Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
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Mimegraphed typescripts; small illustrations in some issues.
The issues feature news from Palestine and from the Jewish DP camps; articles by Hugo Mantel, the Jewish chaplain attached to the troops; a letter to the US president regarding the situation in Palestine; and more.
11 issues: Vol. I, issues 3, 7, 9, 10; Vol. II, issues 1-7. Approx. 27 cm. Good condition. Thin, brittle paper. Closed and opens tears to edges of some leaves (mostly minor, not affecting text). Some leaves detached.
Enclosed: • Additional copies of three issues. • Two copies of issue no. 8 (August 3, 1945), printed on different, larger paper (later reprints?).
Approx. 70 issues, in two volumes, one with issues from 1904-1905 and one with issues from 1912-1914. Pictures and illustrations in some issues.
Approx. 38 cm. Condition varies. Overall fair condition. Some issues in poor condition – brittle paper, closed and open tears. Issues loose, detached from bindings.
1. Jewish Life. Editor: Morris Myer. Issue no. 1. Published by the Jewish Times, London, March 1, 1923. Includes an article by Max Nordau titled "The Arab Problem in Palestine" and an illustration by Isaac Lichtenstein.
13, 11 pp., approx. 31 cm. Fair-good condition, Stains and creases. Tears to edges (mostly minor; some mended with tape). Title pages detached, with several open tears.
2. The Jewish Friendly Societies Magazine. Editor: Percy Cohen. First year of publication, issues 1-12, bound together (presumably, no other issues were published). London, January-December 1926.
Rare. Two copies in OCLC.
16 pp. per issue, approx. 27 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Bound together; binding with cloth spine and gilt lettering, slightly worn.
Ha'ischa, Orgaan van de Joodse Vrouwenraad in Nederland [The Woman: Organ of the Dutch National Council of Jewish Women]. All issues published in the years 1932-1939, except issue no. 2, 1938 (95 issues, in seven volumes). Amsterdam: 1932-1939. Dutch.
Among the contributors to the journal were Henrietta Szold, Else Lasker-Schüler, Anna Polak, and others.
Many articles are dedicated to Palestine, to Jewish philosophy and Hebrew literature; some articles deal with the rising antisemitism in Europe. The issue of September, 1938, features an advertisement announcing a fundraising campaign for the benefit of Jewish refugees in the Netherlands, illustrated by the artist Fré Cohen (1903-1943).
95 issues, in 7 volumes. Approx. 27 cm. Condition varies. Stains. Open tears to several leaves (some leaves cut, with loss).
A volume comprising issues 1-24 of the Jewish satiric periodical "Schlemiel", published in Berlin in 1903-1906 and then again in 1919-1920. The issues feature poems and texts by Else Lasker-Schiller, Shalom Aleichem, Uriel Birnbaum, Max Yungman and others, accompanied by many humorous illustrations by artist Menachem Birenboim [Birenbaum] as well as illustrations by Uriel Birenbaum, Hermann Struck, Jacob Steinhardt and others.
VII, [1], 1-60, [2], 66-322 pp. Missing one leaf (pp. 61-62; advertisements at end of issue no. 4), 23.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Minor tears to edges of some leaves. General title page detached. Binding restored (new spine, with part of the original spine laid down); new endpapers. Inked stamp (on a blank page at beginning of volume).
Der Chaver [The Friend], a monthly for children. First year of publication, issues 1-12. Vilna (Vilnius): Central Organization of Yiddish Schools in in Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus (Tsentrale Yidishe Shul Organizatsye), 1920-1921. Yiddish.
The issues feature poems, stories and articles on a variety of subjects – history, science, art, literature, geography, and more. In-text pictures and illustrations.
For additional information, see: Adina Bar-El, Under the Little Green Trees, Yiddish and Hebrew Children's Periodicals in Poland 1918-1939, Jerusalem, 2006, pp. 193-272.
12 issues (September 1920 – December 1921), bound together, with the original covers. 575, [1] pp (covers not included in pagination), approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Brittle paper. Some minor marginal tears. New binding.
Illustrated children's stories. Most of the illustrations are signed in the plate: "L. Tohb" (Hebrew).
17 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Closed and open tears. Inked stamps. Tears and blemishes to binding.
Der Milner, di Milnerin un di Milshtayner ["The Miller, His Wife and Their Millstones"], by Benzion Raskin. Illustrations by El (Eliezer) Lissitzky. Poland [Warsaw]: Tarbut, 1922. Hebrew.
Children's tale, illustrated by El Lissitzky.
15, [1] pp., 19 cm. Missing cover. Hard binding (not original). Fair-poor condition. Many stains, including dampstains and mold spots. Some creases. Leaves loose (unstapled) and detached from binding. Small closed and open tears to edges, repaired. Binding damaged.
Hamishah Ivrim ["Five Blind Men"]. Frankfurt am Main – Moscow – Odessa: Omanut, Sifria Gamliel, [ca. 1922]. Hebrew.
Indian folk parable, adapted by Leo Tolstoy; unknown Hebrew translator. Beautiful color illustrations (lithographs) by "Chavurat Tsayarim, Apter, Mutzelmacher, Kravtsov, Higer" (Ya'akov Apter, Moshe Mutzelmacher, Aharon Kravtsov, and Hayyim [Yefim] Higer).
This book was published as part of the "Gamliel" series produced by the "Omanut" publishing house. The books in the series were described as "the first Hebrew books intended for kindergarten children, and they included large colorful pictures the likes of which had not appeared until then in any Hebrew book. All the books in this series were printed using lithographic print, most in a beautiful large format, and the visual aspect in them was perhaps more important than the literary content" (Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations", 2005, p. 90; Hebrew).
[10] pp. (including cover), 28.5X22.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains (primarily to edges of cover). Minor creases to corners. Small open tear to corner of back cover.
Ha'Oniyah VeHa'Arbah ["The Ship and the Barge"] – a fairy tale by Richard Gustafsson. Illustrations by Dmitry Mitrohin. Frankfurt am Main – Moscow – Odessa: Omanut, Sifria Gamliel, [ca. 1922]. Hebrew.
The story of an old barge, relating its life story and adventures to a young ship, by the Swedish author Richard Gustafsson (1840-1918). Color illustrations by the Russian painter Dmitry Mitrohin (1883-1973).
This book was published as part of the "Gamliel" series produced by the "Omanut" publishing house. The books in the series were described as "the first Hebrew books intended for kindergarten children, and they included large colorful pictures the likes of which had not appeared until then in any Hebrew book. All the books in this series were printed using lithographic print, most in a beautiful large format, and the visual aspect in them was perhaps more important than the literary content" (Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations", 2005, p. 90; Hebrew).
[12] pp. (including cover), 27.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains to edges. Some repaired tears. Staples removed (foxing around pinholes); book re-bound with string. Strips of thin acid-free paper between pages.
Oniyat Kesamim ["The Magic Ship"]. Frankfurt am Main – Moscow – Odessa: Omanut, Sifria Gamliel, [1922]. Hebrew.
A tale by Wilhelm Hauff, with color illustrations by by the Russian painter Dmitry Mitrohin (1883-1973).
This book was published as part of the "Gamliel" series produced by the "Omanut" publishing house. The books in the series were described as "the first Hebrew books intended for kindergarten children, and they included large colorful pictures the likes of which had not appeared until then in any Hebrew book. All the books in this series were printed using lithographic print, most in a beautiful large format, and the visual aspect in them was perhaps more important than the literary content" (Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations", 2005, p. 90; Hebrew).
[12] pp. (including cover), 27.5 cm. Good condition. Few minor stains. Minor creases. Minor tears and abrasions to spine.
HaTanim VeHaPil ["The Jackals and the Elephant"]. Frankfurt am Main – Moscow – Odessa: Omanut, Sifria Gamliel, [1922/3]. Hebrew.
Children's story, adapted from a fable by Leo Tolstoy. Color illustrations by A. Neruchev.
This book was published as part of the "Gamliel" series produced by the "Omanut" publishing house. The books in the series were described as "the first Hebrew books intended for kindergarten children, and they included large colorful pictures the likes of which had not appeared until then in any Hebrew book. All the books in this series were printed using lithographic print, most in a beautiful large format, and the visual aspect in them was perhaps more important than the literary content" (Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations", 2005, p. 90; Hebrew).
16 pp. (including cover), 21X15.5 cm. Good condition. Few stains. Minor abrasions to spine.