Hachavraya (The Group of Friends)

Tel Aviv: Barlevy/Barlevi, 1940. First edition. Softcover. vg. Square quarto. 9x.9.5". Upaginated. 10 pages. Stapled illustrated stiff wrappers, with red lettering on the front cover. This delightfully illustrated children's book tells the story of a group of three friends, the cat, the rooster and the duck, and their adventures together. Profusely illustrated throughout with 4 full page vibrant color lithographic illustrations (+ the front and back covers), with the rest being in-text illustrations in dark blue and white. Text in Hebrew.

Wrappers with some minor smudges and light sunning along the edges. Light rubbing to corners. Rusting to the staples. Interior with some light smudges to a few pages, and light sunning along the edges. Images mostly clean and bright. Wrappers and interior in overall very good- condition. Scarce. Protected in modern mylar. This is book #79 from Barlevy Publishing.