Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections

Three Essays about SY Agnon and his Works

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1. S.Y. Agnon, by A.M. Lifschitz, Jerusalem. Berlin, 1926. Essay about Agnon and his works, by Elazar Meir Lifschitz. Printed on heavy paper with wide margins, in two hundred copies. Written on the colophon: "This essay was first published in HaShilo'ach, volume 25, booklets 3-4, Jerusalem,1926. The author added, and commented, and published a second edition in two hundred copies Moshe ben Shimshon Marx in Berlin for the Bar Mitzva of his son Yosef Avraham Marx…". [1], 41, [1] pp, 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains to cover and to first leaf. Minor tears to edges.
2. The Praises of Adiel Amze, a critical study by Gabriel Moked. Tel-Aviv: "Mahadir", 1957. Debate about Adiel Amze's figure, the hero of the story "Ad Olam" by Agnon. Copy with author's dedication. 83, [1] pp, 17 cm. Good condition.
3. Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Reprinted from Jewish Book Annual. Published by Jewish Book Council of America, sponsored by National Jewish Welfare Board, New-York, [1968?]. A small anthology of essays about Agnon and translations of passages of his composition "Sefer Sofer VeSipur". 41 pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Hebrew Literature
Hebrew Literature