Lot 262
Collection of Illustrated Children's Books – "Negro" ["Kushim"] Figures – Israel, 1940s to 1960s
Eight illustrated children's books. Israel, 1940s to 1960s. Hebrew.
1. "HaPninah HaAnakit" [The Gigantic Pearl], by F. Spigel; translation by Avigdor Hameiri. Illustrations by Elisheva (Elizabeth) Herrmann. Tel-Aviv: Pressa, [1942]. Detached cover and leaves. 2. "Matzigim et Atzmam – Yeladim BaOlam!", by Ze'ev Rosovsky; illustrations by Chanan Fischer. Tel-Aviv: Fischer, [1945]. 3. "HaKaton Soneh Sabon, after Fedorchenko / Mah Zeh Tov UMah Zeh Rah, after Mikovsky / Buki – Tuki, after Marshak". Adapted by Yehuda Elro'i; illustrations by Moshe Matusovsky [Matos]. Tel-Aviv: Chava Margolin, [1944]. 4. "Sechok BaCharuzim", by Pu'ah Meron. Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv: Schoken, 5706 [1946]. 5. "Asseret Bnei Kush", by Mira Lobe; translation by Gaby [Yehuda Gabai]. Tel-Aviv: Sinai, [1940s]. 6. "Uncle Tom's Cabin", by Harriet Beecher Stowe; adapted by Shlomo Skulsky; illustrations by Aharon Abadi. Tel-Aviv: Amichai, [1955]. 7. "Assarah Kushim Ktanim" – Rhymed Picture Book, by Ruth Gerber. Jerusalem: Rubin Mass, [1967]. 8. "Assarah Kushim Ktanim", by David Pe'er. [Tel-Aviv, 1960s].
Size and condition vary.
