Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture

Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more

"Bridges on Fire" – Yiddish Revolutionary Poetry Anthology – Berlin, 1923 – Illustrations by Abraham Mintchine

Opening: $200
Sold for: $300
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Brennende Brücken, Antologie / Brenendiḳe briḳn anṭologye fun reṿolutsiyonerer liriḳ in der nayer Yidisher dikhṭung fun Uḳrayne [Bridges on Fire: anthology for new revolutionary Yiddish poetry from Ukraine], editor: E. [Ezra] Korman. Berlin: Jüdischer Literarischer Verlag, 1923. Yiddish. Second edition. Designed and illustrated by Abraham Mintchine.
The Anthology mostly comprises works by young Jewish poets from the USSR – David Hofstein, Peretz Markish, Ezra Fininberg, Kadia Molodowsky, Asher Schwarzman and others – written during the revolution and the Russian civil war. Cover design, title typography and illustrations by Abraham Minchine (1898-1931), Jewish-Ukrainian artist, native of Kiev, who immigrated to Paris in 1925. Publisher's logo designed by Yissakhar Ber Ryback.
Second edition; the first edition was published in Kiev, 1920.
158, [1] pp., 19 cm. God condition. Stains. Minor creases. Minor tears to spine (affecting text), professionally restored. Rebound.
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde