Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

The Story of Ruth with Illustrations by Ze'ev Raban – New York, 1930 – Inscribed by Raban

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The Story of Ruth, Graphically Told by Z. Raban, with an introduction by Prof. M. M. Kaplan. New York: American-Palestine Art Publishing Co., 1930. English.
English translation of The Book of Ruth, accompanied by ten color prints by Ze'ev Raban. An additional print is mounted to front cover – Ruth lifting a sheaf of stalks (one of the prints appearing inside the book).
The title page is inscribed by Raban: "To Dr. Erich Kampinsky, respectfully, Ze'ev Raban. Jerusalem, Hanukkah 5700 [1939]" (Hebrew).
[13] leaves, 31 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Minor blemishes to margins of binding and spine.
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