Online Auction 010 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Max Brod – Autograph Letter to Walter Zadek / First Edition of "Reuveni Sar HaYehudim" – Munich, 1925 – Signed and Numbered Copy

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1. Autograph letter from Max Brod to Walter Zadek when the latter served as editor of Berliner Tageblatt. September 7 [ca. 1930]. German. In this letter Brod mentions encloseing a commentary to "Meine Lieder" for publication in the paper, asks Zadek to inform him when he intends to print in the paper his note about "Reubeni" ["the recently surfaced Jewish Bedouin tribe"] and mentions in addition that he has an idea for a subject for Zadek's column "People who Give Us a Hard Time".
[1] leaf, folded into two (two inscribed pages), 21X14 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, foxing, filing holes.
2. Rëubeni, Fürst der Juden, ein Renaissance-Roman, by Max Brod. Munich: Kurt Wolff, [1925]. German. First edition.
"Reuveni, Prince of the Jews", historical novel by Max Brod. Numbered copy 198/200. Signed by Brod.
[3] leaves, 523, [1] pp, 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Pencil inscriptions. Stains at margins of leaves. Binding covered with marbled paper. Leather spine and corners.
Enclosed: Portrait of Max Brod.
Art – Prints and books, German Literature and Bibliophile Books
Art – Prints and books, German Literature and Bibliophile Books