Title: Derzeilungen Fun Australie.
Description: Melbourne, Australia: York Press, Pty. Ltd. 1939. 1939. - Octavo, soft cover bound in a pictorial black & white front wrap & a plain white rear wrap. The wraps are rubbed & chipped & the rear wrap is soiled with a stain to 1 top corner. The spine is darkened with a piece out of the head. 161 pages, partially unopened.The top edge of the half-title is creased & chipped & 2 pages have been roughly opened with a piece out of the front margin of 1 of them. Cover illustration & 4 black-and-white plates by Noel Couniham. Good.
Pinchas Goldhar [1901-1947] was an important Australian Yiddish writer. He was born in Lodz, Poland and worked as a journalist there before emigrating in 1926 to Australia, where he became active in the Jewish cultural life of Melbourne, writing reviews on Yiddish literature and theatre. He edited the newspaper "Australier Leben" from1931 to 1933. His work was published in Yiddish and Hebrew and in translation in English. Most of his writings were published posthumously.
Noel Couniham was an artist of the 1930s & '40s, well-known for his depictions of Jewish life.
Rare. Good .
Keywords: LITERATURE; AUTHOR; JEWISH; POLISH AUSTRALIAN; PINCHAS GOLDHAR; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; ILLUSTRATOR; NOEL COUNIHAM; AUSTRALIA; JEWS; JEWISH LIFE; DERZEILUNGEN FUN AUSTRALIE.
- Book number: 5598
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