Auction 026
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Dec 22, 2020
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LOT 321:
S.Y. Agnon – Three Bibliophile Editions of His Works – Berlin, 1923-1925
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S.Y. Agnon – Three Bibliophile Editions of His Works – Berlin, 1923-1925
Three works by writer S.Y. Agnon, bibliophile editions by the Soncino Society and Marx & Co. in Berlin (the publishing house directed by Moses Marx, a bibliographer and librarian, who was one of the founders of the Soncino Society and Agnon's brother-in-law).
1. Die Erzählung vom Toraschreiber [The Tale of the Scribe]. Berlin: Marx & Co., 1923. German. A short story by S.Y. Agnon. A numbered copy of an edition of 400 copies.
40, [1] pp. 15 cm. Good condition. Significant foxing.
2. Das Schass Meines Grossvaters [My Grandfathers' Talmud]. Berlin: Soncino Society, 1925. German. A short story by S.Y. Agnon. An edition of 500 copies, for the anniversary of the Marx & Co. Company.
[29] pp. 15 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Tears and blemishes to cover.
3. Ma'asseh Rabbi Gadiel HaTinok [The Story of Rabbi Gadiel the Infant], S.Y. Agnon. Berlin: Marx & Co., 1925.
A story by S.Y. Agnon. Small-format edition of 500 copies as "a gift to the members of the Soncino Society, for their first annual congress … by the Marx & Co. printing press in Berlin" (Hebrew).
[16] pp. 10.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
