Auction 5 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Saul Raskin – Nine Books with his Illustrations
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Nine books illustrated by American artist Saul Raskin (1886-1996): The Five Scrolls; Siddur Tefilot Yisrael; Bereshit; The Holy Ark; Pirkei Avoth; Tzvishn G-t un Mensh – Between G-d and Man; Tehilim; The Passover Haggadah (Ya'ari 2288, Otzar HaHaggadot 3855); Kabbala and Book of Yeztira.
The volumes were printed in New York between 1940-1959. All are illustrated, some in color. Hebrew and English, some also contain Yiddish texts.
35 cm at average, 80 to 170 pages in each volume.
Good to very good condition. Original dust jackets, some of them torn. Bereshit has no cover, with tears to spine.
The volumes were printed in New York between 1940-1959. All are illustrated, some in color. Hebrew and English, some also contain Yiddish texts.
35 cm at average, 80 to 170 pages in each volume.
Good to very good condition. Original dust jackets, some of them torn. Bereshit has no cover, with tears to spine.
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