Lot 238
"Fayfele", by Leib Kvitko – Kharkiv, 1928 – Illustrations by Georgy Fischer
Fayfele ["Flute" / "Whistle"], by Leib Kvitko. Kharkiv: ВУЦВК [VUTSVK, "Tsentr-farlag"], 1928. Yiddish (Ukrainian title and imprint on back cover).
Two rhymed children's stories by Leib Kvitko, with color illustrations, in blue, orange and black, by Georgy Fischer (the front cover illustration is signed in the plate, in Yiddish: "Georg Fischer 27"). List of "Tsentr-farlag" publications at the end.
Leib Kvitko (1890-1952), a poet, writer and editor, one of the most prominent Yiddish children's authors in the Soviet Union and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. He was executed in 1952, by Stalin's orders, on what is known as The Night of the Murdered Poets.
Georgy Fischer (1906-1978), painter, illustrator and book designer. Illustrated five books by Leib Kvitko published by "Tsentr-farlag" in 1928.
[8] ff. (including cover), 24.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (dampstains to edges). Minor creases and blemishes. Minor tears to edges of cover. Back cover partially detached, with abrasions (damage to few words of Ukrainian title).
