Lot 220
"Alice in Wonderland" – First Hebrew Edition – "Omanut" Publishers, 1924
Alisa B'Eretz HaNifla'ot ["Alice in Wonderland"], by Lewis Carroll. Translated into Hebrew by L. Siman (Aryeh Leib Ben-Zvi Smiatitzky). Frankfurt am Main-Moscow-Odessa: "Omanut, " [1924]. Hebrew.
First Hebrew edition of the classic children's novel by Lewis Carroll, with numerous illustrations by Charles Robinson and Arthur Rackham )see: Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations: The illustrated Hebrew book for children in the international era, 1900-1925," Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2005, Hebrew, p. 124).
An "Explanation of Difficult Words" appearing in the last pages of the book offers translations of uncommon Hebrew words into Russian, German, French, and English.
[2] ff., 172 pp. + [11] illustration plates, 20.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains, mostly to binding and first leaves. Strips of cloth adhesive tape to hinges. Minor wear to binding.
