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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,250
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Chad Gadya, gezichent Eliezer Lissitzky [Chad Gadya, illustrated by Eliezer Lissitzky]. Warsaw: "Kultur-Lige", 1923. Yiddish. Second edition.
Ten black-and-white illustrations by Eliezer (El) Lissitzky to the song "Chad Gadya". Title page also illustrated. Front cover shows the title page illustration, printed in blue and red.
In the book illustrations Lissitzky incorporates, in his unique style, symbols from the Jewish world and from Russian culture, expressing his belief of the time that the Communist revolution will bring salvation. The book was first published in 1919 (with color illustrations), in 75 copies. The second edition, seen here, was printed in 1000 copies, in a format differing from that the first edition.
[12] leaves, 18X17.5 cm. Good condition. Vertical folding line to all the leaves. Creases to margins. Some stains. Slight defects to cover.
Ten black-and-white illustrations by Eliezer (El) Lissitzky to the song "Chad Gadya". Title page also illustrated. Front cover shows the title page illustration, printed in blue and red.
In the book illustrations Lissitzky incorporates, in his unique style, symbols from the Jewish world and from Russian culture, expressing his belief of the time that the Communist revolution will bring salvation. The book was first published in 1919 (with color illustrations), in 75 copies. The second edition, seen here, was printed in 1000 copies, in a format differing from that the first edition.
[12] leaves, 18X17.5 cm. Good condition. Vertical folding line to all the leaves. Creases to margins. Some stains. Slight defects to cover.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Yingl Tsingl Khvat [The Mischievous Boy], by Mani Leib. Illustrations by El Lissitzky. Warsaw: "Kultur-Lige", 1922. Yiddish. Second edition.
Children's rhymes by Yiddish poet Menahem Leib Brahinsky (Mani Leib), with black-and-white illustrations by Eliezer (El) Lissitzky. On the front cover is a fine color illustration by Lissitzky.
The book's first edition was published in 1919. The current edition was printed in a smaller format and with a title page in a different design from that of the first edition, made especially for this edition.
[14] pp, 14 cm. Good condition. Some creases to margins.
Children's rhymes by Yiddish poet Menahem Leib Brahinsky (Mani Leib), with black-and-white illustrations by Eliezer (El) Lissitzky. On the front cover is a fine color illustration by Lissitzky.
The book's first edition was published in 1919. The current edition was printed in a smaller format and with a title page in a different design from that of the first edition, made especially for this edition.
[14] pp, 14 cm. Good condition. Some creases to margins.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Der Galaganer Hon [The Boastful Rooster], by Peretz Markish. Berlin: Klal, 1922. Yiddish.
Children's book by Peretz Markish. Illustrated by Joseph Tchaikov. Large, color illustration on the front cover. 25 additional black-and-white illustrations incorporated in the text.
Joseph Tchaikov (1888-1986) - sculptor, painter, graphic designer, teacher and theorist. Studied in Paris in the years 1910-1913, began exhibiting his works in 1912. Was an active member of groups and associations of Jewish artists. One of the founders of the "Kultur-Lige" group in Kiev.
30 pp, 31 cm. Front cover detached, with creases, tears to margins (including open tears) and some stains. Back cover loose, with creases, open tears and numerous stains. The main text is in very good condition. 1.5 cm-long tear to left margins of all the leaves and small tears to corners of a few leaves. Stamp on title page.
Children's book by Peretz Markish. Illustrated by Joseph Tchaikov. Large, color illustration on the front cover. 25 additional black-and-white illustrations incorporated in the text.
Joseph Tchaikov (1888-1986) - sculptor, painter, graphic designer, teacher and theorist. Studied in Paris in the years 1910-1913, began exhibiting his works in 1912. Was an active member of groups and associations of Jewish artists. One of the founders of the "Kultur-Lige" group in Kiev.
30 pp, 31 cm. Front cover detached, with creases, tears to margins (including open tears) and some stains. Back cover loose, with creases, open tears and numerous stains. The main text is in very good condition. 1.5 cm-long tear to left margins of all the leaves and small tears to corners of a few leaves. Stamp on title page.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Hob Ikh Mir a Lidele. Warsaw: "Kultur Lige", 1922. Yiddish.
Folk songs and songs by Kultur Lige poets, Y. L. Peretz, Leib Kvitko, Der Nistar, Peretz Markish and others. With illustrations by Joseph Tchaikov (3 illustrations), El Lissitzky, Yissachar Ber Ryback, Marc Chagall and Arthur Szyk (7 illustrations).
72 pp, 18 cm. Text-block in good condition, with stains and some tears. Binding detached and damaged (with numerous stains, pen scribbles and peeling).
Folk songs and songs by Kultur Lige poets, Y. L. Peretz, Leib Kvitko, Der Nistar, Peretz Markish and others. With illustrations by Joseph Tchaikov (3 illustrations), El Lissitzky, Yissachar Ber Ryback, Marc Chagall and Arthur Szyk (7 illustrations).
72 pp, 18 cm. Text-block in good condition, with stains and some tears. Binding detached and damaged (with numerous stains, pen scribbles and peeling).
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Shtrom [Stream], Khoidesh Heften. Issues 1, 3 and 4. Moscow, 1922-1923. Yiddish.
Three issues of the journal "Shtrom". Cover design by Marc Chagall.
"Shtrom" was a literary-artistic journal founded by the literary branch of the "Kultur-Lige", which moved in the early 1920s from Kiev to Moscow. The journal was published in the years 1922-1924; in all, five booklets appeared. In its early stages the journal attempted to unite the modernist Yiddish writers throughout the world and not just in Russia. In that period the journal was not an official mouthpiece, nevertheless it was the first attempt to create a literary Soviet press in Yiddish. The last issues of the journal were published under the strict supervision of the Communist leadership.
Issue no. 1: 80 pp, 26 cm. Detached cover and leaves. Tears to margins of some leaves. Some inscriptions in pencil. Issue no. 3: 84 pp, 25.5 cm. Cover slightly loose. Tears to leaf margins. Issue no. 4: 95, [5] pp, 25 cm. Cover partly detached, with tears and stains.
Three issues of the journal "Shtrom". Cover design by Marc Chagall.
"Shtrom" was a literary-artistic journal founded by the literary branch of the "Kultur-Lige", which moved in the early 1920s from Kiev to Moscow. The journal was published in the years 1922-1924; in all, five booklets appeared. In its early stages the journal attempted to unite the modernist Yiddish writers throughout the world and not just in Russia. In that period the journal was not an official mouthpiece, nevertheless it was the first attempt to create a literary Soviet press in Yiddish. The last issues of the journal were published under the strict supervision of the Communist leadership.
Issue no. 1: 80 pp, 26 cm. Detached cover and leaves. Tears to margins of some leaves. Some inscriptions in pencil. Issue no. 3: 84 pp, 25.5 cm. Cover slightly loose. Tears to leaf margins. Issue no. 4: 95, [5] pp, 25 cm. Cover partly detached, with tears and stains.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $800
Unsold
1. Chaliastre, Ershter Almanach [Chaliastre, First Almanac]. Leitung: Perets Markish, Y.Y. Zinger. Warsaw: Chaliastre, 1922. Yiddish.
First booklet of the almanac "Chaliastre". The almanac includes poems by Uri Zvi Greenberg, Peretz Markish, Melech Ravitch, Avraham Leyeles (member of the New York "In Zich" group), and others. Aside from these, it also contains an article by Yosef Tchaikov, titled "Sculpture". The almanac includes an illustration by Yitzchak Broyner for a poem by Moshe Broderzon and two illustrations by Marc Chagall, prepared for a poem cycle by David Hofstein.
70, [2] pp, 28.5 cm. Good condition. Bound in hard binding with original cover. The cover is torn with restored margins. Adhesive tape between the front cover and the first leaf and between the back cover and the last leaf. Some creases and stains to text-block (most of the leaves are clear). Stains to first and last pages.
2. Chaliastre 2. Leitung: Peretz marksih, Ozer Varshavsky. Paris: chalistre, 1924. Yiddish.
Second booklet of the almanac "Chaliastre", published in Paris. This booklet includes reproductions of works by Marc Chagall, who also designed the cover. On the cover (and on p. 74) Chagall depicted the occupation of Paris by the group of Jewish writers and poets: they are shown climbing the Eiffel Tower, one of them hoisting a flag with the inscription "Paris" in Yiddish, another carrying to the top of the tower scrolls reminiscent of Torah scrolls, inscribed with the word "Chaliastre". Printed in 1000 copies.
84 pp + [4] plates, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Uneven edges. Lower corners missing from some leaves and open tear to last leaf (without damage to text). Tears to cover (wrapped in protective sheet - torn and damaged).
First booklet of the almanac "Chaliastre". The almanac includes poems by Uri Zvi Greenberg, Peretz Markish, Melech Ravitch, Avraham Leyeles (member of the New York "In Zich" group), and others. Aside from these, it also contains an article by Yosef Tchaikov, titled "Sculpture". The almanac includes an illustration by Yitzchak Broyner for a poem by Moshe Broderzon and two illustrations by Marc Chagall, prepared for a poem cycle by David Hofstein.
70, [2] pp, 28.5 cm. Good condition. Bound in hard binding with original cover. The cover is torn with restored margins. Adhesive tape between the front cover and the first leaf and between the back cover and the last leaf. Some creases and stains to text-block (most of the leaves are clear). Stains to first and last pages.
2. Chaliastre 2. Leitung: Peretz marksih, Ozer Varshavsky. Paris: chalistre, 1924. Yiddish.
Second booklet of the almanac "Chaliastre", published in Paris. This booklet includes reproductions of works by Marc Chagall, who also designed the cover. On the cover (and on p. 74) Chagall depicted the occupation of Paris by the group of Jewish writers and poets: they are shown climbing the Eiffel Tower, one of them hoisting a flag with the inscription "Paris" in Yiddish, another carrying to the top of the tower scrolls reminiscent of Torah scrolls, inscribed with the word "Chaliastre". Printed in 1000 copies.
84 pp + [4] plates, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing. Uneven edges. Lower corners missing from some leaves and open tear to last leaf (without damage to text). Tears to cover (wrapped in protective sheet - torn and damaged).
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
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Gezengen, II Umet, editor: Hershele [Zvi Danilevich?]. M. Maimon Press, Lodz, [December 1919 or January 1920]. Yiddish. Part 2.
Poetic compilation, with contributions by Miriam Ulinover, Sarah Boim, Yitzchak Katzenelson, Chaim Krol, Moshe Broderson, Abraham Zak and other poets.
[1], 42-80 pp, 17X15 cm. Text-block in good condition. Stamps and pencil markings. Cardboard binding and endpapers detached.
Two copies only in OCLC. Not in NLI.
Poetic compilation, with contributions by Miriam Ulinover, Sarah Boim, Yitzchak Katzenelson, Chaim Krol, Moshe Broderson, Abraham Zak and other poets.
[1], 42-80 pp, 17X15 cm. Text-block in good condition. Stamps and pencil markings. Cardboard binding and endpapers detached.
Two copies only in OCLC. Not in NLI.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
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Arbeter-Kultur Un Kunst, editor: I. [Iakov?] Waserman. Warsaw, December 1922. Issue no. 1. Yiddish.
Critical compilation analyzing the literary and artistic activities of the period - the circles of writers, artists and poets - in a political-socialist spirit. The name of the editor, I. Waserman, appears on the bottom of the back cover.
32 pp, 30.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Small tears to margins of some leaves. Adhesive tape reinforcing the inner side of the cover, and on first and last leaves. Bound in hard binding, with the original cover.
Bibliographically unknown. Not in OCLC.
Critical compilation analyzing the literary and artistic activities of the period - the circles of writers, artists and poets - in a political-socialist spirit. The name of the editor, I. Waserman, appears on the bottom of the back cover.
32 pp, 30.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Small tears to margins of some leaves. Adhesive tape reinforcing the inner side of the cover, and on first and last leaves. Bound in hard binding, with the original cover.
Bibliographically unknown. Not in OCLC.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
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Bereshit A, [no other volumes printed]. Printed in Berlin, by Gutenberg Press, 1926.
Front cover illustration in the Russian avant-garde style by Joseph Tchaikov. "the logo of the publishing house is illustrated by B. Shubin."
The writers' group that published the book was unable to find a printing press in the Soviet Union prepared to print a Hebrew book, and the manuscript was therefore sent to Berlin for printing. Only a small portion of the printed copies were allowed into the Soviet Union.
[1], 199, [5] pp, 23 cm. Good condition. Slight damages to spine and margins of binding.
Front cover illustration in the Russian avant-garde style by Joseph Tchaikov. "the logo of the publishing house is illustrated by B. Shubin."
The writers' group that published the book was unable to find a printing press in the Soviet Union prepared to print a Hebrew book, and the manuscript was therefore sent to Berlin for printing. Only a small portion of the printed copies were allowed into the Soviet Union.
[1], 199, [5] pp, 23 cm. Good condition. Slight damages to spine and margins of binding.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
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1. Yungharbest, Lider, A. Leyeles. Warsaw: "Kultur-Lige", 1922. Yiddish.
On the title page is a note written by literary scholar Dov Sadan: "This is a book of rare value" (Hebrew). 138 pp, 23 cm. Fair condition. The front cover, the page following it and the back cover are pasted on paper. Notes in handwriting, in pencil and pen. New binding.
2. Tsu Dir - Tsu Mir, Poeme, A. Leyeles. New York: "Friling", 1933. Yiddish. On the second title page is an inscription in the author's handwriting. 62, [1] pp, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Binding partly detached.
On the title page is a note written by literary scholar Dov Sadan: "This is a book of rare value" (Hebrew). 138 pp, 23 cm. Fair condition. The front cover, the page following it and the back cover are pasted on paper. Notes in handwriting, in pencil and pen. New binding.
2. Tsu Dir - Tsu Mir, Poeme, A. Leyeles. New York: "Friling", 1933. Yiddish. On the second title page is an inscription in the author's handwriting. 62, [1] pp, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Binding partly detached.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $350
Sold for: $525
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Der Yidisher Veker, a literary compilation edited by Moshe Leib Lilienblum, published by Y. H. Ravnitzky and Z. Z. Frankfeld. "Buchdrukerei der 'Odesski Viestnik'" printing press, Odessa, 1887. Yiddish.
Literary compilation edited by Moshe Leib Lilienblum, including poems and essays by Sholem Aleichem, Avraham Goldfaden, Y. H. Ravnitzky, Eliakum Zunser, Moshe Leib Lilienblum, and others.
[2], 164 pp, 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears to margins of some leaves (one leaf reinforced with adhesive tape. Missing corners on two leaves, with damage to text). Tears (some open) to title page, reinforced with adhesive tape. A number of inscriptions and scribbles in handwriting. Stamps. New binding.
Literary compilation edited by Moshe Leib Lilienblum, including poems and essays by Sholem Aleichem, Avraham Goldfaden, Y. H. Ravnitzky, Eliakum Zunser, Moshe Leib Lilienblum, and others.
[2], 164 pp, 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears to margins of some leaves (one leaf reinforced with adhesive tape. Missing corners on two leaves, with damage to text). Tears (some open) to title page, reinforced with adhesive tape. A number of inscriptions and scribbles in handwriting. Stamps. New binding.
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