Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
"The Miller, the Milleress and the Millstones" - Hebrew Edition - Illustrations by Lissitzky - Warsaw, 1922 / Trial Prints of the Booklet Illustrations
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $5,750
Including buyer's premium
1. HaTochen, HaTochenet ve Avnei HaReihaim [The Miller, the Milleress and the Millstones], by Benzion Raskin. Illustrated by Eliezer Lissitzky. Poland [Warsaw]: Tarbut, 1922.
Story for children, with illustrations by the artist Eliezer Lissitzky.
15, [1] pp, 21 cm. Good condition. Detached leaves. Foxing to inner margins of the booklet leaves (from the staples fastening the booklet originally) and a few additional stains. The booklet cover is detached and torn in the spine (the front and back covers are almost completely detached from each other). Light stains to cover.
2-12. Eleven trial prints of illustrations for "The Miller, the Milleress and the Millstones"; numbered in the bottom right corner.
Leaves in different sizes, approx. 9.5X12.5 cm to 11X18 cm (one leaf is 4X7 cm; cut around the print). Good overall condition. Creases. Small tears to margins of some of the leaves. Stains, mostly to trial print of the title page illustration.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Story for children, with illustrations by the artist Eliezer Lissitzky.
15, [1] pp, 21 cm. Good condition. Detached leaves. Foxing to inner margins of the booklet leaves (from the staples fastening the booklet originally) and a few additional stains. The booklet cover is detached and torn in the spine (the front and back covers are almost completely detached from each other). Light stains to cover.
2-12. Eleven trial prints of illustrations for "The Miller, the Milleress and the Millstones"; numbered in the bottom right corner.
Leaves in different sizes, approx. 9.5X12.5 cm to 11X18 cm (one leaf is 4X7 cm; cut around the print). Good overall condition. Creases. Small tears to margins of some of the leaves. Stains, mostly to trial print of the title page illustration.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.
Uriel Kahana Collection
Uriel Kahana Collection