An advertisement poster for a booklet of "Sifriyat HaBalash" ("The Detective" Library). Tel Aviv: "Gutenberg-Zvi KSP, [1932].
An advertisement poster for the 12th booklet of the "Sifriyat HaBalash" series, with an illustration on the cover of the booklet and the names of the new stories – "Snunit HaMizrach" (The Swallow of the East) and "Evel Kaved" (Great Mourning). Stamped with a stamp of "HaMefarsem" from March 6, 1932.
"Sifriyat HaBalash", with its 28 booklets, was considered the messenger of the genre of Hebrew detective fiction. Most of the stories were written by Shlomo Ben-Yisrael; however, some were written by other writers, including Uri Keisari, Chaim Dov HaLachmi, Nachum Snapiri, Aryeh Samsonov, and others.
32x47.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines, creases and a few stains. Small tears to margins and along fold lines. Stamp.