Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
"Schlemiel" – Humorous Artistic Periodical – Issues 1-24 – Berlin, 1919-1920
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Schlemiel, Jüdische Blätter für Humor und Kunst [Schlemiel, Jewish paper for humor and art]. Berlin: Welt, 1919-1920. Issues 1-24 (one double issue, 19/20). German.
A volume comprising issues 1-24 of the Jewish satiric periodical "Schlemiel", published in Berlin in 1903-1906 and then again in 1919-1920. The issues feature poems and texts by Else Lasker-Schiller, Shalom Aleichem, Uriel Birnbaum, Max Yungman and others, accompanied by many humorous illustrations by artist Menachem Birenboim [Birenbaum] as well as illustrations by Uriel Birenbaum, Hermann Struck, Jacob Steinhardt and others.
VII, [1], 1-60, [2], 66-322 pp. Missing one leaf (pp. 61-62; advertisements at end of issue no. 4), 23.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Minor tears to edges of some leaves. General title page detached. Binding restored (new spine, with part of the original spine laid down); new endpapers. Inked stamp (on a blank page at beginning of volume).
A volume comprising issues 1-24 of the Jewish satiric periodical "Schlemiel", published in Berlin in 1903-1906 and then again in 1919-1920. The issues feature poems and texts by Else Lasker-Schiller, Shalom Aleichem, Uriel Birnbaum, Max Yungman and others, accompanied by many humorous illustrations by artist Menachem Birenboim [Birenbaum] as well as illustrations by Uriel Birenbaum, Hermann Struck, Jacob Steinhardt and others.
VII, [1], 1-60, [2], 66-322 pp. Missing one leaf (pp. 61-62; advertisements at end of issue no. 4), 23.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Minor tears to edges of some leaves. General title page detached. Binding restored (new spine, with part of the original spine laid down); new endpapers. Inked stamp (on a blank page at beginning of volume).
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