Lot 259
Ten Booklets for Children – "Shul-Bibliotek" of "Kultur-Lige" – Illustrations by Joseph Chaikov – Warsaw, 1921-1922
Shul-Bibliotek, booklets 1-10 (first series), bound together. Warsaw: Kultur-Lige, 1921-1922. Yiddish.
Ten booklets for children – first series of "Shul-Bibliotek" ("School Library") booklets published by the Warsaw branch of Kultur Lige. Some booklets feature illustrations by Joseph Chaikov.
Among the booklets are abridged versions of children's stories and poems by Mendele Mocher Sforim, Sholem Aleichem, Y.L. Perets, Bialik, Avrom Reyzen, Shalom Ash, and others (for a complete list, see Hebrew description.)
Ten booklets, bound together. The title "Shul-Bibliotek" (Yiddish) is impressed on front board and spine. Approx. 18 cm. Good condition. Several detached leaves. Gatherings detached from spine (book block split in two). Minor marginal tears to several leaves, without damage to text or illustrations. Strips of tape to inside binding. Stains and minor blemishes to binding. Tears to spine.
