Arba'a Teyashim [Four Billy Goats], by Benzion Raskin, with illustrations by Uriel Kahana, [Warsaw: "Tarbut", 1922] - a copy made in preparation for print and proof prints of the illustrations.
1. A booklet which constitutes a (final) draft for the book "Four Billy Goats". Pieces of paper with the story's final text are pasted on the leaves (first typewritten, and then - over them - cuttings with the text from the press typesetting), together with the illustrations (pasted on their final spot). Next to the text and illustrations are comments, corrections and markings in pencil - location of the press blocks, illustrations and the lines of the text.
The pages in the booklet are numbered 1-18, and it does not include the last two pages of the story.
18 pp, 21.5X26 cm. Fair condition. Brown-yellowish paper. Numerous stains resulting from use of glue. Many pieces of paper (text and illustrations) are detached. Creases and tears, mainly at margins.
2-18. Seventeen proof prints of illustrations for the book "Four Billy Goats" and the series "Zil Zlil". Printed on thin brown-yellowish paper, cut at the margins.
Size varies. Good overall condition. Some creases at margins. Gluing marks to some.
19-20. Two proof prints for the cover of the book "Four Billy Goats".
Approx. 20X26.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Slight creases and tears at margins. Cut pieces (according to markings from the printing press).
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.