Sur les champs Juifs de l'Ukraine, Issachar Ryback [In the Jewish Fields of the Ukraine, Issachar Ryback]. Paris, 1926. French.
An album with 21 high-quality reproductions (one is in color), depicting Jewish figures and Jewish craftsmen in the Ukraine. With an introduction by André Salmon. Copy no. 323 out of an edition of 300 copies (numbered 51-350), printed on Japanese paper.
15 pp, [1] leaf, [21] print plates, [1] leaf. 38 cm. Good-fair condition. Worming to some leaves, stains and defects to wrapper. Tears to spine (wrapper and first signature loose).
Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.

Thirteen trial prints of lithographs by Michel Fingesten, with songs by Alfred Kerr - a draft for the book "Krämerspiegel". [Berlin, ca. 1921]. German.
The book "Krämerspiegel. Zwölf Gesänge von Alfred Kerr für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung Komponiert von Richard Strauss" [Twelve Songs by Alfred Kerr, for voice and piano, set to music by Richard Strauss] was published in 1921 by the Paul Cassirer publishing house in Berlin, in a bibliophile edition which included, alongside sheet music, impressive illustrations by Michel Fingesten.
Offered here are a trial print of the title page and twelve additional trial prints of Fingesten's illustrations for the book. All the prints are signed in his handwriting, in pencil, and titled "Probedruck" [proof print]. Each print is placed in a passe-partout. Alfred Kerr's songs are written in handwriting (in pencil) on the passe-partout leaves (apparently in Fingesten's hand).
Inserted in fine vellum box, on whose front is an original color illustration by Michel Fingesten (signed: M F).
"Krämerspiegel" originates in a dispute between Richard Strauss and his publisher; following the dispute, Strauss approached the German-Jewish theater critic Alfred Kerr, requesting Kerr to write a satire of the publishing world. The cycle of satirical songs composed by Kerr and Strauss entailed a lawsuit which resulted in a prohibition on performing the work in public for a number of years.
In 1921 Paul Cassirer decided to publish the Krämerspiegel. Ironically, the work, which derides the publishing profession, was printed in a fine and meticulous bibliophilic edition. The book's illustrations were prepared in the spirit of the satirical text.
[13] prints, size varies (the title page print is printed on a 38X28 cm. leaf; the other prints appear on approx. 19X25.5 cm leaves). Placed in passe-partout, 40 cm. Good condition. Slight defects to box. The first print is somewhat dark.

Scènes Familiales Juives, Yudishem Familienleben [Scenes of Jewish Family Life], by Alphonse Levy, with introduction by Bernard Lazare. Paris: Felix Juven, 1902.
21 picture-plates presenting different episodes from Jewish family life in Alsace, with captions in French, Hebrew and Yiddish (flawed). In two plates the captions are printed upside-down.
[33] leaves, 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and tears (mostly to cover).