Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Three Books by David Avidan – First Editions / Copy with his Signature
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
1. Berazim Arufei Sefatayim, Poems, by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: Arad, 1954. First edition.
66, [2] pages, 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Small tears, some open, to margins of several leaves. Pen inscription on last endpaper (in English). The front binding and first two leaves are partially detached. Worn, damaged binding. Lacking spine.
2. Or shel Pil. A series of drawings by Carmela Tal with verbal illustrations by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: HaMe'ah HaSheloshim, 1967.
Copy signed by David Avidan and Carmela Tal, from a limited edition of 500 copies. A printed note is pasted on the pastedown of the front binding: "Signed copy numbered 33/100 on May 1967, T.A.".
[9] leaves, approximately 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and defects. Stains to upper margins of first leaves, from the glue used for the attaching the note. Binding in fair condition, with tears, some open, and damages.
3. Personal Report on an LSD Trip / Impossible Poems, by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: HaMe'ah HaSheloshim, 1968. First edition.
72, 160 pages, 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor damages (primarily to corners and to margins). Stains to leaves adjacent to bindings. Binding in fair condition, rubbed and creased. Tears to spine and at the connection between the spine and the boards.
66, [2] pages, 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Small tears, some open, to margins of several leaves. Pen inscription on last endpaper (in English). The front binding and first two leaves are partially detached. Worn, damaged binding. Lacking spine.
2. Or shel Pil. A series of drawings by Carmela Tal with verbal illustrations by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: HaMe'ah HaSheloshim, 1967.
Copy signed by David Avidan and Carmela Tal, from a limited edition of 500 copies. A printed note is pasted on the pastedown of the front binding: "Signed copy numbered 33/100 on May 1967, T.A.".
[9] leaves, approximately 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and defects. Stains to upper margins of first leaves, from the glue used for the attaching the note. Binding in fair condition, with tears, some open, and damages.
3. Personal Report on an LSD Trip / Impossible Poems, by David Avidan. Tel Aviv: HaMe'ah HaSheloshim, 1968. First edition.
72, 160 pages, 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor damages (primarily to corners and to margins). Stains to leaves adjacent to bindings. Binding in fair condition, rubbed and creased. Tears to spine and at the connection between the spine and the boards.
Manuscripts, Autographs and Archives
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