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
"Krokodil, " by Korney Chukovsky – Yiddish Translation – Illustrations by Nikolai Remizov – Riga, 1920s
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Krokodil, Poeme far Kleyne Kinder ["Crocodile, A Story for Little Children"], by K. [Korney] Chukovsky. Translated into Yiddish by Sh. L. Shmuelson. Illustrations by "Re-Mi" [Nikolai Remizov]. Riga: Unser Zukunft, [1920s]. Yiddish.
Yiddish translation of the first children's book published by the renowned Russian-Jewish children's author, literary critic, and translator Korney Chukovsky (Корне́й Ива́нович Чуко́вский, 1882-1969). The book became a classic, and remains popular to this day.
Illustrations by "Re-Mi, " pen name of Nikolai Remizov (Никола́й Влади́мирович Ре́мизов, 1887-1975), Russian-American artist, cartoonist, and stage set designer.
[1] f., 40 pp., 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to binding and to edges of leaves). Hardcover binding, loose. Endpapers partly detached.
Yiddish translation of the first children's book published by the renowned Russian-Jewish children's author, literary critic, and translator Korney Chukovsky (Корне́й Ива́нович Чуко́вский, 1882-1969). The book became a classic, and remains popular to this day.
Illustrations by "Re-Mi, " pen name of Nikolai Remizov (Никола́й Влади́мирович Ре́мизов, 1887-1975), Russian-American artist, cartoonist, and stage set designer.
[1] f., 40 pp., 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to binding and to edges of leaves). Hardcover binding, loose. Endpapers partly detached.
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde
Yiddish Children's Books, Poetry and Periodicals, Avant-garde