The Book of Jonah – Woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt / Sketch for the Book of Jonah – Woodcuts by Mordechay Laufer

1. The Book of Jonah, woodcuts by Jacob Stienhardt, calligraphy by Franzisca Baruch. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1953.
The Book of Jonah in Hebrew and English, accompanied by sixteen woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt. Calligraphy by Franzisca Baruch
The book is signed by Steinhardt on both title pages (the Hebrew and the English).
[40] pp, 33 cm. Good condition. Stains. Damages at margins of binding.
2. "Jonah, woodcuts and artistic calligraphy by Mordechay Laufer". Published by "Universitas", Jerusalem, [1950s?]. Original sketch for a book which was never published.
Presented are: * Sketches for two title pages in calligraphic script (Hebrew and English), accompanied by an illustration. Ink on paper. * Sketch for a page with the verse "And the Lord said to the fish, and it casted out Jonah to the dry land" (Hebrew) in calligraphic script, alongside a woodcut-like illustration. Ink on paper. * Complete draft of a book, with typewritten verses on pieces of paper mounted on leaves, accompanied by thirteen woodcuts.
3 sketch leaves: 32 cm. Complete draft of a book: [12] leaves, 35 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Creases. Tears.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Hannah Sapir.