Levin Kipniss (5 results)

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Square octavo in dust jacket, 60 pp., color illustrations by Zev Raban Text is in Hebrew and English. A nice reprint of the 1923 edition.

Hardcover & Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Colorful, intricate drawings of the Hebrew letters on every page. Hebrew and some English. ex library OCLC 466179741.

Condition: Very Good. OCLC 466179741 Location:150 Colorful, intricate drawings of the Hebrew letters on every page. Hebrew and some English. Water stains/discoloration on last page. 150.

Hardcover. Condition: vg- to vg+. First edition. Quarto. 15 unpaginated double-sided leaves (30 pages). Original half tan cloth spine over illustrated yellow-tan paper boards. Black lettering on the spine. Illuminated title page. This landmark Hebrew language children's book contains the 27 letters of the Hebrew Alphabet, by artist Ze'ev Raban, a founder of the Israeli Art and Crafts school and workshop, Bezalel. Each letter as appears a large historiated initial, illuminated and over-painted in gilt with illustrations surrounding. Each image is accompanied with verse in Hebrew by Levin Kipniss (1894-1990). Included in this work are the following letters/designs: "Het - Hasidah (stork)," "Vav - Vered (rose)," "Resh - Rimon (Pomegranate)," and "Ayin - Ez (goat) and Etz (tree)." Pages on heavy cardstock. Title pages in Hebrew and German. Text in Hebrew. Covers with some light rubbing to corners and edges. Minor smudges and stains to covers. Spine rubbed somewhat, with some closed tears, and light fraying to cloth at the head and tail of the spine. Ex-library ink stamp on the interior front cover. Gutter of interior front cover starting, near the top. Pages clean with images vibrant throughout. Binding in very good-, interior in very good+. Binding protected in modern mylar. Alternate transliteration: Aleph-Bet Hebrew title: ??????? Author(s): ??? ????, ???? ??????? Publication: ????? "????", ?'???..…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 8vo. 25 cm. 30 unnumbered pages, 27 of which have a chromolithographic, "illuminated" illustration of the Hebrew letter, and an object or thing which begins with that letter, as typical of ABC books, other than this one is using the Hebrew alphabet. The coloring, especially the profuse use of gold set against a gray slate backdrop, is riveting, and together with the general feel and style of the illustrations, relates easily to the Jugendstil book illustrations so prevalent in Germanic children's books of the period. Raban was a teacher of the Bezalel School of Art. The book is uncommon in its original edition, which this is. Moderate to arguably heavy wear and soiling.…