Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

"For Yiddishe Kinder" – Hebrew Alphabet Reader – Odessa, ca. 1920

Opening: $250
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium

"For Yiddishe Kinder: an' Alef–Beis for Shulen un Kinder–Haymen" [For Jewish Children: an Alef–Beit for Schools and Day Care Centers], by Ben Zion Sidelkovsky. Illustrations by Jacob Apter. Odessa: Ferlag Blimelach, [ca. 1920]. Yiddish.
Hebrew alphabet reader, by the author and educator Ben Zion Sidelkovsky, accompanied by fine illustrations by Jacob Apter (member of the "Chavurat Tzayarim" group of "Omanut" Publishing House). The book was edited by the "Literary Pedagogical Commission of Odessa's Branch of the Jewish Democratic Teachers' Association" ["Literarish–Pedagogisher Commisie baym Odesser Abtaylng funem Yiddishen Demokratishen Lerer Ferband"].
12 pages missing at the end of the volume.


113 (out of 125), [1] pp. Approx. 18X21.5 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains. Inscriptions and stamps. Minor marginal tears (slightly affecting text on one page). Worming, some restored with acid–free tape. Leaves detached. Spine and rear cover missing.


Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, B.1402.

Illustrated Books, Avantgarde Books, Children's Books
Illustrated Books, Avantgarde Books, Children's Books