Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Chaliastre – Warsaw, 1922 – Illustrations by Marc Chagall

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Chaliastre, ershter almanach [The gang, first almanac], Peretz Markish, Y. Y. Zinger. Warsaw: Chaliastre, 1922. Yiddish.
First booklet of the "Chaliastre" almanac. 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 poems by David Hofstein. The cover and the logo of the publishing house were designed by Wolf Weintraub.
70, [2] pp, 28.5 cm. Good overall condition. Stains and a small number of creases, Pinholes. A number of pages are reinforced with adhesive tape at inner margins. Bound in a new binding with the original paper cover. Tears to cover (some open). Strips of adhesive tape at margins of front cover. Rear cover is detached. Pen inscriptions on back paper cover and on inside of front binding.
Yiddish Literature and Periodicals – Avant-garde
Yiddish Literature and Periodicals – Avant-garde