Auction 87 - Jewish and Israeli Art, History and Culture
Including: sketches by Ze'ev Raban and Bezalel items, hildren's books, avant-garde books, rare ladino periodicals, and more
"Dos Kavendl" – Yiddish Poem in Rhyme by Yehuda Leib Kvitko – Kyiv-St. Petersburg, 1919 – Illustrations by A. Roshal
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Dos Kavendl ["The Watermelon"], by Y.L. [Yehuda Leib] Kvitko, illustrations by A. Roshal. Kyiv-St. Petersburg: Yiddisher Folksfarlag, 1919. Yiddish.
Rhymed children's poem by the renowned poet, writer, and editor Yehuda Leib Kvitko (1890-1952), among the foremost Yiddish-language children's poets in the Soviet Union. With beautiful illustrations, each filling an entire page.
9, [1] pp., 19.5X26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Fold line to length of cover and leaves. Tears, including open tears, to cover, most professionally restored with paper (booklet re-sewn with thread).
See:
• Kvitni-Ratner, "Biblyologisher Zamlbukh – Band 1," Tsenterfarlag, Moscow-Kharkiv-Minsk, 1930, Yiddish. No. 610.
• Yitzhak Yosef Kohen and Mendel Piekarz, " Jewish Publications in the Soviet Union: 1917-1960," The Historical Society of Israel, Jerusalem, 1961, Hebrew. No. 2617.
Rhymed children's poem by the renowned poet, writer, and editor Yehuda Leib Kvitko (1890-1952), among the foremost Yiddish-language children's poets in the Soviet Union. With beautiful illustrations, each filling an entire page.
9, [1] pp., 19.5X26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Fold line to length of cover and leaves. Tears, including open tears, to cover, most professionally restored with paper (booklet re-sewn with thread).
See:
• Kvitni-Ratner, "Biblyologisher Zamlbukh – Band 1," Tsenterfarlag, Moscow-Kharkiv-Minsk, 1930, Yiddish. No. 610.
• Yitzhak Yosef Kohen and Mendel Piekarz, " Jewish Publications in the Soviet Union: 1917-1960," The Historical Society of Israel, Jerusalem, 1961, Hebrew. No. 2617.
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde