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Lot 302

Shtetl - "Mayn Khorever Haym" - Lithographs by Issachar Ber Ryback - with Dedication Signed by Ryback

"Shtetl, mayn khorever haym - a gedekhenish". Berlin: Schwellen, 1923.
A book in album format. The emblem of the publishing house, title page and 29 lithographs, are all by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935).
On the first page - a dedication handwritten and signed by Ryback, from 1924, to "B. Reimann" (apparently it is Bruno W. Reimann whose article about Ryback was published in 1923 in the periodical Menorah).
XXXI, [1] leaves, 34X49 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases at margins. The dedication is partly deleted. A purple velvet binding, slightly worn.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.