Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

Nachum Gutman – Two Illustrated Children's Books – Tel Aviv and Berlin, 1920s

Opening: $150
Sold for: $300
Including buyer's premium
Two children's books illustrated by Nahum Gutman. Tel Aviv and Berlin, [1920s]. Hebrew. 1. "HeHalil" ["The Recorder"], Poems for Children by Shaul Tchernichovsky. Tel Aviv and Berlin: Dvir, [1923]. 60 pp, [2] ff., 21X15.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Two uncut leaves. Cloth binding, with stains. Tiny worming holes to back board. 2. "Mis'hak Purim" ["Purim Game"], by Levin Kipnis. Tel Aviv: Abraham Joseph Stybel, [1929]. [8] ff. (including cover), 25X17 cm. good condition. Minor stains. Reinforcements (strips of cloth adhesive tape) to spine and gutters. Blemishes to cover. Minor damage to illustration on front cover, mended (color touch-ups; one letter restored by hand). Also enclosed: Cover to a children's book titled "Natani Patpetani" ["Little Nathan the Chatterbox"] by Yehiel Halperin, illustrated by Nahum Gutman (Jerusalem: HaGinah [No. 5], 1930). Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Children's Books
Children's Books