Auction 41 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art

Max Brod – Books with Dedications / Letters and Books with Dedications to Theater Critic Manfred Geis

Opening: $400
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
1-2. Two letters: • typewritten letter, signed by hand, from Max Brod to Manfred Geis, Jüdische Rundschau German paper theater critic. Tel-Aviv, 7.3.1952. German. Brod mentions in his letter a dispute between the two when the playwright and satirist Sami Grunman passed away – he was a friend of both – and mentions that he will say a few words in memory of Grunman prior to the next show in "Habima" theater. • Typewritten letter from Manfred Geis to Max Brod. Tel-Aviv, 9.3.1952. German.
3-4. Two books with dedications handwritten by Brod to Manfred Geis: • Das Diesseitswunder oder Die jüdische Idee und ihre Verwirklichung [The Miracle on Earth or the Jewish Idea and its Realization]. Tel-Aviv: Joachim Goldstein, 1939. German. • Shaul Melech Israel, play of grief in five acts, by Max Brod and S. Sholem. Jerusalem: Mo'adim VeKiryat Sefer Ltd, 1944.
5. Franz Kafka Eine Biographie [Franz Kafka – Biography], by Max Brod. Frankfurt am Main-Hamburg: Fischer Bucherei, 1963. German. With a dedication handwritten by Max Brod addressed to Meir Efrath, dated (1963).
6. Pierrot, der Spassvogel, by Jules Laforgue. Frankfurt am Main: Inel, 1965. German. Dedication handwritten by Brod (Tel-Aviv, 1966).
7. Streitbares Leben [Embattled Life] by Max Brod. Munich-Berlin-Vienna: F.A. Herbig, 1968. German. With dedication from Esther Hoffe to Manfred Geis.
8-17. Ten documents from the estate of Manfred Geis: a letter from Erich Kestner (signed by him) and poems by Kestner, typewritten.
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Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives, Hebrew and Yiddish Literature, Bibliography and Research
Autographs, Manuscripts and Archives, Hebrew and Yiddish Literature, Bibliography and Research