RARE FIRST GERMAN EDITION of the novel "And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight" by Shmuel Yosef Agnon [Shai] (1888-1970), a Nobel Prize laureate writer and one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. According the author, this novella was written within four days during Agnon`s first stay in Israel, published in 1912 and was received very well by readers, critics and fellow writers. 180x120mm. VIII+162 pages [+2]. Illustrated Hardcover. Cover browning/age-stained. Cover corners and edges bumped. Cover corners worn. Spine missing. Binding slightly loose and visible between pages VIII and 1. Text block edges and several pages slightly age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first German edition of a seminal work by probably the most influential 20th-century Hebrew writer is in otherwise good condition.