Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Richard Beer-Hofmann – Four Books with Signatures and Dedications / Handwritten Postcards

Opening: $400
Unsold
1. Schlaflied für Mirjam. Berlin: S. Fischer. Undated. German. Author's dedication in blue pencil from 1919, initialed. 4 pp. Tears, creases and stains.
2. Vorspiel auf dem Theater zu König David. Vienna: Johannes-Presse, 1936. German. Numbered copy, 12/25, signed by the author. 30 pp. Numerous stains on the binding.
3. Verse. Stockholm-New York: Bermann-Fischer, 1941. German. Numbered copy, 54/100, signed by the author. 63 pp. Very good condition.
4. Aus dem Fragment Paula, Herbstmorgen in Ӧsterreich. New York: Johannespresse, 1944. German. Numbered copy, 74/120, signed by the author. 51, [4] pp. Good condition.
5-6. Two postcards handwritten by Richard Beer-Hofmann, sent to the Viennese publisher Ludwig Goldscheider, founder of the art press Phaedon. One postcard is dated 1935, the other is undated (apparently from the same period). Very good condition.
Manuscripts and Autographs, Archives, Hebrew Literature, Yiddish Literature and Avant-garde
Manuscripts and Autographs, Archives, Hebrew Literature, Yiddish Literature and Avant-garde