HaTarnegol HaTarnegolet Ve'Ginat HaYerek ["The Rooster, the Hen and the Vegetable Garden"], by Benzion Raskin. Illustrations by Chaim Hanft. [Warsaw:] Tarbut, 5683 [1922/3].
A children's story about a rooster and a hen, who struggle to protect their patch of vegetables from various pests. The book was published as part of the "Zil Zlil" series of children's books, written by Benzion Raskin (1890-1930).
Illustrations by Chaim Hanft (1900-1951) – Jewish-Polish painter, sculptor and illustrator. Hanft studied under the sculptor Chanoch Glicenstein and at the Warsaw Art School. From 1918 to 1919 he continued his studies in Berlin. During the Polish-Soviet war, he was enlisted, captured by the Russians and sent by them to study at the Moscow art school. Hanft returned to Warsaw, and during the 1920s and 1930s illustrated books, children's books and Yiddish journals. He was a member of the Jewish union of artists and sculptors in Poland, and took part in the reconstruction of a wooden synagogue in Będzin.
[15,] [1] pp., 18X23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor creases. Tears to several leaves, repaired. Pen notations to several leaves. Leaves slightly trimmed (damage to page numbers). Staple holes to inner margins (staples removed) Book rebound, with original cover laid down. Cover stained and worn.