1. ["HaShavuy" (The Prisoner)], a story handwritten by S. Yizhar. [September-October 1948]. One of the most famous and important stories by S. Yizhar, published at the height of the Israeli War of Independence, tells the tale of a Palestinian shepherd imprisoned by IDF soldiers during the War of Independence, and the moral qualms of the soldier guarding him. The story was first published in the periodical "Molad", edited by Ephraim Broide. [25] leaves, 18.5 cm. First leaf missing.
2-9. Four letters handwritten by S. Yizhar, addressed to Ephraim Broide, and four letter copies from Broide to Yizhar, 1948-1949.
Including - the letter Yizhar attached to the manuscript of "The Prisoner": "Here before you is my story… I know that writing conditions in an army camp at hours that are neither day nor night made their mark both on the story's unity and form, and on the handwriting…", and Broide's first response to Yizhar: "Many thanks for 'The Prisoner'. I read it only once, and I like it very much. It is rich in mood and poignant sorrow beneath the façade of soldierly manhood… I liked it… since it takes from what we are experiencing, in body and mind, in these times - and I liked it still more since it does so not in the manner of self-praise, but with a critical attitude."
10. "HaDor HaTzair: Panav UPnimo" [The Young Generation: Its Face and Psyche"] - draft of a political-social essay by S. Yizhar, [1960]. Typewritten, with many handwritten corrections. Some of the corrections were made by Yizhar. 19 leaves. Good condition. Creases and stains, some tears.
11-15. Four letters handwritten by S. Yizhar, addressed to Ephraim Broide, and a copy of a letter from Broide, addressed to Yizhar, ca. 1957-1960. The letters concern literary matters.

A draft of a poem and two letters handwritten by poet Avraham Halfi.
1. "Domani Ki Yesh Lecha Tuki BeVeitcha" [It Seems You Have a Parrot in Your Home]. Handwritten draft of a poem, with corrections. [1958].
2-3. Two letters handwritten by Halfi. Addressed to the editor of the periodical "Molad", Ephraim Broide, and concerning proofs of the above poem.
4. Copy of letter Broide sent to Halfi in which he proposes corrections and slight changes to the poem.
Size varies. Good overall condition. Poem draft stained and creased.

21 volumes and notebooks containing the personal diaries of composer and pianist Gabriel Grad. Lithuania, Berlin and Palestine, 1919-1950. Yiddish and Hebrew, some German.
Gabriel Grad was born in Ritova (Lithuania) in 1890. In the years 1909-1914 he studied composition, piano and conducting at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. During his studies in Berlin he performed as a concert pianist and played his compositions of Jewish music. In Yekaterinoslav he founded a choir as part of the Jewish "Kultur-Lige" (Culture League). In the years 1920-1922 he was active in Kovno as founder and director of a school for Jewish and classical music; headed the institution of the "Kunst-Winkel" association for Jewish art as musical instructor and choir conductor; and served as musical director of the Jewish Association for History and Ethnography. From 1920 he was a member of the German Composers Association. In 1922-24 he was active in Berlin, where he founded the Jewish Chamber Trio with professors Alfred Wittenberg (violin) and Felix Robert Mendelssohn (cello). In late 1924 he immigrated to Palestine with his wife Rachel and his son Benhatov-Ze'ev ("Benhatov", an alliteration of "Beethoven", meaning "the good son" in Hebrew) and settled in Tel Aviv. Together with colleagues he founded the Benhatov Conservatory and continued to compose musical pieces, perform, organize concerts and teach. He composed many poems by Bialik and the anthem of Tel Aviv Port.
The diaries mention subjects touching on his musical work, on the founding of the Benhatov Conservatory and the performances of his works that he organized, on his life in Palestine and Tel Aviv, on his ardent belief in Zionism and later his passionate hatred of the Nazis, his fury at the Holocaust and his desire for revenge.
The diaries make mention, among others, of Bialik, Tchernichovsky, Boris Schatz, as well as events in the life of the Zionist yishuv and the Jewish people, such as the 1929 Arab Riots and the Arab Revolt, the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany, World War II and the Holocaust.
A number of diaries include additional materials - autobiographical texts, a libretto of works, notes of songs and short excerpts from musical works, copies of letters he had written, lists of expenditures of the conservatory opened in Tel Aviv, and more; enclosed are booklets and leaves with sheet music of his works (in print).
Good-fair condition. Wear and tears. Some worming. The diaries are not consecutive and may be missing a number of notebooks.

Two books of poetry by Devorah Fogel.
1. Akatzyas Blien, Montazhen [Acacia Blossom, Montages], Devorah Fogel. Warsaw-Lemberg: POL, 1935. Yiddish. With illustration by Henryk Streng. At the beginning of the book is a dedication in Fogel's handwriting to A. Schwartz [Lemberg, 1935]. 74 pp, [2] leaves, 22 cm. Good condition. Adhesive tape on spine. Numerous pen markings and notes.
1.Tog-Figurn - Lider [Daily Figures - Poems], Devorah Fogel. Lemberg (Lvov): "Tsushtayer", 1930. Yiddish. With four illustrations by the Jewish-Polish artist Henryk Streng. [2] leaves, II, 72, [2] pp + [4] illustration-plates, 21 cm. Good condition. Binding and endpapers slightly damaged and loose.