Seven books from Palestine, with covers illustrated in a Modernist style. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1920s-1930s.
1. Malkosh, Shirim Aleph [Last Rain, Poems I], by Yaakov Peremen. Jaffa-Tel Aviv: M. Shoham, 5686 [1926]. Cover designer not indicated.
2. Mashiah Ben Yosef [Messiah son of Joseph], by Beinush Steiman. Translated from the Yiddish by Yehuda Ya'ari. Jerusalem: HaStudia Hadramatit "Masad, " 1926/27. The logo of the "Masad" theater group printed on the cover may have been designed by Arieh Elhanani, who was responsible for the costume and set design of the stage production "Messiah son of Joseph."
3. Adam, by Samuel Bass. Tel Aviv: Hedim, 5687 [1927]. Title page design and illustration by Nahum Paley (1889-1956).
4. BaSha'ar, Mahzor Shirim [In the Gateway: A Cycle of Poems], by Lyova (Yehuda) Almi. Jerusalem, 5687 [1927]. The design of the cover and the mounted illustration (intact in the current copy; usually torn off) are by Pinhas Litvinovsky.
5. El HaShemesh, Drama BeShalosh Ma'arakhot [Toward the Sun, Drama in Three Acts] by Yonah Rigai. Tel Aviv: Nivim, 5688 [1928]. Cover designer not indicated.
6. Ein Rahel (Agadah) [Ein Rahel (A Legend)], by Sara Gluzman. Tel Aviv, 5694 [1934]. Illustrated by David Hendler.
7. MiBayit, Shirim [From Within, Poems], by Avraham Broides. Tel Aviv: Davar, 5696 [1936]. Cover design: Moshe Vorobeichic.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. In some books, stains, tears, and creases to edges of covers.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.