VAKSN, VAKSN BLIMELEKH: KINDER-LIDER
Johannesburg; Kayor Publishers, 1964. Item #29817
(FT) Publishers cloth. 8vo. 46 pages. 23 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. Verso title page: Waksen, Waksen, Blimelech (Children’s Verses) . Bound in yellow cloth, letterpress printed, text in green ink, with decorative borders and illustrations throughout. Hyman Ehrlich (1908–1981) wrote children's verses, satirical works; his later volumes were devoted to more somber themes. The publisher, Kayor, was established in 1949, and in collaboration with the Di Dorem Afrikaner Yiddishe Kultur Federatzie “inaugurated the most productive era in local Yiddish publishing. South Africa became an important center of Yiddish creativity. From 1949 to 1962, Kayor, in association with the Kultur Federatzie, published six collections of essays and short stories, six volumes of poetry and one novel, together with all the journalism and most of the Yiddish and Hebrew occasional publications in South Africa. ” (EJ 2008; South African Literature) . Subjects: Authors, Yiddish. OCLC lists 15 copies. Previous protective jacket has left a tape residue line across the endpages; upper edge lightly soiled from dust; otherwise fine. Very good + condition. A beautiful book. (YIDCHI-6-20).
Price: $150.00