Auction 64 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jan 22, 2019 (Your local time)
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Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol – Copy with a Dedication by Chaim Nachman Bialik and Yehoshua Hone Ravnitzky to Ahad ...

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Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol – Copy with a Dedication by Chaim Nachman Bialik and Yehoshua Hone Ravnitzky to Ahad Ha'Am – 1924
Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol, grouped according to books and manuscripts, arranged, proofread and with commentary by Ch. N. Bialik and Y.H. Ravnitzky. Tel Aviv and Berlin: Dvir, 1924-1925. First and second volumes.
On the first page of the first volume is a handwritten dedication in Hebrew: "The fruit of our joint labor, in joint suffering, a gift of love to Ahad Ha'Am", beneath which are two signatures: "Ch. N. Bialik" and "Y.H. Ravnitzky". Dated 21 Adar Sheni [27.3.1924], Tel Aviv.
On the title pages of both volumes is an ownership inscription: "From the books of Ahad Ha'Am (A. Ginzburg)".
First volume: XVI, 209, 174 pp. Second volume: XII, 231, 156 pp, 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. The dedication page has tears at the margins and near the binding seam (without damage to text). Stains and minor blemishes to margins (mostly to first and last pages). Tears to margins of several pages. Restoration at the seam between endpaper and front binding and dampstains at the beginning of the second volume. Slightly damaged bindings. The front binding of the second part is bent.

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