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Max Brod, Biographer of Franz Kafka, 2 Orig. Autographs in Collection of 9 Books, in German - Max Brod, Biographer of Franz Kafka 2 Orig. Autographs in Collection of 9 Books, in German 1. Reubeni. Fürst der Juden. Ein Renaissanceroman. Dedication of M. Brod to Otto Stern, Jewish physicist, Nobel Prize winner on title page in German, 1935 Verlag: München, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1st ed., 1. - 5. Thousand. 1925. 524 pp., half cloth hard cover, 19 x 13.5 cm. Condition: foxing stains to cover, endpapers, edges and some stains to first pages; tears to hinges of spine, spine discolored. Max Brod (Hebrew: מקס ברוד; 27 May 1884 – 20 December 1968) was a Bohemian-born Israeli author, composer, and journalist. Although he was a prolific writer in his own right, he is best remembered as the friend and biographer of writer Franz Kafka. Kafka named Brod as his literary executor, instructing Brod to burn his unpublished work upon his death. Brod refused and had Kafka's works published instead.[1] In 1939, as the Nazis occupied Prague, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, taking with him a suitcase of Kafka's papers, many of them unpublished notes, diaries, and sketches. Otto Stern (17 February 1888 – 17 August 1969) was a German-American physicist. He is the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize, with 82 nominations during the years 1925–1945.[1] In 1943, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics ”for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton” Stern was born into a Jewish family in Sohrau (now Żory) in the Province of Silesia, the German Empire's Kingdom of Prussia 2. Max Brod. Beinahe ein Vorzugsschueler oder Piece Touchee. Roman eines unauffälligen Menschen. Authograph / signature of Max Brod on title page Manesse, 1952. 165 pp., First edition, hard cloth cover, DJ, 19 x 12 cm. Condition: wear and chipping to edges of DJ, spine of DJ is missing; staining to edges. 3. Max Brod. Heidentum, Christentum, Judentum, Ein Bekenntnisbuch. 2 volumes, 1922 München, Kurt Wolff, (1922). (4.- 8. Thousand). 318, (1), 368, (1) pp. Half cloth hard covers, 19 x 13 cm. 4. Max Brod. Tycho Brahes Weg Zu Gott, Roman, 1931 Paul Zsolney Verlag, Berlin 1931., 399 pp., hard cloth cover, spine torn to hinges, foxing to edges and endpapers 5. Max Brod. Im Kampf um das Judentum R. Lowit, Wien. 1920. 131pp. Hard cover, 25 x 16 cm. cover stained, spine damaged to top, light damping near edges of pages 6. Max Brod. Sozialismus im Zionismus Wien und Berlin R. Loewit Verlag, 1920., 108 pp. soft cover 24 x 16 cm, discoloring and tear to cover 7. Max Brod. Die erste Stunde nach dem Tode. Eine Gespenstergeschichte von Max Brod mit drei Zeichnungen (Lithographien) von Ottomar Starke (32. Band der Bücherei ”Der jüngste Tag”) 32) Three lithographs drawings by Ottomar Starke Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1916., First edition, 47 pp., hard cover, 21 x 13 cm., cover stained, chipped to edges, spine damaged, minor stains internally Ottomar Starke (June 21, 1886 in Darmstadt; August 8, 1962 in Baden-Baden) was a German stage designer, graphic artist, author and translator. 8. Max Brod. Adolf Schreiber. Ein Musikerschicksal Berlin., Weltverlag.1921, 78 pp. 1st ed., Lithographed cover drawing and title page by Menachem Birnbaum, perished in Holocaust Hard cover, 20 x 13.5 cm. Some foxing to cover and endpapers, soiling to lower edges; spine is missing but biding is tight. Menachem Birnbaum, (born 1893 in Vienna, died probably 1944), was an Austrian Jewish book illustrator and portrait painter. 9. Max Brod. Die Frau nach der man sich sehnt. Roman Bln., Wien u. Lpz., Paul Zsolnay, 1927., First edition, 398 pp., half cloth hard cover, 19 x 12 cm. Foxing stains to edges and endpapers; sporadic foxing stains internally Total weight: 3350 gr