Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections

Stories by SY Agnon – German Editions / Bibliophilic Editions

Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
1. Und das Krumme wird gerade [VeHaya HeAkov LeMishor]. Translated to German by Max Strauss. Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1918. German. First edition in German, published six years after the publication of the Hebrew edition. Professionally restored binding.
2. Die Erzählung vom Toraschreiber [Story of the scribe]. Berlin: Marx & Co., 1923. German. Short story by S.Y. Agnon. Printed in 400 copies. Fair-good condition.
3. Das Schass Meines Grossvaters [My grandfather's Talmud]. Berlin: Soncino, 1925. German. Short story by Agnon. Printed in 550 copies. Good condition.
4. Ma'ase Rabbi Gadiel HaTinok, S.Y. Agnon. Berlin: Marx & Co.,1925. Story by S.Y. Agnon. Printed in a particularly small format, on thick paper, in a limited edition of five hundred copies, as a "gift to members of Soncino Society on the occasion of its second annual convention, Sivan 1925, from Marx & Co. printing press in Berlin". [16] pp, 11 cm. Good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Hebrew Literature
Hebrew Literature