Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"Bereshit" - Literary Anthology - Moscow-Leningrad, 1926

Opening: $300
Unsold
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.
Children's Books and Games, Yiddish Literature and Avant-garde
Children's Books and Games, Yiddish Literature and Avant-garde