Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller - Old and Rare Books

Chageinu (Our Holidays) [HEBREW EDITION]

Raban, Ze'ev (Illustrator); Levin Kipnis (verses by)

New York: Miller-Lynn Publishing Co., 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Square octavo. Unpaginated. 32pp. Original blue cloth boards, with blind stamped tooling and gilt lettering on the front cover. Chageinu (meaning Our Holidays) is a sumptuous picture book drawn by Ze'ev Raban of the Bezalel Art School, Jerusalem. The work includes 14 plates featuring beautiful color illustrations by the famed artist, relating to the spectrum of Jewish holiday practices throughout the year. The holiday depicted include the Sabbath (Shabbat), the High Holidays, Sukkot, Simcha Torah, Hanukkah, Tu bi'shvat, Purim, Passover, Lag Ba'Omer, Shavuot, and Tisha Be'av. Each illustration features an accompanying poem by Levin Kipnis, the Israeli children's author and poet. Each poem surrounded by gilt stamped designs and ruling. Each color plate is protect by tissue guards. Text in Hebrew. Binding with some light rubbing to extremities. Minor sunning to the spine and right side of the front cover. A few small smudges to the covers. Interior with light smudges to the rear endpapers. All images and text pages clean and vibrant. Binding in very good, interior in near fine condition overall. vg to near fine. Item #55915

Raban is regarded as a leading member of the Bezalel school art style, in which artists portrayed both Biblical and Zionist themes in a style influenced by the European Jugendstil (similar to Art Nouveau) and by traditional Persian and Syrian styles.

*In the book Kipnis is credited as Avi-Shai.

Price: $450.00