Lot 356
"Sabina" – Serial Novel – First Five Booklets – Tel-Aviv, 1940s.
"Sabina, roman fun a krankn-shvester" [by A. Klieger]. Booklets 1-5 (out of 111?). Published by M. Morgnstern (booklets 1-2) and D. Sarper (booklets 3-5). [Tel-Aviv, ca. 1940s]. Yiddish.
A "shund" genre novel (Shund in Yiddish: rubbish) – literature of a sensational nature somewhat similar to the romantic novel and detective literature. This genre flourished from late 19th century to World War II. The novel "Sabina" was first published in the Yiddish paper "Haynt" and was very popular. In this edition, the title pages were printed with a different photograph and design from those printed in other editions.
Total of five booklets. 16, 17-32, 33-48, 49-64, 65-80 pp. Approx. 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, creases and tears (mostly small, at margins).
