Lot 227
"Schlemiel " – Paper for Humor and Art – Berlin, 1919-1920
Schlemiel, Jüdische Blätter für Humor und Kunst [Schlemiel, Jewish paper for humor and art]. Published by Welt. Berlin, 1919-1920. Issues 1-24 (one double issue, 19/20).
A bound volume of the Jewish satiric periodical "Schlemiel", featuringfeatures poems and texts by Else Lasker-Schiller, Shalom Aleichem, Uriel Birnbaum, Max Yungman and others, accompanied by many humorous illustrations by the artist Menachem Birenboim [Birenbaum] as well as illustrations by Uriel Birenbaum, Hermann Struck, Jacob Steinhardt and others.
At the end of the volume, an additional issue is bound, a special edition published for a party which the paper held in the Berlin zoo marble hall.
Vii, [1], 322, [2], 27, [1] pp, 23.5 cm. Good condition.
