Auction 9 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Prometeus – Alter Katsizne – Warsaw, 1920

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Sold for: $125
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Prometeus, Alter Katsizne. Warsaw, 1920.
Dramatic poem by one of the leading Jewish writers in Poland between the two world ward, Alter Katsizne (1885-1941), who participated in the modernistic almanach "Ringen" and in the literary group "Chaliastre". A prelude precedes the text ("preludye" as it appears in the book), which in fact is a lithograph by Yossef Seidenbeutel. A small illustration signed H.B. (Henryk Berlewi) appears on the last page.
56, [2] pages, 19 cm. Fair condition. Moisture damages. Front cover detached, back cover missing.
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