Der Verstoessne [“The Outcast.”]

Auction 90 | Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Lot 80

AGNON, S.J.

Der Verstoessne [“The Outcast.”]

<<First edition.>> Opening blank <<signed by the author>> and inscribed to Prof. Aron Freiman of Frankfurt. From the library of Freiman’s son-in-law, the late Rabbi Dr. Samuel Dresner. pp. (2), 121. Original patterned boards. Tall 8vo.

Berlin Juedischer Verlag: Juedischer Verlag 1923

Est: $120 - $180

PRICE REALIZED $60

A novella about the clash within traditional Jewish life between Chasidism and its opponents, and how that historic confrontation plays itself out within the heart and mind of one sensitive young man.