Neun Holzschnitte zu ausgewählten Versen aus dem Buche Jeschu ben Elieser ben Sirah mit einer Einleitung von Arnold Zweig – Arnold Zweig (preface) / Jakob Steinhardt (illustrations) Berlin: Soncino Gesellschaft, 1929. Unpaginated [3 pages introduction, 9 leaves with text and woodcuts]. 27.5cm x 18cm. Hardcover, quarter vellum binding with gray paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine. No dust jacket. Adaptation and translation of the apocryphal book of Ben Sirah. Limited edition of 800 copies, signed by the illustrator Jakob Steinhardt in pencil on the limitation page. Illustrated with nine woodcuts by Jacob Steinhardt. Foreword by Arnold Zweig. Ninth publication of the Soncino-Society, dedicated to Dr. Siegfried Wolff. Text in Hebrew and German, Gothic script. Some rubbing, bumping, wear and soiling to the boards and spine. Pencil markings in the back pastedown endpaper. The text and illustrations are clear and crisp, and the binding is solid. Overall, a handsome copy in very good condition.