Knaknisi un Moyenkayser [“The Nutcracker and King Rat”]. Classic tale by Ernst Theodore Hoffman. Translated from the German by L. RESNICK

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 520

(TCHAIKOV, JOSEPH)

Knaknisi un Moyenkayser [“The Nutcracker and King Rat”]. Classic tale by Ernst Theodore Hoffman. Translated from the German by L. RESNICK

Cover illustration by TCHAIKOV pp. 84. Light dampstain on upper corner of a few leaves. Original printed wrappers. 4to Israel Museum Catalogue, Tradition and Revolution, no.61 (illustrated)

Kiev: Kooperativer Farlag-Kultur Lige 1922

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $600

Striking cover design, with theatrical themes. At the top, are marching toy soldiers, complete with fife and drumsman, toy clowns pelt cannon balls from a cannon, while in the lower left corner, a wooden pirate brandishes his sword at the King Rat and his accolades who spill out of the darkness to fill the lower half of the cover. The expresionless tumbling dancers add to the panic and drama of the scene. As always, Tchaikov’s signature Hebrew letter “Teth” is at the lower right corner of the illustration