March II 2021 Catalogue

B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s F a i t h 2 0 2 1 64 Signed Limited Edition Of David Mamet’s Bar Mitzvah , One Of Only 395 Signed Copies 65. MAMET, David. Bar Mitzvah. El Segundo, California, 1999. Oblong folio (17-1/2 by 23 inches), original full brown leather gilt, cardboard box. $4200. Click for More Info Signed limited edition of this poignant story about a boy’s bar mitzvah, one of only 395 copies signed by Mamet and artist Donald Sultan, exquisitely illustrated with 20 hand silk-screen plates, many heightened with 22-karat gold inlays. Award-winning playwright David Mamet’s original story concerns a young boy who, on the eve of his bar mitzvah, learns about life from an old man whose antique watch reveals something of man’s relation to God. Includes 20 hand silk-screened plates (many with hand-inlayed 22-carat gold leaf) by modern artist Donald Sultan, four of which are signed by Sultan and removable (and thus suitable for framing). A fine copy.