Lot 588
"Menachem Mendel" by Sholem Aleichem – Moscow, 1926 – Cover Designed by Nathan Altman
Geklibene Verk, Menachem Mendel [Selected Works, Menachem Mendel], by Sholem Aleichem. Moscow: "Shul un Bukh", 1926. Yiddish.
"Menachem Mendel", series of stories by Sholem Aleichem. Out of a series of selected works published by "Shul un Bukh", a publishing house focusing on communist and Yiddish literature. The cover was designed by Nathan Altman (1889-1970), Jewish-Russian avant-garde artist, illustrator and stage-set designer.
119, [1] pp, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Tears to bottom margins of a number of leaves. Folds and tears at margins (some open). Library ink-stamp. Paper cover with tears and open tears at margins and spine. A strip of adhesive tape at the bottom of the cover.
