Holiday Gifts 2020

9 Holiday Gifts December 2020 “A Pen Of Flaming Fire On The Crown Of God” ( Commentary ) 16. SHAHN, Ben. The Alphabet of Creation. An Ancient Legend from the Zohar. New York, 1954. Tall octavo, original gilt- and red- stamped natural cloth, slipcase. $750. Click for more info Signed limited first edition of a legend from the Sefer Ha-Zohar, a foundational work of the Jewish Kabbalah, one of only 500 copies signed by Shahn (total of 550), with over 40 illustrations from original drawings including his calligraphic images of the alphabet, in original slipcase. Without very scarce glassine. Fine. First Edition Of Isaac Singer’s First Book In English 15. SINGER, I.B. The Family Moskat. Translated from the Yiddish by A.H. Gross. New York, 1950. Octavo, original burgundy and black cloth, dust jacket. $950. Click for more info First edition in English of Singer’s first book to be translated into English. Near-fine. “We Hereby Declare The Establishment Of A Jewish State In Eretz-Israel, To Be Known As The State Of Israel” 14. (ISRAEL) BEN-GURION, David. “The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel.” IN: Israel’s Provisional Government Official Bulletin No. 1. Tel Aviv, 5 Iyar 5708 [May 14, 1948]. Slim folio (8-1/4 by 13 inches), bifolio, four pages. $16,500. Click for more info First printing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence, the first issue of Iton Rishmi, dated May 14, 1948—“It is rare to register with such precision the moment when historical change is inaugurated.” Near-fine. H a n u k k a h