Lot 201
"Mein Bikhel" – Yiddish Schoolbook, with Illustrations by Chaim Hanft – Vilna, 1938
Mein Bikhel ["My Little Book"], by Tsipe Pres, illustrations by Chaim Hanft. Vilna (Vilnius): G. Kletchkin, 1938. Yiddish.
Late edition of a schoolbook (reader) for teaching reading and writing on a first-grade level, by Tsipe Pres (born ca. 1890; perished in the Holocaust). Pres was a teacher in
TSYSHO ("Central Yiddish School Organization") schools in Vilna, Warsaw, and Bialystok. The book "Mein Bikhel" was published in her lifetime in numerous editions, with revisions and additions made between one version and the next.
Modernist illustrations by Chaim Hanft (1900-1951), Polish-Jewish painter, sculptor, and book illustrator.
128, [1] pp. Approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and creases. Inked stamp on back cover.
