‎Design‎

‎Berlin, Charles‎

‎JEWISH FILM AND JEWISH STUDIES: PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY ON NOVEMBER 13-14, 1989 ON THE ROLE OF JEWISH FILM IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN JEWISH STUDIES‎

‎Softcover, 8vo, v, 68 pages, 23 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews in motion pictures -- Congresses. Film archives -- Israel. Motion pictures in education -- Congresses. Television broadcasting -- Israel -- Congresses. Television in education -- Congresses. Films. Televisie. Cultuur. Joden. Includes bibliographical references. Light chipping to edges of cover and cover spine. Otherwise, very good condition. (Art-4-3)‎

‎Werner, Alfred‎

‎RUBIN‎

‎Hardcover, Folio, 21, 48 pages, illustrated, plates, part color, portraits, 31 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Rubin, Reuven. With dust jacket in protective mylar. Some chips to dust jacket. Otherwise, very good condition. (Art-4-9)‎

‎Gamzu, Haim‎

‎SCULPTURE IN ISRAEL‎

‎Softcover, Folio, 23 pages, illustrated plates, 34 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Sculpture, Israeli. Yellowing to edges of inner front and back cover. Light chipping to edges of cover jacket. In dust jacket. Otherwise, good condition. (Art-4-22)‎

‎Wigoder, Geoffrey‎

‎JEWISH ART AND CIVILIZATION‎

‎Hardcover, Folio, 351 pages, illustrated, 31 cm. Large compendium detailing Jewish history through art, ritual objects, and cultural monuments. Profusely illustrated, some in color. Written by Dr. Geoffrey Wigoder (1922 - 1999), a historian and philosopher, was born in Leeds, Great Britain. He was educated at the Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and at Oxford University in England where he earned his degrees in Jewish medieval history, and at Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. In 1949 he immigrated to the newly founded State of Israel where he was active as a journalist for various newspapers and radio stations, most recently serving as the founding editor of the Dialogues newsletter that focuses on discussion between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. He collaborated with Cecil Roth on the New Standard Jewish Encyclopaedia and started to work together on the 16-volume Encyclopaedia Judaica. After Cecil Roth passed away in 1970, Wigoder became its editor directing a team of some 1,800 contributors from all over the world. His other publications include The Encyclopaedia of the Jewish Religion, Jewish Art and Civilization, The Story of the Synagogue, and a 1994 edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica. He also edited an English concordance of the Bible and the Oxford Dictionary of Judaism. Wigoder taught and directed the first oral history department at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, lectured on Contemporary Judaism at the University of Manchester in England, and founded and ran the Steven Spielberg Film Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Civilization. Jewish art and symbolism. Juifs -- Civilisation. Art juif. Bibliography on pages 348-349. Light staining to outer jacket. Very good condition. (Art-4-23)‎

‎Daiches, Samuel, 1878-1949.‎

‎THE STUDY OF THE TALMUD IN SPAIN‎

‎Original paper wrappers, 12mo. , 32 pages. SUBJECT (S) Talmud -- History. OCLC lists 22 copies worldwide. Back cover missing, Pieces missing from front cover, text in good condition. (ART-13-3)‎

‎Raynor, Joyce Toby. Meshorer, Ya`akov, ; 1935-2004. Hanson, Richard S.‎

‎THE COINS OF ANCIENT MEIRON‎

‎Cloth, 8vo. , 140 pages. Illustrated with 17 pages of photographic plates. Published [Cambridge, MA]: ASOR ; Winona Lake, Ind.: Distributed by Eisenbrauns. Series: Meiron excavation project. SUBJECT (S) : Numismatics, Ancient -- Israel -- Meron -- Catalogs. Meron (Israel) -- Antiquities -- Catalogs. Includes bibliographical references. Very good condition. (ART-13-7)‎

‎Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Klein, Isaac. Maimonides, Moses, ; 1135-1204. ;‎

‎THE CODE OF MAIMONIDES. BOOK 7: THE BOOK OF AGRICULTURE‎

‎Cloth, 8vo. , xxxviii, 608 pages. Series: Code of Maimonides ; bk. 7; Yale Judaica series v. 21; SUBJECT (S) : Mishneh Torah. Jewish law. Very good condition. Lacks dustjacket. Light wear to spine. (ART-13-12)‎

‎Davidovitch, David; Cecil Roth; Y Yoresh; Avigail Yoresh‎

‎HA-KETUBAH BE-‘ITURIM / THE KETUBA: JEWISH MARRIAGE CONTRACTS THROUGH THE AGES‎

‎(FT) Publishers cloth. Folio. 116 pages. 34 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and English. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering, in illustrated dustjacket, housed in red boards, inserted into case made of boards with printed wraps. “The Ketuba: Jewish marriage contracts through the ages. ” Written by David Davidovitch, with a foreword by Cecil Roth, and designed by Avigail and Itshak Yoresh. This exceedingly detailed volume both outlines the community and rabbinic history and practice of the Ketuba, with 18 facsimile full page color illustrated pastedown reproductions, as well as dozens more black and white illustrations, also showing other facets of marriage rites, including contemporary photographs and illuminated manuscripts depicting the elaborate weddings of Yemenite Jews. The Ketubbah; “a document recording the financial obligations which the husband undertakes toward his wife in respect of, and consequent to, their marriage, obligations which in principle are imposed on him by law. … Most Jewish communities have followed the custom of decorating the ketubbah. An Ashkenazi ketubbah from Krems. Austria, dated 1392, shows that illumination was usual among Ashkenazi communities during the Middle Ages. However, the best-known illuminated ketubbot, which date from the 16th century onward, were from Italy, certain Sephardi communities, and from Near and Far Eastern Jewry. Richly illuminated ketubbot, which date from the 17th and 18th centuries, are from Italy, Corfu, the Balkans, and Gibraltar. They are written on parchment and the text is usually bordered by an illuminated frame, depicting a variety of decorative themes in many bright colors. The frame, which is sometimes divided into a diptych, is often illustrated with biblical or mythological motifs, portraits of the bride and groom in contemporary costume, family coats of arms, symbols representing conjugal bliss, and even nude figures. Typical Jewish symbols were used, such as the hands forming the priestly blessing, a sign that the groom was from a family of kohanim, or a ewer and basin indicating a levite. Sometimes, the biblical figures represented in the ketubbah symbolize the bride or groom's name; thus a scene from the life of Joseph might mean that the groom's name was Joseph, a scene from the Book of Ruth that the bride's name was Ruth. Dutch Sephardi ketubbot of the same period are distinguished by their delicate ornamental engraving. They were mainly executed on parchment and are in the best Dutch copper-engraving tradition. An outstanding example is a 1658 Rotterdam ketubbah, executed by Shalom Italia, a copper engraver from Mantua who emigrated to Holland. This ketubbah is rich in biblical motifs. Another famous copperengraved ketubbah, dating from the late 17th century, is decorated with flowers and allegorical figures in the typical Dutch-Jewish contemporary manner. The border contains the date 1693, commemorating the year of the death of the renowned Amsterdam rabbi, Isaac Aboab de Fonseca. ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts. Ketubah in art. Light shelf wear to outer case, otherwise fine. Great condition. (ART-18-37B)xx‎

‎Barnett, Richard David‎

‎ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY‎

‎Illustrated wraps. 8vo. 91 pages. 25 cm. First edition. Handwritten dedication from the author on endpage. Includes 53 plates depicting tablets, pots, swords, coffins, reliefs, and other ancient works which are brought into perspective to illuminate certain facets of the narratives in the old testament. Richard David Barnett (1909–1986) , “like his father, made his career at the British Museum. Born in London, he began in 1932 as assistant keeper in the department of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities and in 1955 was appointed head of the newly established department of Western Asiatic antiquities. From 1933 to 1935 he was secretary of the British School in Athens. Richard Barnett's research extended to Assyriology, the cultures of Syria, Phoenicia, and Asia Minor as well as biblical archaeology. In 1956 he organized the special exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London commemorating the tercentenary of the resettlement of Jews in the British Isles, and his catalog of the exhibition was one of his most distinguished publications. He was president of the Jewish Historical Society of England (1959–61) and contributed several important papers on the history of the Sephardim in England to its transactions. His publications include: Carchemish: Report on the Excavations at Djerabis (vol. 3 (with Sir L. Woolley, 1952) ) ; Catalogue of the Nimrod Ivories in the British Museum (1957) ; Assyrian Palace Reliefs and Their Influence on the Sculptures of Babylonia and Persia (1960) ; The Sculptures of Aššur-nasir apli II… (1962) ; and Illustrations of Old Testament History (1966) . After his death the Jewish Historical Society of England established an annual lectureship in his honor. ” (EJ 2008) . Subjects: Bible. O. T. - Antiquities. Light wear to covers, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ART-20-2)‎

‎Gour, Israel‎

‎”BAMAH” THEATRICAL REVIEW [ISSUE 24; WINTER 1965]‎

‎(FT) Ilustrated wraps. 8vo. 102, [2] pages. 24 cm. Serial publication. In Hebrew with English title and synopses page. Includes 17 plates of photographs from productions by the Habimah theatre company, an essay on Pushkin’s “The Stone Guest”, an analysis of “Stringberg’s ‘Miss Julia’ now playing at Habimah”, an essay on dialogue in early Hebrew drama, an excerpt from a play about Giordano Bruno by Zvi Hermann, and a discussion on the experience of Israel Gour’s repertoire during its recent travels abroad to the United States. “Bamah” continues an earlier publication with the same title, issued 1933-48. Issued by the Habimah Theatre; as of 1958 the national theatre of Israel. Subjects: Theater - Periodicals. Theater - Israel. Drama. Covers light soiled and lightly foxed, outer edges lightly soiled; internally clean and fresh. Good + condition. (ART-20-8)‎

‎Benoschofsky, Ilona; Sandor Scheiber‎

‎DAS JUDISCHE MUSEUM IN BUDAPEST‎

‎Publishers cloth. 8vo. 245 pages. 25 cm. First German edition. German translation of “A Budapesti Zsidó Múzeum. ” Title translates as “Jewish Museum of Budapest. ” Includes 249 plates, many in color, of objects and texts at the Jewish Museum in Budapest. Subjects: Jewish art and symbolism - Catalogs. Judaism - Liturgical objects - Catalogs. Jews - Hungary - History - Catalogs. Budapesti Zsidó Múzeum - Catalogs. Budapest / Jüdisches Museum. Great condition in good jacket. (ART-20-18)‎

‎Bergner, Yosl‎

‎59 ILLUSTRATIONS TO ALL THE FOLK TALES OF ITZCHOK LEIBUSH PERETZ‎

‎(FT) Portfolio. 4to. [20] pages; [59] leaves. 28 cm. In Yiddish and English. Text and captions to plates in English and Yiddish. Yiddish title romanized: 59 [i. E. Nayn und fuftsig] ilustratsies tsu alle folkstimlikhe geshikhten fun Yitshak Leybush Perets. Porftolio contains a 20 page booklet, printed in red and black ink, and contains 59 illustrated leaves. “Bergner's style moves freely between extremes, from compact compositions and minimal coloration to richness and dramatic style. He always maintained a rare combination between figurative description and surrealistic atmosphere. At the heart of his approach lies the understanding that the visual image is a more or less aesthetic representation of the meaning beyond it. More then once Bergner has been defined as a literary painter, in his case meaning a painter who is as comfortable with world literature as he is familiar with Jewish literature. As the son of a Yiddish poet, the stories of Mendele Mokher Seforim (Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh ) , Shalom Aleichem, and I. L. Peretz were a part of his life. At the same time Bergner's art has been an inspiration to many Israeli poets like Dan Pagis, Tuvia Rivner, and Hayim Hefer. They were drawn to the characteristic images of Bergner's art, referring to them as an integral part of their poems. ” (EJ 2008) Subjects: Peretz, Isaac Leib, 1851 or 2-1915 - Illustrations. OCLC lists 24 copies. Light wear, and some chipping, to bottom and outer edges of portfolio, otherwise fresh and clean. Good + condition. (ART-20-25)‎

‎Winz, Leo‎

‎OST UND WEST. ILLUSTRIERTE MONATSSCHRIFT FUER DAS GESAMTE JUDENTUM., VOLUME 19/20‎

‎Bound original Lilien-designed illustrated boards, 4to, 328 + 323 columns. Heavy wear to spine, inside hinges starting but still holding. Internally very nice. Previous owner's stamp on title page. Good+ Condition (AMR-39-7)‎

‎(JT) Kayser, Stephen S‎

‎JEWISH CEREMONIAL ART; A GUIDE TO THE APPRECIATION OF THE ART OBJECTS USED IN SYNAGOGUE AND HOME, PRINCIPALLY FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA‎

‎Publishers cloth. 8vo. 189 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. Editor by Stephen S. Kayser and Guido Schoenberger. Includes 207 black and white plates and detailed descriptions of each art object. Subjects: Jewish art - Exhibitions. Bookplate of previous owner on endpage, otherwise clean. Very good condition in fair jacket. (ART-20-15A)‎

‎Krízková, Marie Rút; Kurt Jirí Kotouc; Zdenek Ornest; R Elizabeth Novak; Paul Wilson‎

‎WE ARE CHILDREN JUST THE SAME: "VEDEM," THE SECRET MAGAZINE BY THE BOYS OF TEREZÍN‎

‎Publishers cloth. 4to. 199 pages. 29 cm. First English edition. Jointly published by the Jewish Publication Society of Philadelphia and the Aventinum Publishing House of Prague. Prepared and selected from the magazine "In the Lead" (Vedem) by Marie Ruth Krízková, Kurt Jirí Koutouc, and Zdenek Ornest; translated from the Czech by R. Elizabeth Novak; edited by Paul R. Wilson; with a foreword by Václav Havel. “From 1942 to 1944, a group of 13- to 15-year-old Jewish boys secretly produced a weekly magazine called Vedem (In the Lead) at the model concentration camp, Theresienstadt (‘Terezin’ in Czech) . The writers, artists, and editors put together the issues and copied them by hand behind the blackout shades of their cellblock, which they affectionately called the ‘Republic of Shkid. ’ The material was saved by one of the handful of boys who survived the Holocaust, but it was suppressed for fifty years in Czechoslovakia. Now, for the first time, these works are being published simultaneously in English, Czech, and German. Vedem is a poignant glimpse at the world of boys torn from their comfortable childhoods, separated from their families, ultimately to perish in the Nazi death machine. “ (Dustjacket description) Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Czechoslovakia - Personal narratives. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Literary collections. Children's writings, Czech - Translations into English. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) , in art. Children's art - Czechoslovakia. Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) - Literary collections. Czechoslovakia - Ethnic relations. Ex-library with usual markings. Great condition in very good jacket. (ART-20-22)‎

‎Ed. Shilo-Cohen, Nurit‎

‎BEZALEL SHEL SCHATZ 1906-1929‎

‎First edition. Original boards. 8vo. 369 pages. 25 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to "Schatz's Betzalel, 1906-1929." Features articles on Boris Schatz and the Bezalel school of art in Jerusalem. It contains many color and black and white photographs of his works, many of which were printed for the first time in this publication. SUBJECTS: Jewish art -- Palestine. Jewish artists -- Palestine -- Biography. Jewish art. Jewish artists. Kunstonderwijs. Betsal'el. (ART-27-4)‎

‎(Xt) Lee, Malka. [Malkah Li]. Cover Design by Aron J. Gudelman [Aaron J. Goodelman] [Signed by Author]‎

‎LIDER‎

‎1st edition. Original modernist illustrated cloth cover, 8vo, 159, [1] pages ; 22 cm. In Yiddish. Signed by author on end paper. Features construtivist cover by Aron Gudelman. This is featured as “fig. 25” in Hillel Kozovsky’s “C’Etait l’Epoque ou l’On a Commence a Illustrer les Livres Juifs, ” [appearing in French Translation in ‘Futur antérieur: l'Avant-garde et le livre yiddish (1914-1939) , ’ p. 47]. Aron Gudelman (Ataki, Bessarabia, 1890 - New York, 1978) “was a sculptor, illustrator, etcher, lecturer, and teacher. Born in Russia, he immigrated to New York in 1905 at the time of pogroms in Russia. After attending the Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design, in 1914 he studied with Jean-Antoine Injalbert at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Supporting himself as a machinist in the 1920s, Goodelman became a communist. His concerns about social and economic conditions were expressed in his art. He participated in exhibitions at the John Reed Club in the early 1930s. After World War II, Goodelman created artworks related to the Holocaust. He taught at City College of New York in the 1960s” (National Museum of American Art, 1996) . Very light wear, spine sunned with touch of wear at crown and foot. A beautiful copy, with the original velveteen on the cloth cover still very much in tact. Very Good Condition (Yid-26-8)‎

‎(Xt) Iakhinson, I.  ‎

‎GEYOG NOCH SHPEIZ; SHMUESN FUN KULTUR-GESHICHTE FAR DER ARBEIT-SHUL.‎

‎Original illustrated paper covers with constructivist font, 8vo, 66 pages.   Includes text illustrations as well. In Yiddish. Young adult book. Title translates as “In search of Food. ”  OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (Columbia & Wayne State) . Cover stain and tears along spine; inside 1/2 inch of  first and last leaves are stuck to covers at the gutter margin (from glue from later outer binding which is no longer present) . Attractive, rare Kultur-Lige imprint. (Yid-26-11)‎

‎Lozowick, Louis‎

‎100 [ONE HUNDRED] CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN JEWISH PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS‎

‎1st Edition. Original Boards. 4to. [xv, ] 207 pages ; 32 cm. “Louis Lozowick (1892 – 1973) was an American painter and printmaker. He was born in the Russian Empire (Ludvinovka, Ukraine) , came to the United States in 1906, and died in New Jersey in 1973. He is recognized as an Art Deco and Precisionist artist, and mainly produced streamline, urban-inspired monochromatic lithographs in a career that spanned 50 years…Notable work: Pittsburgh (1922-1923) , Detroit (Urban Geometry) (1925-1927) . ” (Wikipedia, 2017) Includes 100 profiles of famous and forgotten American Jewish Artists written by Lozowick, and accompanied by a photo of the the artist and a full-page plate of a piece of their artwork. Text is in both English and Yiddish. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish painters -- United States. 2 Full-Page profiles of YKUF Publisher (World Association for Jewish Culture) are inserted, one in English and one in Yiddish. Some wear to boards. Otherwise very good condition. (ART-26-15)‎

‎(Xt) Libman, Yitshak; Fridman, B. ; & Krawetz, Meyer; editors‎

‎OYFGANG. MONATLEKHER-ZSHURNAL FAR ALZAYTIKER LITERARISHER SHAFUNG. VOL II, NR 2-3 [ONLY], MAY 1924‎

‎1st edition. Original orange paper wrappers with modernist script masthead, large 8vo, 82 pages. In Yiddish. SUBJECT (S) : Yiddish literature -- Periodicals. OCLC lists only 3 holdings of any issues (YIVO, NYPL, HUC) . Ex-library with usual marks. Remains of later binding attached to spine, Heavy quality rag paper has held up much better than expected, about Good Condition. (YID-29-24)‎

‎Gur-Aryeh, Meir; M. Narkiss‎

‎HA-HALUTZIM: LEKET TSELIALIYOT‎

‎First edition. Original illustrated boards with gilt lettering. 8vo. 22 pages, 24 cm. In Hebrew. Title translates to “The Pioneers: Collection of Silhouettes. ” This book contains 20 Hebrew poems next a print of a paper-cut silhouette prepared by Bezalel artist Meir Gur Aryeh. These are perhaps his best known works. SUBJECTS: Folk songs, Hebrew -- Israel -- Texts. Halutzim -- Poetry. OCLC: 19153736. Very good condition. (ZION2-1-1)‎

‎Nadir, Moishe [Moyshe] [Yitzchak Rayz]. Dust jacket illustration by Zuni Maud‎

‎DI NAYSTE VERK [COVER TITLE: GEKLIBENE VERK FUN MOSHE NADIR]. VOL 6: POLEMIK [OF 6 VOLUMES, STANDS ON ITS OWN]‎

‎Original publisher’s cloth in dramatic modernist color illustrated dust jacket designed by Zuni Maud with illustrations on front and rear; 8vo, 243 pages. 23 cm. In Yiddish. SUBJECT (S) : Yiddish literature -- 20th century. Illustrator Zuni Maud (born 1905) was an “Artist, cartoonist, puppeteer, playwright, writer and poet. [He] Studied at the Cooper Union Art School, Baron de Hirsch Art School and National Academy of Art, New York. [and] Did illustrations for *Der kibitser* and stage and costume design for productions by Maurice Schwartz in the Yiddish Art Theater. Contributed articles to Der kundes (N. Y. ) , Jewish Daily Forward (N. Y. ) , Di tsayt (N. Y. ) , Kinderland (N. Y. ) , Kinder zshurnal (N. Y. ) , Frayhayt (N. Y. ) . [He was the] Illustrator of a number of books. In 1925, together with Yosel Cutler, [he] founded the ‘Modicot’ marionette theater. [He] Wrote plays, children's stories and poems” (YIVO, 2018) . Author Yitzchak Rayz (1885-1943) , “better known by his pen name Moyshe Nadir was an American Yiddish language writer and satirist…. In 1898, at the age of 13, Rayz immigrated to New York and adopted the Americanized name Isaac Reiss. Within a few years his work was published widely in the New York Yiddish press, under a variety of pseudonyms, including Rinnalde Rinaldine, Dilensee Mirkarosh, Der Royzenkavalir, Doctor Hotzikl, and, finally, Moishe Nadir. The name ‘Nadir’ is a Yiddish expression meaning ‘here you are’ or ‘that's for you, ’ but can also mean ‘take this and choke on it. ’ As a teenager, he wrote for Der Groyser Kundes (The Big Prankster) and later co-edited Der Yiddisher Gazlon (The Yiddish Bandit) with Jacob Adler. He wrote for an assortment of Communist Yiddish publications including the Frayhayt (Freedom) newspaper and its successor Morgn Frayhayt (Morning Freedom) and the magazines Der Signal (The Signal) and Der Hammer (The Hammer) . When his sharp-tongued theater reviews caused him to be banned from theatrical productions, he resorted to attending plays in disguise. His own plays were performed by Maurice Schwartz’s Yiddish Art Theater, Zuni Maude and Yosl Cutlers Modicut puppet theater, Artef (Arbeter Teater Faraband, Workers Theater Alliance) and the Federal Theater Project. Among his better known poems are the erotic Vilde Royzen (Wild Roses, 1915) and his 1932 Rivington Strit (Rivington Street) . After a long association with the Frayhayt and the Morgn Frayhayt, Rayz began to distance himself from the Communist cause with the onset of the show trials in the Soviet Union and publicly broke with the Morgn Frayhayt in the wake of the Molotiv-Ribbentrop Pact. He set out his reasons in ‘Di, vos blayben mit der Morgn Frayhayt’ (‘Those who stay with the Morgn Frayhayt’) in response to Morgn Frayhayt editor Moissaye Olgin’s ‘Di vos gayen avek’ (‘Those who leave’) . Rayz discusses his relationship to the Communist Party in his posthumous ‘Moyde Ani’ (Wikipedia, 2019) . Very Good Condition in dust jacket which shows some edgewear affecting some letters on the spine. Very Good in Good Jacket. (yid-41-92)‎

‎Ul'ianova-Elizarova, A [Lenin's Sister!]‎

‎ILITSHS KINDER-YORN‎

‎Presume 1st Yiddish edition [Title page indicates “II uflage” (2nd edition), but we could locate no earlier Yiddish edition, so we presume this to indicate that the first edition was in Russian and this Yiddish edition is the 2nd edition]. Original modernist color illustrated paper wrappers bound into protective folder, 8vo, 25 pages. Includes photo illustration of author with her little brother, V.I. Lenin. 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Ilich’s Childhood Years.” Nr. 10 in the serices, “Shul-un pyonern-bibliyotek.” SUBJECT(S):Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich, 1870-1924 -- Childhood and youth. OCLC: 998762705. OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide (LOC and Harvard). Paper browning, stamps to cover, institutional stamp on copyright page, Good Condition Thus. Very Rare (Yid-42-5A)‎

‎(Xt) Zweig, Arnold; Struck, Hermann‎

‎DAS NEUE KANAAN: EINE UNTERSUCHUNG ÌBER LAND UND GEIST ZU 15 STEINZEICHNUNGEN VON HERMANN STRUCK‎

‎1st edition. Original boards. 4to. 41 pages, 39 cm. In German. Beautiful lithographs of Palestine by Hermann Struck. Title translates to "The New Canaan. " Hermann Struck (1876-1944) was a famous German Jewish artist whose students included Marc Chagall, Lesser Ury, Jacob Steinhardt, and more. He was commissioned to make portraits of Herzl, Einstein, Frued, Neitzsche, Oscar Wilde and others. Arnold Zweig (1887-1968) was a similarly famous German writer and Socialist Zionist (Wikipedia, 2019) . SUBJECTS: Palestine -- Pictorial works. Features lithographs of Palestine and its holy sites. Spine rebacked, boards are lightly worn. Internally very good. (GER-55-10-BJLKK'm)‎

‎Katz, Aleph. Illustrated by Yosel Cutler [Alef Kats Yosl Kotler]‎

‎DOS TELERL FUN HIML‎

‎1st edition. Original dramatic color illustrated boards, Small 8vo, 30 + [2] pages. Includes 7 dali-esque illustrations by Kotler. 21 cm. In Yiddish. “Yosl Kotler was a master of the stylized grotesque. He was also an extraordinarily accomplished draftsman, able to stretch, shrink and contort a line into an endless kaleidoscope of forms. Kotler is one of the great American artists of modern times, but has never achieved recognition as such. Perhaps because he worked almost exclusively in the Yiddish-speaking milieu, and mainly among Communist circles. Or because he spread his abundant talents in so many directions, including painting, illustration, cartoons, theater design, poetry, fiction, and puppetry. Kotler was fifteen and an orphan when he arrived in America in 1911. He thrived primarily as an illustrator and puppeteer, teaming up with Zuny Maud, an equally multi-talented fellow Bohemian, to create a cult puppet theater in 1925. Kotler was driving to Hollywood hoping to make a puppet movie when he died in a car crash in 1935. His funeral brought 10, 000 people onto the streets of New York. Author Herman Gold was another extraordinary Lower East Side character, described by memoirist Reuben Iceland as "the weaver of the weirdest, wildest word plays. " In other words, Gold’s stories and Kotler’s artwork are the perfect match” (Mazower, 2019) . "Andere arbetn fun dem zelbikn shrayber" (Other works by the same author) on page 32. SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish poetry. Edgwear to boards, lacks backstrip, internally very clean, Good Condition Overall (Yid-41-96BA-EXL)‎