Auction 7 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Yingl, Tsingl Khvat – Mani Leib and El Lissitzky – Kiev-St. Petersburg, 1919
Opening: $9,000
Sold for: $11,750
Including buyer's premium
Yingl Tsingl Khvat [The Mischievous Boy], Mani Leib. Illustrations by El Lissitzky. Published by Yiddisher Folksfarlag, Kiev-St. Petersburg, 1919.
First edition – soft cover printed in black and red, the illustrated colored title page is missing. Many black and white illustrations in the body of the book. Yiddish.
The last page has an advertisement for books containing Lissitzky’s illustrations.
[12] pages, 26 cm. Good condition. Slight staining, slight foxing. Most of the pages have water marks. Generally a nice copy.
Rare.
First edition – soft cover printed in black and red, the illustrated colored title page is missing. Many black and white illustrations in the body of the book. Yiddish.
The last page has an advertisement for books containing Lissitzky’s illustrations.
[12] pages, 26 cm. Good condition. Slight staining, slight foxing. Most of the pages have water marks. Generally a nice copy.
Rare.
Illustrated books: Modernism, Avantgarde
Illustrated books: Modernism, Avantgarde