The present catalogue includes an extensive chapter dedicated to Bezalel artists, including illustrated books, various objects, drawing and paintings. This chapter features numerous original sketches for works by Ze'ev Raban - Raban's sketchbook (lot 318), sketches for illustrations to the Song of Songs (lot 320), sketches of the signs of the Zodiac (lot 327), a large collection of photographs of works by Raban and Meir Gur Aryeh (lot 344), and many other unique items from the estate of Shlomo Kedmi, who succeeded Raban and Gur Aryeh in the Industrial Art Studio.
The chapter dedicated to Hebrew children's books features charming works by prominent writers and illustrators: stories by Benzion Raskin illustrated by Uriel Kahana, Chaim Hanft and Haim Goldberg; poems by Itzhak Katzenelson illustrated by Gertrud Caspari; rhymes by Ya'akov David Kamson illustrated by Else Wenz-Viëtor; children's book published by "Omanut", with color lithograph illustrations by "Chavurat Tsayarim" (Apter, Mutzelmacher, Kravtsov and Higer); pop-up books illustrated by David Gilboa; and other rare books.
The avant-garde chapter features Yiiddish, Hebrew and Russian books, with illustrations and cover-designs by important Russian avant-garde artists such as El Lissitzky, Joseph Chaikov, Issachar Ber Ryback, Mark Epstein and Nathan Altman.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism, bibliophile works, letters, travelogues and maps of Palestine, photographs, postcards, rare Ladino periodicals, works by Safed-based artist Yosef Zvi Geiger, bibliophile works, a chapter dedicated to numismatics, and many more items.
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Three Yiddish Children's Books by Ber Sorin – Vilna, 1937 – Color Illustrations
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Three Yiddish Children's Books by Ber Sorin – Vilna, 1937 – Color Illustrations
Three children's books by the writer and illustrator Ber Sorin. Vilna: U. Margolis i S. Klaczko, 1937. Yiddish.
Three rhyming children's books in Yiddish, with color illustrations by the author (from a series of eight book):
1. A mayse ṿegn mayzelekh ṿayse (A tale of little white mice).
[4] ff. 16 cm. Stains. Worming, slightly affecting illustrations. Holes from staples (staples removed). Inked stamps (including stamp of the Jewish school in Riga). Pen inscription on front wrapper. New binding (bound with original wrappers).
2. Dem feṭer Mikhls bikhl (Uncle Mikhl's book).
[4] ff. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains (dark stains to original wrappers). Inked stamps. Abrasions to spine.
3. Makhn mir a menṭsh fun shney (We're making a snowman).
[4] ff. 16 cm. Stains. Worming, slightly affecting illustrations. Holes from staples (staples removed). Inked stamps (including faded stamp of the Jewish school in Riga). New binding (bound with original wrappers).
Ber Sorin is the pen name of Moyshe Levin (1907-1942), Jewish-Lithuanian writer and illustrator. Levin taught in the CYSHO (Central Yiddish School Organization) network of schools and was a member of the literary group Yung-Vilne. He single-handedly wrote, illustrated, printed and distributed his children's book. Some of his other works were published in Yiddish periodicals, and some were lost. Levin was a member of the resistance oragnization in the Minsk ghetto, where he was murdered together with his family.
