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RARE illustrated edition IN HEBREW of some chapters from S.Y.Agnon`s epic novel set in the Second Aliyah period - "Tmol Shilshom" (appeared in English translation under the titles "Only Yesterday" and "Those were the Days"). The illustrations are by an eminent Romanian-born French–Israeli painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and art historian Avigdor Arikha (1929-2010). 280x190mm. 96 pages. Illustrated Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on spine. Jacket yellowing, slightly dirty and age-stained. Jacket edges and corners tattered and partly missing. Cover yellowing, slightly dirty and age-stained. Cover corners bumped. Spine upper edge slightly bumped. Spine bottom edge torn/tattered. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare edition of a literary masterpiece by the greatest 20th-century Hebrew writer, with illustrations by one of the most influential post-WW2 Jewish artists, is otherwise in good condition.