Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

Martin Buber – Collection of Autograph Letters / Drafts of Two Articles with His Handwritten Corrections

Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Eight autograph letters by Martin (Mordechai) Buber and articles by him, with his handwritten corrections. Sent to Ephraim Broido, editor of the literary journal Molad. Jerusalem, ca. 1949-1965. 1-2. Typescript drafts of the articles "Two Meetings" and "Religion and Ethics" (Hebrew; translated from the German by Zevi Woyslawski). Each of the drafts is hand-signed by Martin Buber at the beginning of the article, with many erasures and corrections, some by Buber and some in a different hand, presumably by Ephraim Broido (both articles were published in "Molad", the journal edited by Broido, issues no. 143 [1960] and 212 [1967]). Two Meetings: [5] ff.; Religion and Ethics: 14 ff. Approx. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Horizontal fold lines. Stains and minor creases. Closed and opens tears (mostly small). 3-10. Eight autograph letters, signed by Martin Buber . Sent to Ephraim Broido and dealing with the publishing of various articles by Buber in "Molad" and the proofreading and translation of complex concepts into Hebrew (enclosed with six of the letters are copies of response letters by Broido). 1949-1950. Eight letters, each [1] f., size varies. Good condition. Filing holes. Some stains and blemishes. One letter is stapled to the copy of the response letter. Enclosed: • Four copies of other letters by Broido to Buber, from the years 1958-1961 (including a letter of greeting for Buber's birthday and an invitation to take part in a scholarly anthology for the 10th anniversary of the State of Israel, presented to Prime Minister David Ben Gurion). • "Drei Briefe Bubers an Bergman" [Three letters by Buber to Bergman], draft of a special publication for the second anniversary of Martin Buber's passing – three letters sent by Buber to Hugo Bergman in 1918, with a foreword by Bergman (mimeographed typescript; incomplete – one letter is missing). German. Provenance: "Molad" Archives.
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