Ezor Magen u-Neʼum Ben Ha-Dam
Jerusalem: Sadan, [1929]. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 31pp. [1]. Tan paper wrappers, with red lettring and avant-guarde modernist typography on the front cover. Pages unopened. The work is comprised of two lengthy poems, "Ezor Magen" (A Sheild of Defense) and "Neʼum Ben Ha-Dam" (The Address of the Son of Blood) by acclaimed Israeli poet Uri-Zvi Greenberg (1896-1981). The works came in the wake of the infamous 1929 Palestine riots and reflect a period in the poet's career when he was starting to become more militant and moved politically to the right. Printed in an edition of 2000 copies. Cover design credited to Leon Fin. Text in Hebrew. Wrappers with some creasing to extremities. Soiled along the spine, continuing through the gutters of the first 8 pages. Starting at the interior back cover. Book block fairly right overall. Wrappers in good-, interior in very good- condition overall. g- to vg-. Item #48611
Hebrew title: אזור מגן ונאום בן-הדם
Author: אורי צבי גרינברג
Publication: ירושלים, סדן, תר"ץ.
Price: $275.00