Krapp's Last Tape. Translated into Hebrew by Helit Yeshurun. Portrait of Beckett and Moshe Spitzer by Avigdor Arikha

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $150

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author

Beckett, Samuel

printer

Ben-Zvi Press

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1983

Description

ONE OF 96 NUMBERED COPIES (of an edition of 330) with an additional numbered etching of the Beckett portrait laid in

summary

The very last book designed by Moshe Spitzer (1900-82), one of the 20th century’s most outstanding and creative publishers of Hebrew books. See L. Avrin, The Art of the Hebrew Book in the Twentieth Century, in: New York Public Library Catalogue, A Sign and a Witness (1988) pp.134-6

Printed wrappers. Thin 8vo

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