Lot 30
The Flying Camel – Humorous Haggadah for the Levant Fair – Tel-Aviv, 1932
"The Flying Camel – Passover Haggadah for the Levant Fair and Exhibition… newspaper written in prose and poetry, humor and satire, edited by the merchants of Lod, with the participation of Binyamin Kaspi and Daniel Persky". Tel-Aviv: Satirikon, Nissan 1932. Hebrew.
Humorous, non-traditional Passover Haggadah, published for the first Levant Fair. It features poems and humorous passages dealing with the Levant Fair, the condition of the Yishuv, national and worldwide politics, society and culture. In the Haggadah: the story of the four sons, "one – buys everything, one – hurries to become rich, one – is a simple tourist, and one – does not know the national anthem" (the passage begins with the words "Blessed be He who gave an exhibition to the Jewish people"); the song "Dayenu", enumerating the "virtues of the spring enterprises"; and more. Title page with text titled "Seder Haggadah shel Pesach". The booklet also contains advertisements (some in rhyme) and several illustrations.
12 pp., 32 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Fold lines. Notations in colored pencil to several leaves. Small tears to edges of some leaves. Tears (some open) to cover.
