Baginen, Chodesh Zshurnal, Ershter Buch [Dawn, Monthly, First Booklet], edited by A. Litvak [pseudonym of Khayim Yankl Helfand]. Kiev: Aluḳraynisher liṭerarisher ḳomiṭeṭ. Idishe seḳtsye. June 1919. Yiddish.
Cover design, title page illustration and additional illustrations throughout the issue by Joseph Tchaikov.
Featuring poetry and prose, plays, translations and critique by David Hofstein, Leib Kvitko, Sholem Asch, Israel Joshua Singer and others. Alongside Tchiakov's illustrations, the issue contains several reproductions of works by Belgian painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier (1831-1905).
No other issues published (see: "Jewish Publications in the Soviet Union" [Hebrew], editor: C. Shmeruk. Jerusalem 1961. p. 341; item 3545).
125, [1] pp + [5] plates, 25 cm. Lacking back cover. Good-fair condition. Stains. Front cover and two leaves detached (missing spine). Tears to edges of several leaves. Stamp to title page. Stains, small tears and blemishes to front cover.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.