Avshalom bar Deroma (i.e. A. S. Melamed). Masechta Admonim min Talmud Bolshevi [“Tractate of the Reds from the Bolshevik Talmud.”]

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Avshalom bar Deroma (i.e. A. S. Melamed). Masechta Admonim min Talmud Bolshevi [“Tractate of the Reds from the Bolshevik Talmud.”]

FIRST EDITION of this clever satire of the Communist Movement, written in traditional Talmudic style: Mesoreth HaShas is entitled Mesoreth HaSus (tradition of the horse); Torah Ohr is called Or Tura (skin of a donkey), etc. pp. 48. Original boards, title loose. 8vo

Tel Aviv: 1923

Est: $150 - $200

PRICE REALIZED $300