"Alef-Bet" (Russian title: "альфа бета мецуеретъ"), color illustrations by V. Burnstein. Warsaw: "Tushia, " [1902].
Textbook intended for teaching the letters of the Hebrew alphabet to youngsters. Two letters, illustrated in color, appear on each page. Underneath each letter are a number of Hebrew words beginning with that letter, and illustrations of those words are superimposed over the letter itself.
This book was published by "Tushia, " a publishing house founded in 1895 in Warsaw by Abraham Leib Shalkovich (better known by his pen name, "Ben-Avigdor."( The express purpose of the publishing house was "to make beautiful literature in Hebrew available to the general populace at a price affordable to all" (cited from Ayala Gordon, "Hebrew Illustrations: The illustrated Hebrew book for children in the international era, 1900-1925," Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2005, Hebrew, p. 40).
Rare book. Only two copies in OCLC.
[6] ff., 9X18.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Blemishes and tears, including open tears, causing minor damage to illustrations. Thoroughly restored. Cover and leaves mounted onto card and rebound.