Auction 34 - The Arnie Druck Collections
Collection of Early Books for Infants and Children – Poland
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
62 booklets and pamphlets for infants and children. Most were printed in Poland, some in New York, Tel Aviv, Paris and Berlin, 1898 until the 1940s.
The collection is composed of booklets of various series: three booklets of the Livnei HaNe'urim series edited and translated by Yisrael Binyamin Levner, published by Tushia, Warsaw, 1898-1899; three booklets from the series of Bibliotica for Children and Youngsters, published by Mikra, Warsaw, 1910; two booklets from the series of Bibliotica Tzechok V'Sha'ashuim, published by Yehudia, Warsaw, 1919; 11 booklets by Yitzchak Katzenelson, of the series Taltalim – Scriptures for Children, Warsaw, 1920s; nine booklets from the series Bibliotica for the Small Ones [adaptation of the Brothers Grimm], adapted by Nathan Levine. Warsaw, 1920s. Handwritten on some of the booklets' title pages is "The private property of the teacher M. Riter-Tzedek"; four booklets of the series L'Yaldei Yisrael by Zalman Shneur, published by Va'ad HaYovel, Paris, 1930. One booklet has a dedication by the author to Reuven Mas.
The collection also includes three booklets of Zionist songs and folk songs (printed in Warsaw in 1909, 1917 and in Vilna in 1903) and booklets from the following series (some are bound in a volume): "Bibliotica with vowels for young children", Warsaw, 1906; Nitzanim, Cracow, 1907; Shibolim – Illustrated Library for Children and Youngsters, Warsaw, 1921; Library for Children and Youth, 1923; and more books. Varied size and condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
The collection is composed of booklets of various series: three booklets of the Livnei HaNe'urim series edited and translated by Yisrael Binyamin Levner, published by Tushia, Warsaw, 1898-1899; three booklets from the series of Bibliotica for Children and Youngsters, published by Mikra, Warsaw, 1910; two booklets from the series of Bibliotica Tzechok V'Sha'ashuim, published by Yehudia, Warsaw, 1919; 11 booklets by Yitzchak Katzenelson, of the series Taltalim – Scriptures for Children, Warsaw, 1920s; nine booklets from the series Bibliotica for the Small Ones [adaptation of the Brothers Grimm], adapted by Nathan Levine. Warsaw, 1920s. Handwritten on some of the booklets' title pages is "The private property of the teacher M. Riter-Tzedek"; four booklets of the series L'Yaldei Yisrael by Zalman Shneur, published by Va'ad HaYovel, Paris, 1930. One booklet has a dedication by the author to Reuven Mas.
The collection also includes three booklets of Zionist songs and folk songs (printed in Warsaw in 1909, 1917 and in Vilna in 1903) and booklets from the following series (some are bound in a volume): "Bibliotica with vowels for young children", Warsaw, 1906; Nitzanim, Cracow, 1907; Shibolim – Illustrated Library for Children and Youngsters, Warsaw, 1921; Library for Children and Youth, 1923; and more books. Varied size and condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
Children's Books
Children's Books