Ben Tsiyon (154 results)

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Duodecimo, paper covers with flaps, 79 pp., b/w drawings Text is in Hebrew. Drawings by Shlomo Vitkin.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. In Hebrew. Tan cloth with green lettering, soiled and worn, chipped, detached end papers, cracking at the hinges, 119 pages. Yellowed fragile paper.

Hardbound. Condition: Good. Small octavo, soiled gray cloth spine with gold lettering, printed paper covered boards, 184 pp., notes. Text is in Hebrew.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, 432 pp. Text is in Hebrew. Edited by Ben Mordekhai Elisha.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 48 pp., b/w drawings by Ezekiel Schloss Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, black cloth with gold lettering, 246, 42 pp. Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, glossy illustrated papercovered boards, 272 pp., b/w drawings Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, brown cloth with gold lettering, 119 pp., 3 pp. b/e drawings Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Royal octavo, brown clolth with gold lettering, 246 pp., index Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Royal octavo in dust jacket, 184 pp. Text is in Hebrew.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 88 pp., b/w photos Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Good. Quarto, tan cloth spinw with gold lettering and red cloth covered boards with gold lettering, tipped in frontispiece photo, 409 pp. Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in dust jacket with minor wear near the base of the spine, 311 pp. Text is in Hebrew. Inscribed by the author on the free front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. In Hebrew. 218 pages only. Lacks last five leaves (pages 219 to 228). 195 x 123 mm. Ex library with de-accession stamps. On title page: "khelek rishon" [= Part One], but no more was ever published. Title also in Cyrillic characters, as well as place of publication and name of printer. Pages also numbered in Arabic numbers and, additionally the leaves are numbered using the Hebrew alphabet, Alef = 1, bet = 2 etc. First and last two leave are detached from book block. Page 2 (leaf bet (pages 3/4) is torn with loss of text. Book block detached from binding.…

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Quarto, glossy printed paper covered boards, 64 pp., color illustrations by Avishai Hen Text is in Hebrew. Notes by Avraham Ohyon. Edited by Shaul Ovadyah Patyah.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, stapled paper covers, 88 pp., b/w photos Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, red cloth spine, red paper covered boards with gold lettering, 109 pp. Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Later printing. Octavo in dust jacket, 201 pp. Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Quarto in dust jacket with tears and edgewear, tipped in frontispiece photo, 409 pp. Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in dust jacket badly rumpled and torn dust jacket, 311 pp. Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Good. Quarto in soiled dust jacket with short tears and edgewear, tipped in frontispiece photo, 409 pp. Text is in Hebrew.

No Binding. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. In Hebrew. 28 x 22 cm. 444 pages: xxxi, 4 pages of plates, 408, {(1) pages. Tipped in frontispiece photo. Printed on good quality paper. With blue silk ribbon bookmark. Book block is solid but spine & back board are missing, front board detached and small water stain throughout, v. small tear on page 217. S. Ben Tsyion was the pen name of Simha Alter Guttman, Hebrew writer, educator, newspaper editor (Ha-Omer, Haaretz literary supplement), publisher, co-founder of Tel Aviv, and father of the writer and great artist Nachum Gutman, a few of whose illustrations appear here. He received a traditional heder education but was also exposed to Hebrew maskilic literature. His first story, "Mayn khaver" (My Friend), appeared in Yiddish (1899); he later translated it into Hebrew and published it under the title "Meshi" (Silk; 1902). His subsequent Hebrew stories appeared in prominent journals. In 1897 Ben-Tsiyon left his detested profession, cattle trading, and switched to teaching, an occupation he regarded as his true calling and in which he was very successful. In 1899 the prestigious Ha-Hinukh society invited him to Odessa to teach in the city's modernized heder, a school that quickly became a model institution. In 1900 Hayim Nahman Bialik was invited to teach under Ben-Tsiyon's supervision, and a friendship between the two men blossomed. An innovative teacher who pioneered the Ivrit be-ivrit method (teaching Hebrew and related subjects by using solely the Hebrew language), Ben-Tsiyon systematically compiled the graded Ben-'ami textbook series; the first of its many editions was issued in 1904. Ben-Tsiyon was part of the Sofre Odessa, a circle of writers who had a major influence upon the development of Hebrew culture and literature. He was an ardent follower of Mendele Moykher-Sforim, even though they differed in their views about Zionism. With the goal of revitalizing Hebrew education, Ben-Tsiyon joined with Bialik, Elhanan Leib Lewinsky, and Yehoshu'a Hana Ravnitski to establish the Moriah Press. Throughout this period, Ben-Tsiyon remained one of the most highly regarded writers of his generation, exhibiting his finest skill in the stories "Al ketseh gevul ha-yaldut" (On the Edge of Childhood; 1899), "Nefesh retsutsah" (Fragmented Soul; 1902), "Zekenim" (Elders; 1903), and "Me-''Ever le-hayim" (Beyond Life; 1904). In 1905, with his wife and five children, Ben-Tsiyon left Odessa for Palestine, and was one of the founders of Tel Aviv in 1909, where he remained until his death in 1932. As a disciple follower of Ahad Ha-Am, Ben-Tsiyon planned to create a literary center in pre-state Israel, modeled on the Odessa circle. The scholarly journal Ha-'Omer and his continuing textbook series were part of this agenda. In 1910 he helped devise the youth periodical Moledet, which was published under the auspices of the Palestine Teachers Union. The journal was initially issued in 1911; however, by the end of its first year Ben-Tsiyon was removed from its editorial body by the teachers' central board. His failures as an editor embittered him, and he subsequently dissociated himself from cultural, public, and literary activities. His hope that in Palestine he would sustain the leadership position he had held in Odessa was dashed. Ruptures widened between Ben-Tsiyon and the workers' parties that had set the tone for literary standards in Palestine, as well as personally between him and their leaders (including Berl Katsenelson). These rejections led him to associate with "civilian circles" whose contribution to cultural activity in those years was marginal. Still, he continued to compile his textbook series Ben-'ami. In 1914, just before World War I, he published Kol ketavav (All His Writings) in two volumes, and when the British occupied Eretz Israel, he edited the literary supplement Shai shel sifrut (The Gift of Literature), which was attached to the daily Ḥadashot meha-arets (1918-1919), and Ha-Ezrah, an anthology . . , . Gutman, Nahum (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The book is fine in a near fine dust jacket with very slight edge wear.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Royal octavo, brown cloth with gold lettering, 667 pp., index Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Oblong royal octavo in dust jacket, 124 pp., color illustrations and frames throughout Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in edgeworn dust jacket, 408 pp. Text is in Hebrew.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in edgeworn dust jacket, tipped-in frontispiece, 526 pp., 9 pp., b/w photos Text is in Hebrew.

Softbound. Condition: Good. Small octavo, stapled paper covers with a small chip to the front panel, 32 pp. Text is in Yiddish.