Yiddish Trade Periodicals as Literary Magazines

The Yiddishist world is just different. You can go into the drugstore or a roadside convenience store or the bookstore in the airport and find all sorts of very specialized magazines about computers, or men's health, or women's health, or guns, or fly-fishing, or investing. Why a journal for furniture manufacturers and suppliers and another for cemetery workers ought to feel that half their mission was the furtherance of the literature of a minor language. Below are selections from the runs of both of the journals I am alluding to. The "Der Holts-industryal: Hoydesh-Zshurnal," is lightly held be libraries. The "Yerlikher Report Semetari Department," annuals were produced by the Cemetery Workers who were members of the Arbeter Ring in New York. You would have expected them to be more widely held but those aren't all that common elsewhere. The twenty-fifth year appears to be the earliest year that is held. The issues listed here are professionally done. The earlier issues might have been more primitive and ephemeral, but that is only a guess.

Sapoznikow, G., edited by. Der Holts-industryal: Hoydesh-Zshurnal fun Farayn fun Holts-un Ayzen-Industyaln in Argentine. VI-ter Yorgang, Yuli, 1946, Numer 68/ El Indutrial Maderero Año VI, Julio de 1946, No. 68. Buenos Aires, Asociacion Industriales de la Madera y del Hierro (Argentina), 1946. Quarto, paper covers with wear and minor loss to the spine, 159, 137 pp., b/w photos, ads, yellowed paper. Hardbound. Good. Text is in Yiddish with a section in Spanish at the rear. (77866)     $50.00

Sapoznikow, G., edited by. Der Holts-industryal: Hoydesh-Zshurnal fun Farayn fun Holts-un Ayzen-Industyaln in Argentine. VII-ter Yorgang, Yuli, 1947, Numer 80. Buenos Aires, Asociacion Industriales de la Madera y del Hierro (Argentina), 1947. Quarto, paper covers badly bumped at the bottom open corner, 146 pp., b/w photos, ads, yellowed paper. Hardbound. Fair. Text is in Yiddish. (77868)     $25.00

Sapoznikow, G., edited by. Der Holts-industryal: Hoydesh-Zshurnal fun Farayn fun Holts-un Ayzen-Industyaln in Argentine. VIII-ter Yorgang, Yuli, 1948, Numer 92/ El Indutrial Maderero Año nXV Anuario. Buenos Aires, Asociacion Industriales de la Madera y del Hierro (Argentina), 1948. Quarto, paper covers, 174 pp., b/w photos, ads,  Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish. (77865)     $65.00

Sapoznikow, G., edited by. Der Holts-industryal: Hoydesh-Zshurnal fun Farayn fun Holts-un Ayzen-Industyaln in Argentine. X-ter Yorgang, Yuli, 1950, Numer 112. Buenos Aires, Asociacion Industriales de la Madera y del Hierro (Argentina), 1950. Quarto, paper covers, 210 pp., b/w photos, ads, yellowed paper. Hardbound. Good. Text is in Yiddish. (77867)     $65.00

Ayn-un-Draysik Yerlikher Report Semeteri Department Arbeyter Ring 1938. New York, Cemetery Dept. Workmen's Circle, 1938. Octavo, paper covers, 102 pp., b/w photos, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish and with an English language section at the rear. Includes both poems suitable for the cemetery and mourning and the contemplation of mortality as well as the hard details of the Union's business matters. (77741)      $35.00

34 Yerlikher Report Semeteri Department Arbeyter Ring - 1941. New York, Cemetery Dept. Workmen's Circle, 1941. Octavo, paper covers, 156 pp., b/w photos, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish and with an English language section at the rear. (77742)     $35.00

37 Yerlikher Report Semeteri Department Arbeyter Ring - 1907-1944/ 37 Years Cemetery Department Workers, Inc., 1907-1944. New York, Cemetery Dept. Workmen's Circle, 1944. Octavo, paper covers, 86, 82 pp., b/w photos, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish and with an English language section at the rear.  (77743)     $35.00

39 Yerlikher Report Semeteri Department Arbeyter Ring - 1907-1946/ 39 Years Cemetery Department Workers, Inc., 1907-1946. New York, Cemetery Dept. Workmen's Circle, 1946. Octavo, paper covers, 82, 56 pp., b/w photos, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish and with an English language section at the rear.  (77744)     $35.00

41 Yerlikher Report Semeteri Department Arbeyter Ring - 1907-1948/ 41 Years Cemetery Department Workers, Inc., 1907-1948. New York, Cemetery Dept. Workmen's Circle, 1948. Octavo, paper covers, 98, 78 pp., b/w photos, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish and with an English language section at the rear.  (77745)     $35.00

43 Yerlikher Report Semeteri Department Arbeyter Ring - 1907-1950/ 43 Years Cemetery Department Workers, Inc., 1907-1950. New York, Cemetery Dept. Workmen's Circle, 1950. Octavo, paper covers, 98, 78 pp., b/w photos, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish and with an English language section at the rear.  (77746)     $35.00

44 Yerlikher Report Semeteri Department Arbeyter Ring - 1907-1951/ 44 Years Cemetery Department Workers, Inc., 1907-1951. New York, Cemetery Dept. Workmen's Circle, 1951. Octavo, paper covers, 90, 70 pp., b/w photos, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish and with an English language section at the rear.  (77747)     $35.00

47 Yerlikher Report Semeteri Department Arbeyter Ring - 1907-1954/ 47 Years Cemetery Department Workers, Inc., 1907-1954. New York, Cemetery Dept. Workmen's Circle, 1954. Octavo, paper covers, 48, 32 pp., b/w photos, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish and with an English language section at the rear.  (77748)     $35.00

49 Yerlikher Report Semeteri Department Arbeyter Ring - 1907-1956/ 49 Years Cemetery Department Workers, Inc., 1907-1956. New York, Cemetery Dept. Workmen's Circle, 1956. Octavo, paper covers, 58, 22 pp., b/w photos, tables. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish and with an English language section at the rear.  (77749)     $35.00

Another mostly Mandate Palestine Miscellany

Sometimes the most interesting books come in and go right out. These books have been kicking around for some time and no-one seems to have ever noticed them. They all belonged to the same reader once upon a time.


Cornfeld, Peretz, edited by. Palestine Personalia 1947. Tel Aviv, Palestine Personalia, 1947. Octavo in dust jacket with minor edge wear and a quarter sized chip at the head of spine, 360 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. Includes members of all groups, Jewish, Arab and British. (47509) Cornfeld was involved in later in most of the collective biographical directories published in the 1945-1949 period. These are all uncommon. This one, which includes a section "Palestinian Institutions and Enterprises," has only about a dozen holdings internationally.     $95.00

Halevy, Shoshana. Ha-Sefarim ha-Ivriyim she-nidpesu bi-Yerushalayim ba-hamishim ha-shanim ha-rishonot: 601-651 (1841-1891)/ The Printed Hebrew Books in Jerusalem During the First Half Century (1841-1891). Jerusalem, Mekhon Ben Tsevi: ha-Universitah ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim ‘al yede Kiryat sefer, 1963. Quarto in dust jacket, 202 pp., b/w illustrations of title pages, indexes. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew. 662 items listed (24762)     $40.00

Halevy, Shoshana. Ha-Sefarim ha-Ivriyim she-nidpesu bi-Yerushalayim ba-hamishim ha-shanim ha-rishonot: 601-651 (1841-1891)/ The Printed Hebrew Books in Jerusalem During the First Half Century (1841-1891). Jerusalem, Mekhon Ben Tsevi: ha-Universitah ha-‘Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim ‘al yede Kiryat sefer, 1963. Quarto , soiled black cloth with gold lettering, 202 pp., b/w illustrations of title pages, indexes. Hardbound. Very Good. In Hebrew. 662 items listed (27551)     $25.00

Lewin-Epstein, Elias Wolf. Zikhronotai. Tel Aviv, Hotsaat ha-ahim Levin Epshtain ve-shutafam, 1932. Royal octavo, paper covers with a paper label on the front cover, 387 pp., b/w photos, errata sheet. Softbound. Very Good. In Hebrew. Lewin-Epstein was an early Zionism from Lithuania. He was one of the founders of the settlement of Rehovot and the manager of the Jewish Agricultural Colony there. He was one of the founders of the Carmel Wine Company. He participated in the Ahiasaf Publishing Company and was one of the founders of Lewin-Epstein Publishing House which was for many years a leading publishing company in Mandate Palestine and Israel.  (47293)     $40.00

Sapoznikow, G., edited by. Der Holts-industryal. Yorbukh 1955 VXter Yorgang/ El Indutrial Maderero Año XV Anuario. Buenos Aires, Asociacion Industriales de la Madera y del Hierro (Argentina), 1955. Quarto, green cloth with gold lettering, 232, 16 pp., b/w photos, ads, brief introductory section in Spanish at the rear, minor water-rippling at the base of the text block. Hardbound. Good. In Yiddish with a small Spanish language section at the rear. A combination furniture manufacturer's trade journal and Yiddish literary magazine. Thirty literary contribution primarily from known Yiddish litterateurs.  (47502)   Not widely held.  $50.00

Shamri, Arie. L[amed] v.[av.] shirim al Lezer Tsipres: poemah. Tel Aviv, Hotsa'at ha-K.buts ha-Artsi ha-Shomer ha-tsair, 1939. Quarto, maroon cloth with black lettering, 88 pp., illustrations by Yitshak Polikvits. Foxing to the endpapers. Hardbound. Very Good. Translated into Hebrew from the Yiddish by A. Shlonski. Shamri was a prolific Yiddish author. This is the only volume of translations of his writings into Hebrew or any other language. Shlonsky was one of the most important Hebrew language author in Mandate Palestine. More on him below. I am not sure exactly who the illustrator is, but the work is interesting. (27786)      $75.00

Shatz, Z[vi]. Al gevul ha-demamah: ketavim. Tel Aviv, Hotsaat Davar, 1929. Small octavo, soiled paper covers, 166 pp., mild foxing. Softbound. Good. In Hebrew (47353)     $30.00

Shlonsky, Abraham. Devai: shete po'emot dramatiyot. Tel Aviv, 1924. Octavo, paper covers with edgewear and a small chip at the base of the front cover, 135 pp., two pasted-in illustrations and the cover design by Pinchas Litvinovsky. Softbound. Good. In Hebrew. Shlonsky the leader of the generation of modernist Hebrew writings in the cohort that followed Brenner and Bialik. He was particularly active as a translator with a preference for Russian literature. There are those who feel that modern Hebrew syntax has more to do with Russian syntax than Biblical Hebrew syntax and if there is any truth in that Shlonsky is the one to blame. In his later career be came to represent a more conservative stream within Hebrew literature Litvinovsky  attended the Odessa Academy of Art, the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, and the  Academy of Art, Petrograd, in 1917. He was influenced by Constructivism. In 1926, he designed the sets for the Habima production of Ansky's Dybbuk. In later years he worked in Expressionist and then Minimalist styles. He has had exhibits at the major Israeli Art Museums and his works sell well in only in the four and five figure range. (47506)    $125.00

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Uncommon Dust Jackets on Yiddish Books

Dust jackets on Yiddish books are relatively uncommon. Below are a selection of titles that were issued with dust jackets and managed to remain with them. Part of the interest in book collecting is in being able to see cultural objects as they appeared in their original state and time. This is particularly difficult with Yiddish books. I have a few ideas about it, but no real proof to support any of them.

All are currently available at the Hollander Books website.

Brusilow, Nisn [Nathan Brusilow]. Di Shtile Erd: Roman fun a Fargangener Velt/ The Quiet Earth: A Tale of an Extinct World. New York, CYCO Bicher-Verlag, 1957. Octavo in an attractive Saul Raskin illustrated dust jacket with a few short tears, 367 pp.  Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish. (22285)      $45.00

Feldman, Richard. Shvarts un vays/ Black and White: Stories of South Africa. New York, Tsiko Farlag, 1957. Octavo in dust jacket, 232 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish. (83897)     $45.00

Guiser, M. D. Yulyus un Mari (1905)/ Julius un Mary (1905). Buenos Aires, The Author, 1950. Octavo in dust jacket with a couple of slight tears, 96 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish. (83922)     $50.00

Haeckel, Ernst. Di velt-retenishn: populere shtudyes iber monistisher filozofye. Warsaw - New York, Yatshkovskis populer visnshaftlekhe bibliotek, 1929. Octavo in dust jacket, 353 pp., yellowed paper. Hardbound. Very Good. Text is translated into Yiddish by Elim Bronstein. Yatshkovskis populer visnshaftlekhe bibliotek No. 2. Copies of books in this series are relatively uncommon for a "popular library." It was perhaps a little too high brow. (83912)     $65.00

Heller, Binem, edited by. Dos lid iz Geblibn: Lider fun Yidishe Dikhter in Poyln Umgekumenen b'es der Hitlerisher Okupatsye. Antologye. Warsaw, Farlag Yidish=Bukh, 1951. Octavo, paper covers in a delicate dust jacket with edgewear and minor soiling, 271 pp. Yellowed paper. Hardbound. Good. Text is in Yiddish. (83917)     $50.00

Heller, Miriam. Oygn reyd: lider. New York, Farlag "Ramim", 1963. Octavo in dust jacket with wear at the corners and the head of the spine, frontispiece photo, 206 pp., index of first lines. Hardbound. Very Good-. Text is in Yiddish. (83918)     $45.00

Hirshhoyt [Hirszhaut], J.[ulian]. Fintstere Nekht in Paviak (Zikhroynes, Geshtaltn, Bilder). Buenos Aires, Tzentral-Farband fun dos Poilishe Yidntum in Argentine , 1948. Small octavo in dust jacket with slight edgewear, 239 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish. Bikher-Serie dos Polilshe Yidntum Band 37. This entire series appeared with dust jacket, but they are still less common than one would expect. (16779)     $50.00

Rapoport, Shabsa. Zamlung/ Essays. Toronto, Canada, Pomer Poblishing un Printing Ko., 1955. Octavo in dust jacket, 226 pp. Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in Yiddish. (83921)     $50.00

Rolnik, Mashe [Rolnikayte, M.]. Ikh Muz Dersteyln. Warsaw - Moscow, Yidish Bukh, 1965. Octavo in dust jacket with minor chipping, frontispiece photo, 263 pp., b/w photos. Softbound. Very Good-. Text is in Yiddish. OCLC Number: 41217947. Farlag Yidish Bukh printed many books with dust jackets over paper covers. Some remain, but most of the books from the press still lack them. (83924)     $45.00

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