Lot 277
"Tsushteyer" – Two Issues – Lemberg, 1929-1930 / "Basach" – Hebrew Literary Anthology – Warsaw, 1932
1-2. Tsushteyer, drey khodoshim shrift, far literatur, kunst un kultur [Charity, quarterly for literature, art and culture], edited by Dawid Königsberg. Lemberg (Lviv): Y. Friedman Press, First year, Issue 1, September 1929; Issue 2 June 1930.
Two issues of the quarterly for literature, art and culture – "Tsushteyer" (a literary anthology of Galician Yiddish writers, published in Lemberg during the years 1929-1931). Accompanied by 6 plates with illustrations by Bruno Schulz, Frederick (Fritz) Kleinman, and others (two plates in the first issue and four in the second one).
Featuring an article by Devorah Fogel about the art of Marc Chagall, with several reproductions of his works.
Issue 1: [2], 64, [2] pp. + [2] plates, 24.5 cm. Fair condition. Tears, stains and creases. Open tears to cover and spine, Issue 2: [2], 62 pp. + [4] plates, approx. 24.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Tear to title page. Spine and back cover missing.
3. Basach, Poetry Anthology. Issue 1 (no additional issues printed). Warsaw: Basach, 1932. Anthology of Hebrew poems by Yaakov Chofai, Moshe Teitelman, Malkiel Lusternik, Noah Plantowsky, Dov Chomsky, Asher Richter, Josef Czesler and Azriel HaChaimi. Cover illustration by M. Kohansky.
[18] ff., approx. 14.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor tears.
Rare. One copy only in OCLC.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
