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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Guest book of Universitas Booksellers, owned by Hermann Meyer. Includes about 230 signatures of statesmen, writers and dignitaries. Jerusalem, late 1930s to early 1970s.
The guest book includes signatures of David Ben-Gurion, Yitzhak Ben Zvi, Teddy Kollek, Bezalel Narkiss, Reuven Mass, Sholem Asch, Abraham Meir Habermann, Moshe Gardon (head of the Bialik Institute), Shmuel Gutman, foreign journalists, British officers and others.
In addition, the book contains dozens of mounted photographs, paper items and newspaper clippings documenting the store and its visitors. Mounted items include: two handwritten sketches for the store's sign made by Ismar (Itamar) David, invitations to exhibitions displayed in the store, a typewritten catalogue of maps from the Hermann Meyer collection, visiting cards of the store's visitors, and additional items.
65 pp. with inscriptions or mounted items (many pages left blank), volume: approx. 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Defects and small tears to margins of first and last leaves. Cloth-covered binding, with the store label mounted on its inner side (worn and damaged, with tears to upper margins). Front cover and spine detached.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.
The guest book includes signatures of David Ben-Gurion, Yitzhak Ben Zvi, Teddy Kollek, Bezalel Narkiss, Reuven Mass, Sholem Asch, Abraham Meir Habermann, Moshe Gardon (head of the Bialik Institute), Shmuel Gutman, foreign journalists, British officers and others.
In addition, the book contains dozens of mounted photographs, paper items and newspaper clippings documenting the store and its visitors. Mounted items include: two handwritten sketches for the store's sign made by Ismar (Itamar) David, invitations to exhibitions displayed in the store, a typewritten catalogue of maps from the Hermann Meyer collection, visiting cards of the store's visitors, and additional items.
65 pp. with inscriptions or mounted items (many pages left blank), volume: approx. 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Defects and small tears to margins of first and last leaves. Cloth-covered binding, with the store label mounted on its inner side (worn and damaged, with tears to upper margins). Front cover and spine detached.
Provenance: Collection of Hermann Meyer and his daughter Channah Sapir.
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869. English. First edition, third issue.
The first edition of Mark Twain's famous travelogue. The book features 16 illustrated plates (wood engravings) – various scenes from the writer's journey, local customs and views of the sites he visited. Many additional in-text illustrations.
There were three issues of the first edition of The Innocents Abroad. This is a third issue copy (with an advertisement on p. [654]). See: Biography of American Literature (BAL) no. 3316.
XVIII, [19]-651, [5] pp. + [16] plates, 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and some tears. Minor worming. Several loose leaves and gatherings. Pen notation on verso of the first plate. Original, gilt-decorated binding. Binding detached and worn. Torn spine (detached from boards).
The first edition of Mark Twain's famous travelogue. The book features 16 illustrated plates (wood engravings) – various scenes from the writer's journey, local customs and views of the sites he visited. Many additional in-text illustrations.
There were three issues of the first edition of The Innocents Abroad. This is a third issue copy (with an advertisement on p. [654]). See: Biography of American Literature (BAL) no. 3316.
XVIII, [19]-651, [5] pp. + [16] plates, 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and some tears. Minor worming. Several loose leaves and gatherings. Pen notation on verso of the first plate. Original, gilt-decorated binding. Binding detached and worn. Torn spine (detached from boards).
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Epheuranken, Erzählungen aus dem Jüdischen Leben. Novellen, Novelletten, Plaudereien und Skizzen, von Ida Oppenheim. Thorn (Toruń): E. F. Schwartz, 1889. German.
Ida Oppenheim's first book, "Ivy Twine, Tales from the Jewish Life". Ida Oppenheim (1864-1935), daughter of Rabbi Joachim Heinrich Oppenheim, was also known by her pen name I. Oppen.
240 pp, 21 cm. Fair condition. Without cover and binding. Stains, closed and open tears. Unprofessional repairs with tape.
Not in NLI.
Ida Oppenheim's first book, "Ivy Twine, Tales from the Jewish Life". Ida Oppenheim (1864-1935), daughter of Rabbi Joachim Heinrich Oppenheim, was also known by her pen name I. Oppen.
240 pp, 21 cm. Fair condition. Without cover and binding. Stains, closed and open tears. Unprofessional repairs with tape.
Not in NLI.
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![Der Zeitsparer, Grotesken [The Time Saver, Grotesques], by Ignaz Wrobel (pseudonym of Kurt Tucholsky). Berlin: Reuss & Po](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol31a-public/161.jpg "\"Der Zeitsparer\" by Kurt Tucholsky – Berlin, 1914 – First Edition")
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Der Zeitsparer, Grotesken [The Time Saver, Grotesques], by Ignaz Wrobel (pseudonym of Kurt Tucholsky). Berlin: Reuss & Pollack (Pollack & Glaser), 1914. German. First edition.
First edition of the book "Der Zeitsparer" by Kurt Tucholsky, which was published under the pseudonym Ignaz Wrobel and includes four short stories. On the front cover, a color illustration by Thomas Theobald Tomate (pseudonym of Kurt Szafranski, a Jewish illustrator and journalist, born in Germany).
Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935), a Jewish-German journalist, publicist and writer. One of the wittiest satirists and sharpest critics in the Weimer Republic. He belonged to left-wing groups and was known as an aggressive opponent of Nazism. He wrote regularly for the Die Weltbühne weekly, even serving as its editor, and published novels, stories, aphorisms and poems.
23, [1] pp. (including cover), approx. 22.5 cm. Poor condition. Many stains, including dampstains and mold stains. Tears, most of them open, to edges of leaves and cover (not affecting text but affecting front cover illustration). Some worming. Fold lines and creases. The booklet was professionally restored and the leaves were cleaned.
First edition of the book "Der Zeitsparer" by Kurt Tucholsky, which was published under the pseudonym Ignaz Wrobel and includes four short stories. On the front cover, a color illustration by Thomas Theobald Tomate (pseudonym of Kurt Szafranski, a Jewish illustrator and journalist, born in Germany).
Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935), a Jewish-German journalist, publicist and writer. One of the wittiest satirists and sharpest critics in the Weimer Republic. He belonged to left-wing groups and was known as an aggressive opponent of Nazism. He wrote regularly for the Die Weltbühne weekly, even serving as its editor, and published novels, stories, aphorisms and poems.
23, [1] pp. (including cover), approx. 22.5 cm. Poor condition. Many stains, including dampstains and mold stains. Tears, most of them open, to edges of leaves and cover (not affecting text but affecting front cover illustration). Some worming. Fold lines and creases. The booklet was professionally restored and the leaves were cleaned.
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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The Story of My Experiments with Truth, by Mahatma Gandhi. Ahmedabad, India: Navajivan Karyalaya / Navajivan Press. Two volumes. Vol. I: 1933 (reprinting of the first edition from 1927). Vol. II: 1929 (first edition). English.
Autobiography by Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, a political leader and the 'spiritual father' of India. Gandhi was born to a Hindu family of a high caste in coastal Gujarat, western India, during the British rule. He studied law in England and worked in South-Africa, where he encountered severe manifestations of racism, and started developing his anti-colonial views. At the end of World War I, he returned to India, became a member of parliament and dedicated himself to India's struggle for independence from British rule by non-violent civil resistance (Satyagraha) – protests, hunger strikes and other actions, some of which landed him several times in prison. In 1947, India gained its independence, to a considerable extent thanks to Gandhi's continuous struggle. Several months later, Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist.
Vol. I (1933): [2] ff., III pp. [1] f., 602 pp. + [1] plate (photograph of Gandhi). Vol. II (1929): VIII, 608 pp. + [1] plate (photograph of Gandhi), 23 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to edges of some leaves (not affecting text). Many unopened leaves in second volume. First two leaves of first volume (title page and a plate) partly detached. Matching, fabric-covered bindings. Non-original spines. Stains and minor blemishes to bindings.
Autobiography by Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, a political leader and the 'spiritual father' of India. Gandhi was born to a Hindu family of a high caste in coastal Gujarat, western India, during the British rule. He studied law in England and worked in South-Africa, where he encountered severe manifestations of racism, and started developing his anti-colonial views. At the end of World War I, he returned to India, became a member of parliament and dedicated himself to India's struggle for independence from British rule by non-violent civil resistance (Satyagraha) – protests, hunger strikes and other actions, some of which landed him several times in prison. In 1947, India gained its independence, to a considerable extent thanks to Gandhi's continuous struggle. Several months later, Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist.
Vol. I (1933): [2] ff., III pp. [1] f., 602 pp. + [1] plate (photograph of Gandhi). Vol. II (1929): VIII, 608 pp. + [1] plate (photograph of Gandhi), 23 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to edges of some leaves (not affecting text). Many unopened leaves in second volume. First two leaves of first volume (title page and a plate) partly detached. Matching, fabric-covered bindings. Non-original spines. Stains and minor blemishes to bindings.
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Lot 163 Collected Works of Franz Kafka – Published by "Schocken" – Four Volumes of the First Edition
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Franz Kafka – Gesammelte Schriften, edited by Max Brod. Berlin: Schocken, 1935; Prague: Heinrich Mercy Sohn, 1936-1937. Four volumes. First edition. German.
Four of the seven volumes of the first edition of "The Collected Works of Franz Kafka" edited by Max Brod: • Volume 1: Erzählungen und kleine Prosa [Stories and short prose]. • Volume 3: Der Prozess [The Trial]. • Volume [5]: Beschreibung eines Kampfes – .Novellen, Skizzen, Aphorismen aus dem Nachlass [Description of a Struggle… from the estate]. • Volume 6: Tagebücher und Briefe [Diaries and Letters].
Max Brod and Franz Kafka were close friends for many years. Kafka, who suffered from tuberculosis and anticipated his death, instructed Brod to destroy his works upon his death. Brod, who was appointed as executor of Kafka's will, ignored the request and published all of Kafka's writings after his death.
In 1933 publication of works by Jewish writers was forbidden in Germany. The Jewish publishing house Schocken was the only one permitted to publish Jewish writers, on condition that the books will be sold to Jews only. At the time, Max Brod, through Dr. Moses Spitzer, granted Schocken the copyrights to Kafka's writings. The first four volumes of the Schocken edition of The Collected Works of Franz Kafka were published in Germany in 1935. Later, when the Nazi government placed the writings of both Kafka and Brod on a list of works banned for publication, the publishing house moved some of its activity to Prague, where the final volumes were published by Heinr. Mercy Sohn.
Four volumes. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Bindings with a gilt impression (Kafka's signature impressed on front boards). Minor blemishes to bindings.
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Amerika, by Franz Kafka, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. New York: Schocken Books, 1962. English. Notes on verso of title page: "First Schocken Paperback Edition".
English edition of the novel "Amerika" by Franz Kafka, with illustrations by Emlen Etting. Inscribed by Brod on title page (in pen; German) "To Chava" [Eva Hoffe], signed "Max".
The novel "Amerika" was written during the years 1911-1914, and remained unfinished. First published in 1927, three years after Kafka's death, it was edited by Max Brod, and published despite Kafka's request that his works be destroyed after his death. Brod arranged the order of chapters and gave the novel its title "Amerika" (in newer edition, the novel is titled "The Missing Person" – Der Verschollene).
[1], XVIII, 299, [2] pp. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Some unopened leaves.
English edition of the novel "Amerika" by Franz Kafka, with illustrations by Emlen Etting. Inscribed by Brod on title page (in pen; German) "To Chava" [Eva Hoffe], signed "Max".
The novel "Amerika" was written during the years 1911-1914, and remained unfinished. First published in 1927, three years after Kafka's death, it was edited by Max Brod, and published despite Kafka's request that his works be destroyed after his death. Brod arranged the order of chapters and gave the novel its title "Amerika" (in newer edition, the novel is titled "The Missing Person" – Der Verschollene).
[1], XVIII, 299, [2] pp. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Some unopened leaves.
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![Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. Printed for Olympia Press by Steimatzky's Agency. Jerusalem: Offset Sh. Monson [S. Monsohn], [19](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol31a-public/165_1.jpg "Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov – First Israeli Edition, Published by Steim")
![Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. Printed for Olympia Press by Steimatzky's Agency. Jerusalem: Offset Sh. Monson [S. Monsohn], [19](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol31a-public/165_2.jpg "Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov – First Israeli Edition, Published by Steim")
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. Printed for Olympia Press by Steimatzky's Agency. Jerusalem: Offset Sh. Monson [S. Monsohn], [1958/1959 (on the title page: 1955)]. English. Limited edition.
An early English edition of the novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov (possibly, the first hardcover edition). This edition was printed in Israel by Steimatzky's Agency, and is the first Israeli edition of the novel. The copies of the edition were numbered on the paper dust-jacket. This copy is numbered 165.
Nabokov completed the writing of "Lolita" in 1953, while living in the USA. Due to its controversial content, the novel was rejected by several large American publishing houses and was eventually published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press, which specialized in erotic literature. Since its release, the book was banned in some countries, provoking debate on the freedom of speech and literary censorship. Nevertheless, the novel gained much popularity; today it is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century.
The Israeli publisher Yechezkel Steimatzky was one of the first to publish the novel Lolita in English. It remains unclear who authorized the printing – American publisher Walter Minton, Maurice Girodias of Olympia Press or Nabokov himself. Although the year printed on the title page of Steimatzky's edition is 1955 (the year the first edition was printed), the book was presumably published in 1958 or 1959.
190 pp; [1] f., 9-223 pp. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Hard binding, with the original paper dust-jacket. Blemishes and tears to dust-jacket (dust-jacket reinforced with tape).
An early English edition of the novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov (possibly, the first hardcover edition). This edition was printed in Israel by Steimatzky's Agency, and is the first Israeli edition of the novel. The copies of the edition were numbered on the paper dust-jacket. This copy is numbered 165.
Nabokov completed the writing of "Lolita" in 1953, while living in the USA. Due to its controversial content, the novel was rejected by several large American publishing houses and was eventually published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press, which specialized in erotic literature. Since its release, the book was banned in some countries, provoking debate on the freedom of speech and literary censorship. Nevertheless, the novel gained much popularity; today it is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century.
The Israeli publisher Yechezkel Steimatzky was one of the first to publish the novel Lolita in English. It remains unclear who authorized the printing – American publisher Walter Minton, Maurice Girodias of Olympia Press or Nabokov himself. Although the year printed on the title page of Steimatzky's edition is 1955 (the year the first edition was printed), the book was presumably published in 1958 or 1959.
190 pp; [1] f., 9-223 pp. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes. Hard binding, with the original paper dust-jacket. Blemishes and tears to dust-jacket (dust-jacket reinforced with tape).
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![Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. Printed for Olympia Press by Steimatzky's Agency. Jerusalem: Offset Sh. Monson [S. Monsohn], [19](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol31a-public/166_1.jpg "Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov – First Israeli Edition, Published by Steim")
![Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. Printed for Olympia Press by Steimatzky's Agency. Jerusalem: Offset Sh. Monson [S. Monsohn], [19](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol31a-public/166_2.jpg "Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov – First Israeli Edition, Published by Steim")
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. Printed for Olympia Press by Steimatzky's Agency. Jerusalem: Offset Sh. Monson [S. Monsohn], [1958/1959 (on the title page: 1955)]. English. Limited edition.
An early English edition of the novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov (possibly, the first hardcover edition). This edition was printed in Israel by Steimatzky's Agency, and is the first Israeli edition of the novel. The copies of the edition were numbered on the paper dust-jacket. This copy is numbered 82.
Nabokov completed the writing of "Lolita" in 1953, while living in the USA. Due to its controversial content, the novel was rejected by several large American publishing houses and was eventually published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press, which specialized in erotic literature. Since its release, the book was banned in some countries, provoking debate on the freedom of speech and literary censorship. Nevertheless, the novel gained much popularity; today it is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century.
The Israeli publisher Yechezkel Steimatzky was one of the first to publish the novel Lolita in English. It remains unclear who authorized the printing – American publisher Walter Minton, Maurice Girodias of Olympia Press or Nabokov himself. Although the year printed on the title page of Steimatzky's edition is 1955 (the year the first edition was printed), the book was presumably published in 1958 or 1959
190 pp; [1] f., 9-223 pp. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Sticker on inside front binding. Hard binding, with the original paper dust-jacket. Blemishes and large tears to dust-jacket, including open tears (dust-jacket attached to binding with tape).
An early English edition of the novel "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov (possibly, the first hardcover edition). This edition was printed in Israel by Steimatzky's Agency, and is the first Israeli edition of the novel. The copies of the edition were numbered on the paper dust-jacket. This copy is numbered 82.
Nabokov completed the writing of "Lolita" in 1953, while living in the USA. Due to its controversial content, the novel was rejected by several large American publishing houses and was eventually published in Paris in 1955 by Olympia Press, which specialized in erotic literature. Since its release, the book was banned in some countries, provoking debate on the freedom of speech and literary censorship. Nevertheless, the novel gained much popularity; today it is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century.
The Israeli publisher Yechezkel Steimatzky was one of the first to publish the novel Lolita in English. It remains unclear who authorized the printing – American publisher Walter Minton, Maurice Girodias of Olympia Press or Nabokov himself. Although the year printed on the title page of Steimatzky's edition is 1955 (the year the first edition was printed), the book was presumably published in 1958 or 1959
190 pp; [1] f., 9-223 pp. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Sticker on inside front binding. Hard binding, with the original paper dust-jacket. Blemishes and large tears to dust-jacket, including open tears (dust-jacket attached to binding with tape).
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Lot 197 Large Collection of Yiddish Books, Booklets and Periodicals – First Half of the 20th Century
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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A large collection of books, booklets, newspapers and varied journals, most of them printed in Europe and America in the first decades of the 20th century. Yiddish.
For a detailed list, please see Hebrew description.
27 books and booklets; 16 periodicals (approx. 65 issues, some of them bound together). Size and condition vary.
For a detailed list, please see Hebrew description.
27 books and booklets; 16 periodicals (approx. 65 issues, some of them bound together). Size and condition vary.
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![Toi [Dew], by Moishe Broderzon. Moscow: Leben, 5679 [1919]. Yiddish.
Short poems by Moishe Broderzon, written in the style](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol31a-public/198.jpg "\"Toi\", by Moishe Broderzon – Moscow, 1919 – Tanka Style Poems")
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Toi [Dew], by Moishe Broderzon. Moscow: Leben, 5679 [1919]. Yiddish.
Short poems by Moishe Broderzon, written in the style of Japanese Tanka poetry – 31 syllables, written in five lines, in a pattern of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables.
The front cover and page 6 feature an identical illustration – a girl holding two bouquets of flowers – possibly by Ben Zion Zuckerman (1890-1944).
[32] ff., 14 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Minor worming to spine.
Not in NLI.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Short poems by Moishe Broderzon, written in the style of Japanese Tanka poetry – 31 syllables, written in five lines, in a pattern of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables.
The front cover and page 6 feature an identical illustration – a girl holding two bouquets of flowers – possibly by Ben Zion Zuckerman (1890-1944).
[32] ff., 14 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Minor worming to spine.
Not in NLI.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
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![Arbeyter-Luach… [Almanac for the Worker, for the year 1921], second year. Warsaw: Lebns Fragen, 1921. Yiddish. Front cover il](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Ol31a-public/199.jpg "\"Arbeyter-Luach\" – Almanac for the Worker – Cover Design by Henryk Ber")
Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Arbeyter-Luach… [Almanac for the Worker, for the year 1921], second year. Warsaw: Lebns Fragen, 1921. Yiddish. Front cover illustration by Henryk Berlewi (signed in the plate).
Almanac for the Jewish worker for the year 1921. The almanac contains historical-social articles from a socialistic perspective, various reviews of the Jewish society in Poland and Jewish community institutions, with tables and statistical data and biographies of prominent figures in the Socialist movement. At the beginning of the almanac, a Gregorian calendar marking Jewish holidays and festivals, a chronicle of historical events related to the working class and Socialism, and a chronicle of events leading to the founding of the Bund movement.
The Jewish-Polish artist Henryk Berlewi (1894-1967) was one of the leading constructivist artists in Poland in the 1920s. He studied art in Warsaw, Antwerp and Paris. During the years 1919-1921, he worked with the artistic and literary avant-garde group Jung Jiddisch. Berlewi designed and illustrated books; especially remembered are his illustrations for books by poets Uri Zvi Greenberg and Peretz Markish. In 1924, Berlewi published a theoretical essay titled "Mechano-Faktura" in which he introduced the artistic method he had developed – using mechanical means to create texture. The "Mechano-Faktura", which is based on arrangements of lines and simple geometric forms, using the colors black, white and red, rejects the illusion of space in favor of two-dimensionality. In late 1920s, Berlewi moved to Paris, where he mainly focused on painting portraits. After World War II, his works were displayed in several large exhibitions in Paris, as well as in Berlin, Warsaw, Zürich and New York.
286, [10] pp. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Brittle paper. Detached leaves and gatherings. Front and back cover detached. Spine Missing. Creases, tears and small open tears to margins of leaves and cover (not affecting text).
One listing only in OCLC.
Almanac for the Jewish worker for the year 1921. The almanac contains historical-social articles from a socialistic perspective, various reviews of the Jewish society in Poland and Jewish community institutions, with tables and statistical data and biographies of prominent figures in the Socialist movement. At the beginning of the almanac, a Gregorian calendar marking Jewish holidays and festivals, a chronicle of historical events related to the working class and Socialism, and a chronicle of events leading to the founding of the Bund movement.
The Jewish-Polish artist Henryk Berlewi (1894-1967) was one of the leading constructivist artists in Poland in the 1920s. He studied art in Warsaw, Antwerp and Paris. During the years 1919-1921, he worked with the artistic and literary avant-garde group Jung Jiddisch. Berlewi designed and illustrated books; especially remembered are his illustrations for books by poets Uri Zvi Greenberg and Peretz Markish. In 1924, Berlewi published a theoretical essay titled "Mechano-Faktura" in which he introduced the artistic method he had developed – using mechanical means to create texture. The "Mechano-Faktura", which is based on arrangements of lines and simple geometric forms, using the colors black, white and red, rejects the illusion of space in favor of two-dimensionality. In late 1920s, Berlewi moved to Paris, where he mainly focused on painting portraits. After World War II, his works were displayed in several large exhibitions in Paris, as well as in Berlin, Warsaw, Zürich and New York.
286, [10] pp. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Brittle paper. Detached leaves and gatherings. Front and back cover detached. Spine Missing. Creases, tears and small open tears to margins of leaves and cover (not affecting text).
One listing only in OCLC.
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Yiddish Culture and Literature, Russian Avant-Garde
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