Dedication for Bar Mitzvah, Handwritten and Signed by the Gerrer Rebbe – On the Book Lev Simcha by his Father

Lev Simcha, Chassidic essays on the Torah, Book of Devarim, by the Gerrer Rebbe Simcha Bunim Alter. Jerusalem, [1922]. First printed book of the teachings of R. Simcha Bunim.
The front flyleaf bears a dedication for a bar-mitzvah, handwritten and signed by the Gerrer Rebbe: "Gift for…the dear young man Yaakov upon his becoming bar-mitzvah, by Yaakov Aryeh Alter".
R. Yaakov Aryeh Alter of Ger (Góra Kalwaria), was born in Lodz, Poland, in 1939. He was the son of R. Simcha Bunim Alter, author of Lev Simcha. In 1940, in the middle of WWII, one-year-old Yaakov Aryeh moved to Eretz Israel with his father and grandfather [author of Imrei Emet]. In 1996, after the death of his uncle author of P'nei Menachem, he began his tenure as Rebbe and for the last twenty years leads the Gerrer Chassidism, the largest Chassidic court in Israel.
88 leaves. 27 cm. Good condition. Paper stickers cover the stamp of the recipient of the book. Original binding, minor rubbing.