Auction 026
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Dec 22, 2020
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LOT 291:
Four Books with Illustrated Covers – Warsaw, 1922-23
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Sold for: $2,000 (₪6,480)
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Four Books with Illustrated Covers – Warsaw, 1922-23
Four Books with Illustrated Covers, published in Warsaw, 1922-23.
1. Mon, Miniaturen [Poppies, Miniatures], by Z. [Zusman] Segalowicz. Warsaw: E. Gitlin, 1922. Yiddish.
The cover design and illustration are the work of the artist Wolf (Zev) Weintraub (1893-1886).
2. Meṭaṭron: Apoḳalipṭishe Poeme [Apocalyptic Poetry], by Aaron Zeitlin. Warsaw: Alt-Yung, 1922. Yiddish.
An early work of Aaron Zeitlin (1898-1973), a Hebrew and Yiddish author and poet. The cover illustrator is unidentified. Ex-library copy.
3. Masse Mensch [Man of the Masses], by Ernst Toller. Translated from the German by Sarah Brenner. Warsaw: Die Velt, 1922. Yiddish.
Translation into Yiddish of the Socialist-inspired play by Ernst Toller (1893-1939) – a Jewish Socialist playwright – dealing with the Socialist Revolution and dedicated to "the Proletariat." Cover design by Menahem Birnbaum.
4. Renanim [Poems], by Meir Czudner. Warsaw: Kolot, 1923. Hebrew.
First published book of poems by the author and poet Meir Czudner (1888-1943), who perished in the Holocaust.
Cover design by the artist Haim Hanft. Numerous stains to cover. Inked stamps.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
