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

Four Books Published by Kultur Lige – Cover Design by Mark Epstein / Illustrations by Nathan Altman

Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Four books published by Kultur Lige:
1. Fun Mir tsu Dir, Humoreskn [From Me to You, Humoresques], by M. [Moshe] Nadir [Yitzchak Rayz]. Kiev: "Kultur Lige", 1927. Yiddish. Cover design: Mark Epstein.
Back cover missing. Front cover partly detached. Tears and many stains.
2. Ahin un Tsurik [Back and Forth], by L. [Leon (Lev)] Trotzky. Kiev: "Kultur Lige", 1926 (the Russian title page indicates the year as 1925). Yiddish. Publication no. 7 of the series "Shul-un Pionern Biblyotek". Cover designer not indicated.
Tears and open tears. Some sheets are unopened. Detached title page. New card binding (with the original cover).
3. Unter der Brik [Under the bridge], by A.M. [Avraham Moshe] Fuchs. Kiev: "Kultur Lige", 1928. Yiddish. Publication no. 10 of the series "Universale Biblyotek". Cover designer not indicated.
Some tears.
4. Dreytsn Undzere [Thirteen of Ours], children's stories by Menucheh [Menuchah] Bruck, translated into Yiddish by Y. [Yitzchak] Kipnis. Kiev: "Kultur Lige", 1930. Publication no. 42 of the series "Shul-un Pionern Biblyotek". Illustrations by Nathan Altman.
The back cover is missing. Detached leaves. Stamps.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde