Online Auction 026 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Tarshish Publications – Five Books and a Catalogue

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Five books published in Jerusalem by Dr. Moritz (Moshe) Spitzer's Tarshish Publishing House in Jerusalem, and a catalogue of the publisher's publications.
1. Bein Kohav Vedeshe [Between Star and Grass], by Yitshak Schönberg (Shenhar). 1941/194]. Poems for children, with woodcuts by Avigdor Renzo Luisada. Hebrew.
2. Hamahaze Haivri Harishon, Tzahut Bdihuta DeKidushin [The First Hebrew Play: A Comedy in Five Acts], by Yehuda Leone de' Sommi of Mantua. 1945/1946. Printed in 500 copies. Hebrew.
3. Mibeit Dfuso shel Menashe Ben Israel [From the Publishing House of Menasseh ben Israel], by Abraham Yaari. 1946/194]. Printed in 300 copies. Hebrew.
4. Shirim [Poems], by Avraham Ben-Yitzhak (Sonne). 5712 [1952]. Printed in 400 copies. Hebrew.
5. Tvi'a [The Claim], A Poem by T. Carmi, etchings by Tamarah Rikman. Jerusalem, 1967. Printed in 318 copies. Hebrew. Enclosed: A handwritten letter by the poet and author, T. Carmi.
6. Dr. Moshe (Moritz) Spitzer, Books ● Typography ● Design. Jerusalem: Yedid HaSefer, 1981. A catalogue of books published by the Tarshish Publishing House, in Hebrew and English.
Also enclosed: Pirkei Haim Be'arba Girsa'ot [Chapters of Life in Four Different Versions], by Hayim Nahman Bialik. Jerusalem, 1943/1944. Hebrew. Printed in 500 copies. Missing title page and portrait of Bialik. New binding.
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