Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

"Pro Perec Markisz" – Melech Ravitch – Warsaw, 1922

Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
Pro Perec Markisz, Pamflet fun Melech Ravitch. [For Peretz Markisz, a pamphlet by Melech Ravitch]. Warsaw: I. Hendler, April 1922. Yiddish.?A review of Markish's poetry and passages from his poems. The cover, printed on heavy, purple paper, was designed by Ravitch himself. Facing the title-page is a portrait of Peretz Markisz, by the artist Yitzchak (Vincent) Brauner (1887-1944), member of "Yung-Yiddish" and "Kultur Lige" groups in Poland.
29, [2] pp, 25 cm. Good-fair condition. The booklet is stapled. Stamps, stains and creases. Tears and open tears to the margins and near the staples. The cover is damaged and partially detached.
Yiddish and Russian Poetry Books and Literary Anthologies, Avant-garde
Yiddish and Russian Poetry Books and Literary Anthologies, Avant-garde