Lot 279
Anthology of Revolutionary Poetry – Cover designed by Avraham Minchin – Berlin, 1923
Brenendiḳe Briḳn: Anṭologye fun Reṿolutsiyonerer Liriḳ in der Nayer Yidisher Dikhṭung fun Uḳraine ["Burning Bridges," Anthology of Revolutionary Poetry by Jewish Poets in the Ukraine], edited by Ezra Korman. Berlin: Yidisher liṭerarisher farlag, 1923. Yiddish. Second Edition. Design and illustrations: Avraham Minchin.
Second edition of the "Anthology of Revolutionary Poetry" (the first edition was published in Kiev in 1920).
The anthology mostly contains works by young Soviet Jewish poets (David Hofstein, Peretz Markish, Ezra Feininberg, Kadya Moldavsky, Asher Schwarzman, and others) that were written in the years of the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
The cover, title fonts, and illustrations were created by the artist Avraham Minchin (1898-1931), a Kiev-born Ukrainian-Jewish artist who moved to Paris in 1925.
The publisher's logo was designed by Yisakhar Ber Rybak.
158, [1] pp., 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, some dark. First leaves detached. Some loose leaves. Creases to edges of first leaves and cover. Tears to edges of cover and spine.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
