WAS IST EINE KONSTITUTION? DIE STAATSFORMEN. VOS IZ A KONSTITUTSYE? DI MELUKHE-FORMEN װאס איז א קאנסטיטוציע? די מלוכה־פארמען
Zhenev [Geneva]: Imprimerie Israelite Rue de Carouge, 1905. Item #43542
First Yiddish Edition. Original paper wrappers, small 8vo, 27 pages. In Yiddish. The title translates as “What is a Constitution? Forms of Govenment.” Printed on thin paper, as was often used for Bundist publications from Geneva which were intended for legal (and illegal) distribution in Bundist strongholds across Europe and the Americas.
Bundist pamphlet on constitutions by Gustav Jaeckh, the well known historian and critical theorist who wrote one of the first historical chronicles of the First International. Published by the Bund in during the 1905 Russian Revolution, during which it was a dominant revolutionary force and “the largest socialist group in the Russian Empire” (Mendes, Philip. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Labor Bund jewishcurrents.org, November 30, 2013).
OCLC: 122856344. OCLC locates only 3 copies worldwide (HUC, YIVO, Institute for Social History), only 2 in the US.
Creasing/crinkling to thin paper, a few stains, no tears, Very Good Condition thus. (PSB-1-24-XX).
Price: $275.00