Die Natzion - The Nation: A Monthly Magazine for Literature, Knowledge and other Matters of Interest. <<* With>> (as issued): Ha’Am [a Hebrew supplement]. Edited by N. M. Shaikewitz and M. Goldman.

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 185
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Die Natzion - The Nation: A Monthly Magazine for Literature, Knowledge and other Matters of Interest. <<* With>> (as issued): Ha’Am [a Hebrew supplement]. Edited by N. M. Shaikewitz and M. Goldman.

Vol. I, nos. 1-7. Text in Yiddish, Hebrew, occasional English. Ex-library. Modern boards with original printed wrappers bound in. 4to. Goldman 915 (who has Vol. 2-3 only).

New York: G. Robinson August, 1901-February 1902

Est: $700 - $1,000
Early, popular literary Yiddish / Hebrew monthly printed in New York. Contains poetry, current events, scholarly articles, health matters, humor and social commentary of the contemporary American-Jewish scene. The editor, N. M. Shaikewitz, writing under the alias “Sm’r,” was particularly celebrated for his suspense novels which achieved broad mass appeal. He recruited the finest literary talent in America to write for this interesting journal.