Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
"Shtetl, My Destroyed Home" – Album of Lithographs by Issachar Ber Ryback – Berlin, 1923
Opening: $300
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Shtetl, Mein khorever Heym – a Gedekhenish [Shtetl, My Destroyed Home – A Remembrance]. Berlin: Shvelen, 1923.
A book in album format with 30 lithographs by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935) – title page and 29 illustrations depicting Jewish life in the Shtetls in Ukraine before their destruction in the pogroms of World War I.
[2], III-XXXI, [1] ff, 49.5X33 cm. Leaf with table of content missing (originally slit-mounted on last page). Good condition. Stains (especially on first and last leaves). Minor blemishes to margins. New endpapers. Purple velvet binding, with dampstains, blemishes and wear.
A book in album format with 30 lithographs by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935) – title page and 29 illustrations depicting Jewish life in the Shtetls in Ukraine before their destruction in the pogroms of World War I.
[2], III-XXXI, [1] ff, 49.5X33 cm. Leaf with table of content missing (originally slit-mounted on last page). Good condition. Stains (especially on first and last leaves). Minor blemishes to margins. New endpapers. Purple velvet binding, with dampstains, blemishes and wear.
Literature and Poetry, Yiddish, Avant-garde
Literature and Poetry, Yiddish, Avant-garde