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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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Five handwritten essays and a letter concerning donations and taxes to "Keren HaYesod", the central financial entity of the Zionist Organization, from rabbis and Zionist personalities. [Palestine, ca. early 1920s].
1. A letter handwritten and signed by Alexander Ziskind Rabinovitz (Azar), to the "Central committee of Keren HaYesod in Palestine", dated 14.7.1924, expressing his support of Keren HaYesod. [1] leaf.
2. "Keren Ora – Keren HaYesod", draft handwritten by Alexander Ziskind Rabinovitz, for a notice or a short essay encouraging donations to "Keren HaYesod", [2] leaves.
3. "To the people in Zion", draft handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Meir ("Rishon LeZion") for a notice calling to participate in the first fund raising campaign for "Keren HaYesod", dated 6.12.1924. [1] leaf.
4. Draft handwritten and signed by Ben Zion Dinur (Dinaburg) for an essay supporting "Keren HaYesod". 4 leaves.
5. Copying in handwriting of two passages from Ben Zion Dinur's notebook:
"sermon by rabbi ML in the great synagogue in Vilnius in 1899" (Hebrew); " a conversation of an old Hovev Zion after the riots in Jaffa in 1921" (Hebrew). Both assert the importance of the public treasury and taxes (the passages may have been copied for promotional purposes). 3 leaves.
6. "The participation of Jews in Keren HaYesod fundraising" (Hebrew), a draft written by hand by Rabbi Ya'akov Berman, for an essay criticizing "Keren HaYesod". 4 leaves.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Slight creases and folding marks. Tears and open tears at margins of some items (mostly small, no damage to text). Stains and small pinholes to five items.
1. A letter handwritten and signed by Alexander Ziskind Rabinovitz (Azar), to the "Central committee of Keren HaYesod in Palestine", dated 14.7.1924, expressing his support of Keren HaYesod. [1] leaf.
2. "Keren Ora – Keren HaYesod", draft handwritten by Alexander Ziskind Rabinovitz, for a notice or a short essay encouraging donations to "Keren HaYesod", [2] leaves.
3. "To the people in Zion", draft handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Meir ("Rishon LeZion") for a notice calling to participate in the first fund raising campaign for "Keren HaYesod", dated 6.12.1924. [1] leaf.
4. Draft handwritten and signed by Ben Zion Dinur (Dinaburg) for an essay supporting "Keren HaYesod". 4 leaves.
5. Copying in handwriting of two passages from Ben Zion Dinur's notebook:
"sermon by rabbi ML in the great synagogue in Vilnius in 1899" (Hebrew); " a conversation of an old Hovev Zion after the riots in Jaffa in 1921" (Hebrew). Both assert the importance of the public treasury and taxes (the passages may have been copied for promotional purposes). 3 leaves.
6. "The participation of Jews in Keren HaYesod fundraising" (Hebrew), a draft written by hand by Rabbi Ya'akov Berman, for an essay criticizing "Keren HaYesod". 4 leaves.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Slight creases and folding marks. Tears and open tears at margins of some items (mostly small, no damage to text). Stains and small pinholes to five items.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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Lifne HaSha'ar Ha'Afel, by David Vogel. Vienna: Mahar, 1923.
The only book of poetry by David Vogel which was published in his lifetime. On the title page is a handwritten dedication by the author to the author and playwright Chaim Hazaz: "To my friend C. Hazaz, David Fogel" (dated 1925)
78 pages, [1] leaf, 22.5 cm. Fair condition. Lacking front cover. Back cover is detached together with the leaf containing the table of contents. Open tears to back cover, to leaf of table of contents and to spine. Upper edges of two leaves at the end of the book (pp. 75-78) are unopened. Stains (primarily to first and last leaves.
Browned edges to title page. Creases and minor damages to margins of several leaves.
The only book of poetry by David Vogel which was published in his lifetime. On the title page is a handwritten dedication by the author to the author and playwright Chaim Hazaz: "To my friend C. Hazaz, David Fogel" (dated 1925)
78 pages, [1] leaf, 22.5 cm. Fair condition. Lacking front cover. Back cover is detached together with the leaf containing the table of contents. Open tears to back cover, to leaf of table of contents and to spine. Upper edges of two leaves at the end of the book (pp. 75-78) are unopened. Stains (primarily to first and last leaves.
Browned edges to title page. Creases and minor damages to margins of several leaves.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
Opening: $300
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All of S.Y. Agnon's stories, fifth volume – Sipur Pashut. Berlin: Shocken, 1935.
On the front free endpaper appears a long dedication, rhymed, handwritten by S.Y. Agnon: "…and I sent you two books / in an elegant binding …" (Hebrew).
279 pp, 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small worming holes to binding and to most of the leaves. Stained binding with defects and open tears to spine. Spine partly detached.
On the front free endpaper appears a long dedication, rhymed, handwritten by S.Y. Agnon: "…and I sent you two books / in an elegant binding …" (Hebrew).
279 pp, 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small worming holes to binding and to most of the leaves. Stained binding with defects and open tears to spine. Spine partly detached.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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A letter on behalf of "Va'ad HaMasdirim shel 'Mikra Upayrusho'", to the author and scholar Avraham Kahana. Hand-signed by Haim Nachman Bialik and by others. Berlin, (1924).
Letter to the author and researcher Avraham Kahana asking him to participate in writing a bible commentary, for an edition titled "Mikra Ufarusho" (the Bible and its commentary) about to be published by "Dvir-Mikra".
"… we are about to publish a bible with commentary and introductions and we ask his honor to participate in this project…this is a holy work and time has come to do it…".
A mimeographed letter. The letter is hand-signed by members of the committee of "Mikra Upayrusho": Haim Nachman Bialik, Shimon Bernfeld, and M. Soloveichik [Max Soloveichik]. Alongside the signatures appears in print the name of one more committee member – N.H. Torczyner (Naftali Hertz Torczyner / Tur-Sinai).
[1] leaf, 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Darkened and stained paper (significant foxing. Rust marks on the right margin caused by a paper clip). Horizontal folding line and slight creases. Tears at margins.
Enclosed are: "General program of 'Mikra Upayrusho'" and "Table of Contents of 'Mikra Upayrusho'" (Five mimeographed leaves).
Provenance: Collection of Ben-Zion Kahana.
Letter to the author and researcher Avraham Kahana asking him to participate in writing a bible commentary, for an edition titled "Mikra Ufarusho" (the Bible and its commentary) about to be published by "Dvir-Mikra".
"… we are about to publish a bible with commentary and introductions and we ask his honor to participate in this project…this is a holy work and time has come to do it…".
A mimeographed letter. The letter is hand-signed by members of the committee of "Mikra Upayrusho": Haim Nachman Bialik, Shimon Bernfeld, and M. Soloveichik [Max Soloveichik]. Alongside the signatures appears in print the name of one more committee member – N.H. Torczyner (Naftali Hertz Torczyner / Tur-Sinai).
[1] leaf, 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Darkened and stained paper (significant foxing. Rust marks on the right margin caused by a paper clip). Horizontal folding line and slight creases. Tears at margins.
Enclosed are: "General program of 'Mikra Upayrusho'" and "Table of Contents of 'Mikra Upayrusho'" (Five mimeographed leaves).
Provenance: Collection of Ben-Zion Kahana.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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Official letter sent by "Dvir" Company Ltd. (Publishing House) to the author and scholar Avraham Kahana. Signed by hand by Haim Nachman Bialik and by Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky. Tel-Aviv, April 29, 1930.
Letter to the author and scholar Avraham Kahana asking him to send materials for publication in the anthology "Reshumot" ("anthology for Jewish memoires, ethnography and folklore") published by "Dvir".
A mimeographed letter on official letterhead of "Dvir" ["The 'Dvir' Company Ltd. (Publishing House)"]. The letter is signed by hand by Haim Nachman Bialik and Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky, among the founders of this publishing house. Kahana's name was added in handwriting.
[1] leaf, approx. 22.5X18.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and slight creases. Some stains.
Enclosed: the envelope in which the letter was sent (official envelope of "Dvir" publishing) and a promotional leaflet for "Reshumot" anthology.
Provenance: Collection of Ben-Zion Kahana.
Letter to the author and scholar Avraham Kahana asking him to send materials for publication in the anthology "Reshumot" ("anthology for Jewish memoires, ethnography and folklore") published by "Dvir".
A mimeographed letter on official letterhead of "Dvir" ["The 'Dvir' Company Ltd. (Publishing House)"]. The letter is signed by hand by Haim Nachman Bialik and Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky, among the founders of this publishing house. Kahana's name was added in handwriting.
[1] leaf, approx. 22.5X18.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and slight creases. Some stains.
Enclosed: the envelope in which the letter was sent (official envelope of "Dvir" publishing) and a promotional leaflet for "Reshumot" anthology.
Provenance: Collection of Ben-Zion Kahana.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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Dimyonot Tzfatiim [Safed Illusions], a lyric poem handwritten by Gabriel Talphir. [Late 1920s].
Gabriel Talphir (1901-1990) was a poet, art critic, translator and publisher of the Gazit periodical of art, and he published several poems in his youth. This poem, written and vowelized in his handwriting, was not published.
28 leaves. 11X28 cm. Good condition. Light creases and a horizontal folding crease to all leaves. Stains.
Gabriel Talphir (1901-1990) was a poet, art critic, translator and publisher of the Gazit periodical of art, and he published several poems in his youth. This poem, written and vowelized in his handwriting, was not published.
28 leaves. 11X28 cm. Good condition. Light creases and a horizontal folding crease to all leaves. Stains.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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20 autograph letters and 7 postcards handwritten by the poet and author Zalman Shneur (1887-1959) and sent to his friend Dr. Boris Kounine in London, from France and Switzerland, in the years 1932-1943. Hebrew, seven letters in Yiddish.
Friendly, cordial letters concerning diverse subjects. Among other subjects, Shnuer writes about his literary work and about his journalistic work; about a trip of ten weeks in America during which he delivered speeches in 40 different cities; complaints about Davar Newspaper and its editor Berl Katzenelson; about Hebrew and Yiddish newspapers, about his family's health (mainly about his wife's medical condition), about purchase of medications and a constant delivery of Insulin and lottery cards, and more.
In a number of letters from 1938 Shneur refers to the political atmosphere in Germany at the time and the attitude towards Jews; in a letter dated November 11 he refers to Kristallnacht: "…I find no rest and no peace. … the mediaeval persecutions in Ashkenaz shook me terribly. I am sick. Sick in body and soul. There is no hope". Some of the letters consist of several pages.
Enclosed: * Calling card of Joseph Walden with a short letter from him. * Nine of the original envelopes in which the letters were sent.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Folding marks and creases. The postal stamp was removed from one postcard, and the corner of the card is torn.
Friendly, cordial letters concerning diverse subjects. Among other subjects, Shnuer writes about his literary work and about his journalistic work; about a trip of ten weeks in America during which he delivered speeches in 40 different cities; complaints about Davar Newspaper and its editor Berl Katzenelson; about Hebrew and Yiddish newspapers, about his family's health (mainly about his wife's medical condition), about purchase of medications and a constant delivery of Insulin and lottery cards, and more.
In a number of letters from 1938 Shneur refers to the political atmosphere in Germany at the time and the attitude towards Jews; in a letter dated November 11 he refers to Kristallnacht: "…I find no rest and no peace. … the mediaeval persecutions in Ashkenaz shook me terribly. I am sick. Sick in body and soul. There is no hope". Some of the letters consist of several pages.
Enclosed: * Calling card of Joseph Walden with a short letter from him. * Nine of the original envelopes in which the letters were sent.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Folding marks and creases. The postal stamp was removed from one postcard, and the corner of the card is torn.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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Sold for: $188
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Photograph of Shaul Tchernichovsky, by photographer Falu Zivlin. [Jerusalem, 1930s].
Portrait photograph of Shaul Tchernichovsky, with a dedication to the photographer: "With thanks, to Mr. F. Zivlin, the nice, diligent person and photographer, Shaul Tchernichovsky". The photograph is mounted on a cardboard plate with photographer's signature (in pen) on the margins: "Photographer F. Zivlin".
Photographer Falu Zivlin (1902-1982) was born in Russia and immigrated to Palestine in 1914. He settled with his family in Tel-Aviv and studied photography. Between 1929 and 1953 he worked in Jerusalem, in a shop on King George Street. Zivlin used natural light for his portrait photographs, unlike other photographers in Palestine at the time. Over the years he photographed for various institutes and organizations such as JNF and the "Haganah". During the Independence War his family members burnt many of his photographs for use as burning material to heat water; when he closed his studio, in 1953, thousands of his photographs and negatives were discarded.
Photograph 8.5X13 cm, attached to cardboard 19X26.5 cm. Good condition. Wear. Stains to cardboard.
Provenance: Estate of Falu Zivlin.
Portrait photograph of Shaul Tchernichovsky, with a dedication to the photographer: "With thanks, to Mr. F. Zivlin, the nice, diligent person and photographer, Shaul Tchernichovsky". The photograph is mounted on a cardboard plate with photographer's signature (in pen) on the margins: "Photographer F. Zivlin".
Photographer Falu Zivlin (1902-1982) was born in Russia and immigrated to Palestine in 1914. He settled with his family in Tel-Aviv and studied photography. Between 1929 and 1953 he worked in Jerusalem, in a shop on King George Street. Zivlin used natural light for his portrait photographs, unlike other photographers in Palestine at the time. Over the years he photographed for various institutes and organizations such as JNF and the "Haganah". During the Independence War his family members burnt many of his photographs for use as burning material to heat water; when he closed his studio, in 1953, thousands of his photographs and negatives were discarded.
Photograph 8.5X13 cm, attached to cardboard 19X26.5 cm. Good condition. Wear. Stains to cardboard.
Provenance: Estate of Falu Zivlin.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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About 60 letters from intellectuals, Hebrew authors and poets, addressed to Gabriel Talphir, to the Union of Hebrew Authors and to others. [1930s to ca. 1980s].
Among the letters: * About 35 letters to the poet and editor of the periodical "Gazit", Gabriel Talphir. Among them are autograph letters from Dvora Fogel, S. Shalom, Avigdor Hameiri, Zvi Kroll, Dov Chomsky, Reuven Wallenrod, Shimshon Meltzer, Yehoshua Bar Yosef, Ya'akov Churgin and others. * Letters from Gershom Scholem (postcards with a letter in his handwriting to chairman of the Authors Union, Israel Cohen), David Avidan (typewritten letter, hand-signed by him), A.B. Yehoshua, Amos Oz, Anda Amir-Pinkerfeld, Ya'akov Orland, Binyamin Tamuz, Nathan Yonatan, Uriel Ofek and others.
Most letter are handwritten, several are typewritten and signed by hand. Some were written on postcards.
Size and condition vary.
Among the letters: * About 35 letters to the poet and editor of the periodical "Gazit", Gabriel Talphir. Among them are autograph letters from Dvora Fogel, S. Shalom, Avigdor Hameiri, Zvi Kroll, Dov Chomsky, Reuven Wallenrod, Shimshon Meltzer, Yehoshua Bar Yosef, Ya'akov Churgin and others. * Letters from Gershom Scholem (postcards with a letter in his handwriting to chairman of the Authors Union, Israel Cohen), David Avidan (typewritten letter, hand-signed by him), A.B. Yehoshua, Amos Oz, Anda Amir-Pinkerfeld, Ya'akov Orland, Binyamin Tamuz, Nathan Yonatan, Uriel Ofek and others.
Most letter are handwritten, several are typewritten and signed by hand. Some were written on postcards.
Size and condition vary.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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Five books with dedications handwritten by the authors. Tel-Aviv, 1930s -1980s.
1. Simchat Aniyim, poems, by Nathan Alterman. Published by Mahbarot LeSifrut, Tel-Aviv, [1944]. On the front endpaper appears a dedication written by hand: "To my dear friend Ya'akov, whom I loved in the country and I shall wait for his return, Nathan, Heshvan, 1944[?]". 94, [1] pp, approx. 17 cm.
2. Yalkut LeYedidim by Yair Hurvitz. [Jerusalem?, ca. 1980]. Copy no. 7 out of a numbered edition of one hundred copies. A dedication written by hand appears on the title page: "Dear Moshe, Yalkut LeYedidim, with friendship, Yair Hurvitz, 15.9.80, Tel-Aviv". [10] leaves, 20.5 cm.
3. Yalkut LeYedidim 2 by Yair Hurvitz. Tel-Aviv, 1984. Copy no. 75 out of an edition of one hundred copies. On the title page appears a dedication written by hand: "to Dear Moshe, with friendship, Yalkut from Yair. 5.4.84, Tel-Aviv". (Hebrew). [20] leaves, 20.5 cm.
4. The praises of Adiel Amze, by Gabriel Moked. Tel-Aviv, 1957. On the front endpaper appears a dedication written by hand: "to Aviva, with friendship forged in Lautman and Meiser buildings, Gabriel, 9.11.57" (Hebrew). 83, [1] pp, approx. 16.5 cm.
5. Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense, by Moshe Feldenkrais. "Toelet" publishing house, Tel-Aviv, [1931]. On the title page appears a dedication written by hand: "to Shimon for his birthday from the Feldenkrais family, Tel-Aviv 18.4.1943". 100 pp, 24 cm.
Condition varies. Good-fair overall condition. The book Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense is in fair condition, with detached leaves and a partly detached binding.
1. Simchat Aniyim, poems, by Nathan Alterman. Published by Mahbarot LeSifrut, Tel-Aviv, [1944]. On the front endpaper appears a dedication written by hand: "To my dear friend Ya'akov, whom I loved in the country and I shall wait for his return, Nathan, Heshvan, 1944[?]". 94, [1] pp, approx. 17 cm.
2. Yalkut LeYedidim by Yair Hurvitz. [Jerusalem?, ca. 1980]. Copy no. 7 out of a numbered edition of one hundred copies. A dedication written by hand appears on the title page: "Dear Moshe, Yalkut LeYedidim, with friendship, Yair Hurvitz, 15.9.80, Tel-Aviv". [10] leaves, 20.5 cm.
3. Yalkut LeYedidim 2 by Yair Hurvitz. Tel-Aviv, 1984. Copy no. 75 out of an edition of one hundred copies. On the title page appears a dedication written by hand: "to Dear Moshe, with friendship, Yalkut from Yair. 5.4.84, Tel-Aviv". (Hebrew). [20] leaves, 20.5 cm.
4. The praises of Adiel Amze, by Gabriel Moked. Tel-Aviv, 1957. On the front endpaper appears a dedication written by hand: "to Aviva, with friendship forged in Lautman and Meiser buildings, Gabriel, 9.11.57" (Hebrew). 83, [1] pp, approx. 16.5 cm.
5. Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense, by Moshe Feldenkrais. "Toelet" publishing house, Tel-Aviv, [1931]. On the title page appears a dedication written by hand: "to Shimon for his birthday from the Feldenkrais family, Tel-Aviv 18.4.1943". 100 pp, 24 cm.
Condition varies. Good-fair overall condition. The book Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense is in fair condition, with detached leaves and a partly detached binding.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
June 5, 2018
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1. Berazim Arufei Sefatayim, Poems, by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: Arad, 1954. First edition.
66, [2] pages, 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Small tears, some open, to margins of several leaves. Pen inscription on last endpaper (in English). The front binding and first two leaves are partially detached. Worn, damaged binding. Lacking spine.
2. Or shel Pil. A series of drawings by Carmela Tal with verbal illustrations by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: HaMe'ah HaSheloshim, 1967.
Copy signed by David Avidan and Carmela Tal, from a limited edition of 500 copies. A printed note is pasted on the pastedown of the front binding: "Signed copy numbered 33/100 on May 1967, T.A.".
[9] leaves, approximately 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and defects. Stains to upper margins of first leaves, from the glue used for the attaching the note. Binding in fair condition, with tears, some open, and damages.
3. Personal Report on an LSD Trip / Impossible Poems, by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: HaMe'ah HaSheloshim, 1968. First edition.
72, 160 pages, 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor damages (primarily to corners and to margins). Stains to leaves adjacent to bindings. Binding in fair condition, rubbed and creased. Tears to spine and at the connection between the spine and the boards.
66, [2] pages, 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Small tears, some open, to margins of several leaves. Pen inscription on last endpaper (in English). The front binding and first two leaves are partially detached. Worn, damaged binding. Lacking spine.
2. Or shel Pil. A series of drawings by Carmela Tal with verbal illustrations by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: HaMe'ah HaSheloshim, 1967.
Copy signed by David Avidan and Carmela Tal, from a limited edition of 500 copies. A printed note is pasted on the pastedown of the front binding: "Signed copy numbered 33/100 on May 1967, T.A.".
[9] leaves, approximately 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and defects. Stains to upper margins of first leaves, from the glue used for the attaching the note. Binding in fair condition, with tears, some open, and damages.
3. Personal Report on an LSD Trip / Impossible Poems, by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: HaMe'ah HaSheloshim, 1968. First edition.
72, 160 pages, 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor damages (primarily to corners and to margins). Stains to leaves adjacent to bindings. Binding in fair condition, rubbed and creased. Tears to spine and at the connection between the spine and the boards.
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Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Autograph letter signed by Shoshana Damari. Sent from Philadelphia to Tel Aviv, September 1948.
Handwritten letter on an aerogram which Shoshana Damari sent to her husband, Shlomo ben Menashe-Bosmi. In the letter, she tells of interviews she gave and her surprise that people in the US were familiar with her name. She begs her husband to write to her more often. At the end of the letter, she mentions the assassination of Lord Bernadotte and of the renewal of fighting in Jerusalem.
Shoshana Damari (1923-2006), an Israeli singer, born in the city of Bashar in the Dhamar province of Yemen, earned the title of the "Queen of Hebrew Music" and was awarded the Israel Prize in 1988.
18.5X30 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks and stains. Tears. Few open tears to margins and along the folding lines (slightly affecting text).
Handwritten letter on an aerogram which Shoshana Damari sent to her husband, Shlomo ben Menashe-Bosmi. In the letter, she tells of interviews she gave and her surprise that people in the US were familiar with her name. She begs her husband to write to her more often. At the end of the letter, she mentions the assassination of Lord Bernadotte and of the renewal of fighting in Jerusalem.
Shoshana Damari (1923-2006), an Israeli singer, born in the city of Bashar in the Dhamar province of Yemen, earned the title of the "Queen of Hebrew Music" and was awarded the Israel Prize in 1988.
18.5X30 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks and stains. Tears. Few open tears to margins and along the folding lines (slightly affecting text).
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