Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Three Booklets in Yiddish – USSR, 1927-1929

Opening: $250
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
1. Lenin-Albom (1870-1924). Moscow: Shul un bukh, 1927. "Lenin Album" tells the story of the October revolution leader and the founder of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Ilych Lenin. The album opens with Lenin's photo at the age of 4 and ends with a photo of Lenin's death mask.
2. Kalinin, by Mikhail Ivanovich. Moscow: shul un bukh, 1927. Yiddish. Booklet about Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (1875-1946), Soviet communist revolutionary and politician in the USSR. Booklet in the series of "yugent bibliotek". Good condition. Minor tears.
3. Der held fun beserabye G.I. Kotovsky [Beserabia's hero, G. Kotovsky], by M. Baruskav, translated from Russian by H. Lenel. Minsk: Vaysrusishe melukhe-farlag, 1929. Yiddish. Booklet about Gregory Kotovsky (1881-1925) – Soviet politician and officer who started as a criminal (for additional information, see attached material). Cover design and illustrations by A. Eidelman. Minor tears to cover.
Yiddish Literature, Avant-Garde, Hebrew Literature
Yiddish Literature, Avant-Garde, Hebrew Literature