Die Erzählung vom Toraschreiber ["The Tale of the Scribe"], by S.Y. Agnon. Berlin: Marx & Co., 1923. German.
A short story by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, translated to German by his friend, the lawyer Max Strauß.
The German translation of the story was published in July, 1917, in Martin Buber's Jewish monthly "Der Jude" – before the Hebrew original was ever printed (see: "S.Y. Agnon: A Biography, " Dan Laor, Schocken, 1998, p. 112; Hebrew).
Decorative initial designed by Joseph Budko.
Copy no. 93 of a limited edition of 400 copies.
40, [2] ff., 15 cm. Good condition. Some minor stains. Pencil inscriptions. Traces of a sticker on inside front cover. Faded inked stamp on one endpaper. Minor stains and abrasions to cover. Stains to spine. Inscription on spine faded.

The Book of Bereshit and the first chapters of the Book of Shemot – from a bibliophile edition of the Five Books of the Torah, published by the Soncino-Gesellschaft, [Berlin, 1931].
In 1931-1933, the Soncino Gesellschaft der Freunde des Jüdischen Buches ("Soncino Society of Friends of the Jewish Book" in Germany, published a bibliophile edition of the Five Books of the Torah. The edition was printed in 850 copies; the type and initials were designed by Marcus Behmer.
The Book of Bereshit and chapters 1-3 of the Book of Shemot were printed first, followed by the rest of the books of the Torah (Soncino-Gesellschaft intended to go on to publish the rest of the books of the Bible, yet the drastic political changes in Germany brought the project to an abrupt end).
Enclosed is a prospectus (4 pages) in German, about the present edition (1931).
The Book of Bereshit is complete; Book of Shemot – chapter 1 to chapter 3, verse 3. With general title page for the Five Books of the Torah.
[36] ff., 40 cm. Good condition. Stains to first and last pages, and to edges of some leaves. Loose gatherings. Blank card boards (stained), partially detached. Without spine.
Enclosed prospectus: [1] folded leaf (4 pages), 40 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and minor creases. Minor stains and tears.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, commonly called Ecclesiasticus, edited by Arnold Danvers Power. Chelsea (London): Ashendene Press, 1932 (indicated in the colophon). English.
Bibliophile edition of "The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, commonly called Ecclesiasticus" (also called "Wisdom of Sirach", "Ben Sira" or "the Book of Ecclesiasticus") – part of the Jewish apocrypha, attributed to Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira, apparently written in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period.
One of 328 copies printed on paper (25 additional copies were printed on vellum), in black and red. Initial letters hand-executed (in blue and green) by British calligrapher Graily Hewitt (1864-1952) and his assistants, Ida Doris Henstock and Helen Elizabeth Hinkley.
Orange limp vellum binding, with four ties (made by H. Smith and Son, Ltd.)
"Booksellers continually declare the Ashendene Ecclesiasticus to be the finest book from the private presses. These are the people who handle the books and know them better than anyone else, and there is good ground for this opinion" (Colin Franklin, The Private Presses, p. 60.)
[1] ff., 182 pp., approx. 29 cm. Good condition. Uneven edges. Abrasions and minor blemishes to cover.
Missing original slipcase.

The Song of Songs. Fine, large-format edition, with eight etchings by Ya'akov Boussidan (b. 1939). Hebrew.
Text printed on soft semi-transparent paper. Copy numbered 3/15, marked "proof" and dated "'69"; signed by Boussidan. All etchings signed by Boussidan in pencil, marked "A.P" and dated.
8 ff. + 8 etchings, approx. 46X59 cm. Good condition. Some damage to boards and slipcase.