Auction 21 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Gottfried Benn - Interesting Dedication to the Publisher Erich Reiss

Opening: $800
Unsold
Doppelleben, Zwei Selbstdarstellungen, Gottfired Benn [double life, two self-portraits]. Wiesbaden: Limes, 1950. German.
Preceding the title-page appears a dedication handwritten by Gottfried Benn (1886-1956), a German expressionist poet, author, essayist and doctor, for the Jewish-German publisher Erich Reiss (1887-1951). In his dedication, Benn refers Reiss to page 81 in the book, where he added a handwritten note "Erich Reiss. / Wickmann / Str. 10" - old home address of Reiss in Berlin (see attached article for further details about the dedication and about the friendship between Benn and Reiss). 213, [2] pp, 20 cm. Very good condition.
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives