Bialik, Chaim Nachman. Ketina Kol-Bo. Illustrations by Rachel Szalit-Markus

Estimate

$400–$600

Hammer price

$650

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author

(CHILDREN).

printer

Rimon Verlag

Place

Berlin

Publication

1923

summary

Rhymed stories by poet laureate Chaim Nachman Bialik. With a most beautifully designed front cover. The illustrator of this charming work, Rachel Markus (1894-1942), was born in Lodz, Poland. After studying at the Art Academy of Munich she married the Jewish actor, Julius Szalit. Gravitating to Berlin, she became a member of the November group - young avant-garde artists who coalesced after the November Revolution of 1918. Her life ended after she was deported from France and killed in a Nazi concentration camp. See EJ, Vol. XV, col. 656 See also E. Gordon, Iyurim Ivriyim: Ha-Sepher ha-Ivri ha-Me’uyar li-Yeladim (2005) p.110

Expertly repaired with new endpapers, browned. Original colored wrappers. 4to. Housed in fitted portfolio from the period

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