Lot 206
" Shtetl, My Destroyed Home" – Berlin, 1923 – Lithographs by Issachar Ber Ryback
Shtetl, mayn khorever heym – a gedekhenish [Shtetl, My Destroyed Home – A Remembrance]. Berlin: Schwellen, [1923].
Album-format book with 30 lithographs by Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935), including title. The logo of the publishing house was also designed by Ryback.
XXXI, [1] leaves, approx. 33X49.5 cm. The original table of contents leaf is missing and instead, a printed table of contents leaf in Russian was mounted on the last page. Good condition. Stains. Creases and several small tears to edges. Pen signature on front endpaper. Binding made of purple velvety cloth, stained and slightly rubbed, with strips made of different cloth in the margins and spine.
