schöpfung, Manfred Sturmann. Berlin, 1930.
12. Der Zweiundneunzigste psalm. Berlin, 1932. Psalms 92. An edition of 700 copies.
13. Frucht Vom Baum Des Lebens. Berlin-Antwerp, 1936. An index of responsa from the "Etz Chaim" rabbinical yeshiva in Amsterdam. Compiled and translated into German by Menachem Halevi Hirsch. German with a Hebrew title page. An edition of 1000 copies. Worming.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.

Schlemihl Matza Tzel [Peter Schlemihl], Yehuda Yaari; with nine woodcuts by Jacob Pins. Jerusalem: Tarshish (established by Dr. Moshe Spitzer), 5708 [1947]. Hebrew.
Adaptation of the German-language novella "Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte" (Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story) by the French-German poet Adelbert von Chamisso. Printed in a limited edition of 300 copies. With nine woodcuts by Jacob Pins.
37, [1] pp, 24 cm. Good condition. Tears to spine.