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Lot #    20678
Auction End Date    5/6/2008 11:22:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Di erd a verkstub farn mentshn: geografishe ...
Title (Hebrew)    די ערד - א ווערקשטוב פארן מענטשן
Author    [Only Ed.] Y Kamenyetski
City    Moscow
Publisher    Tsentraler felker-farlag fun F.S.S.R.
Publication Date    1928
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   Only edition. 160 pp., illus., map, 258:176 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in contemporary boards. This item is quite rare, WorldCat lists only 1 library that holds this title.
          
Detailed
Description
   This volume is labelled "Part 2". Part 1 was published in 1925. The subtitle describes this book as a geographic chrestomathy, with chapters describing various natural and man-made wonders of the world. For example, the chapter on Sicily focuses on its volcanoes and earthquakes. The author is also the author of Der zig bam Dnyeper (Moscow, 1932) and Di Yidishe avtonome gegnt (Moskow, 1939).

The Yiddish follows the Soviet model, however the 5 final letters are utilized in the spelling of words. Hebrew words are spelled with numerous extra letters to satisfy Yiddish pronunciations.

          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Earth Sciences
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Yiddish
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica