Aryeh Ludwig Strauss – Collection of Books of Poetry and Prose – Signed and Inscribed by Him

Aryeh Ludwig Strauss – Collection of Books of Poetry and Prose – Signed and Inscribed by Him
Nine books of poetry and prose by Aryeh Ludwig Strauss, most signed and inscribed by him; some are copies from numbered editions. Germany (one book from Switzerland), 1920s to 1960s. German.
Including:
· Das Ufer [The Shore], poems. Berlin: Otto von Holten, 1922. Copy no. 127 from an edition of 300 copies, signed on the colophon.
· Tiberius, a play. Munich: Münchner Drucke, 1924. Inscribed.
· Das Antlitz im Gestirn. [Chemnitz]: Gesellschaft der Bücherfreunde zu Chemnitz, 1925. Copy no. 120 from an edition of 550 copies. Signed on the colophon.
· Ruf aus der Zeit [Call Out of Time]. Berlin: Lambert Schneider, 1927. Signed dedication.
· Nachtwache [Night Watch], poems. Hamburg: Der Deutsche Buch-Club, [1933]. From an edition of 1000 copies. With a signed dedication on the title page to poet Tuvya Ruebner. Signed again on the colophon.
· Heimliche Gegenwart [Secret Present], book of poems. Heidelberg: Lambert Schneider, 1952. Signed dedication to "Tuvya" [Ruebner].
· And more.
Appearing in some of the books are handwritten corrections and inscriptions (German) and in some, notes, photographs, newspaper clippings and additional paper items are inserted.
Enclosed: eight typewritten leaves with handwritten corrections, containing poems by Ludwig Strauss (some of them different than the versions published in his books); two notebook leaves with handwritten poems (German); a single leaf with a handwritten poem (Hebrew).
Aryeh Ludwig Strauss (1892-1953), writer, poet and literary scholar, born in Germany. In 1925, he married the daughter of philosopher Martin Buber, Eva, and in 1935, the couple immigrated to Palestine. In Palestine, Strauss lived the life of a pioneer (taking part in paving roads and planting forests) and at the same time, established the Department of Comparative Literature of the Hebrew University. As a teacher of the department, he generated a new generation of Hebrew poets, including Nathan Zach, T. Carmi, Yehuda Amichai, Dan Pagis, Haim Gouri and Tuvya Ruebner, who did much to publish and translate his books into Hebrew.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Tuvya Ruebner Collection.