Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
"The Prophet Elijah" – Children's Book Published by "HaGina" – Jerusalem, 1925 – Illustrations by Meir Gur Aryeh
Opening: $200
Sold for: $375
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Eliyahu HaNavi ["The Prophet Elijah"], by Yehiel Heilperin, illustrated by M. Gur-Aryeh, music (musical score) by Yoel Engel. Booklet No. 4 in the series titled "Sipurim-Ziyurim LeTinokot, " edited by Yehiel Heilperin."] Jerusalem: "HaGina" Publishing House, 1925. Hebrew.
Poem in rhyme, for children, expressing "the Zionist Dream, in its entirety" (Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations, " p. 148), told as a fantasy seen through the eyes of a child living in the Diaspora, portrayed in the illustrations as a Yemenite boy; he embarks aboard a ship arriving at the port city of Haifa in Palestine, learns Torah in the company of the Prophet Elijah, who dwells in a cave in the slopes of Mt. Carmel. Illustrations by Meir Gur Aryeh.
Fourth book (of five) in the series titled "Sipurim-Ziyurim LeTinokot"; printed by "Graphica by Bezalel." At the end of the book is a printed dedication addressed to Boris Schatz.
[14] pp. (including cover), approx. 20X27.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing (mostly to edges of cover). Small open tear at corner of back cover.
For information on Yehiel Heilperin and "HaGina" Publishing House, see Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations, " 2005, pp. 143-53.
Poem in rhyme, for children, expressing "the Zionist Dream, in its entirety" (Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations, " p. 148), told as a fantasy seen through the eyes of a child living in the Diaspora, portrayed in the illustrations as a Yemenite boy; he embarks aboard a ship arriving at the port city of Haifa in Palestine, learns Torah in the company of the Prophet Elijah, who dwells in a cave in the slopes of Mt. Carmel. Illustrations by Meir Gur Aryeh.
Fourth book (of five) in the series titled "Sipurim-Ziyurim LeTinokot"; printed by "Graphica by Bezalel." At the end of the book is a printed dedication addressed to Boris Schatz.
[14] pp. (including cover), approx. 20X27.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing (mostly to edges of cover). Small open tear at corner of back cover.
For information on Yehiel Heilperin and "HaGina" Publishing House, see Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations, " 2005, pp. 143-53.
Hebrew Children's Books and Periodicals
Hebrew Children's Books and Periodicals