KVITKO (Leib). FISCHER (Georg). Dos shukl. [The Little Beetle]. [Publisher's notes in Ukrainian on the second plate]: [Pan-Ukrainian branch of the Central Publishing House under the praesidium of the VUTsVK. Palace of Labor. Kharkiv. 1928]. [First printing house of the Publishing House of Ukraine. Kharkiv]. In-8 (23.7 x 17 cm). (4) ff. black cloth spine, first board with author and title in red and a stylized drawing of a beetle in red, black and yellow, signed and dated by the artist. Unique edition of a folk tale written by the famous Yiddish writer and poet from the Soviet Union, Leib Kvitko (Ukraine 1890-1952, murdered in the Soviet Union). Cover, signed and dated 1927, four beautiful stylized plates in red, yellow and black by painter and illustrator Georg Fischer (1906-1978), who illustrated the five books in the series written by Leib Kvitko in 1928 at the "Tsentr" Varlag. Edition of 3,000 copies. Originally published in paperback, the work is here in library boards with three faint stamps on the endpapers. Trace of label at head of first cover, corners rubbed and inner hinges cracked. Keywords: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israélite, Israël, antisemitism, antisémitisme, dreyfus, meguila, sepharade, sefarad, ketouba
Estimate
€200 - €250
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
KVITKO (Leib). FISCHER (Georg).
Dos shukl. [The Little Beetle].
[Publisher's notes in Ukrainian on the second plate]: [Pan-Ukrainian branch of the Central Publishing House under the praesidium of the VUTsVK. Palace of Labor. Kharkiv. 1928]. [First printing house of the Publishing House of Ukraine. Kharkiv]. In-8 (23.7 x 17 cm). (4) ff. black cloth spine, first board with author and title in red and a stylized drawing of a beetle in red, black and yellow, signed and dated by the artist.
Unique edition of a folk tale written by the famous Yiddish writer and poet from the Soviet Union, Leib Kvitko (Ukraine 1890-1952, murdered in the Soviet Union).
Cover, signed and dated 1927, four beautiful stylized plates in red, yellow and black by painter and illustrator Georg Fischer (1906-1978), who illustrated the five books in the series written by Leib Kvitko in 1928 at the "Tsentr" Varlag. Edition of 3,000 copies.
Originally published in paperback, the work is here in library boards with three faint stamps on the endpapers. Trace of label at head of first cover, corners rubbed and inner hinges cracked.
Keywords:
judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israélite, Israël, antisemitism, antisémitisme, dreyfus, meguila, sepharade, sefarad, ketouba
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