Gad-Gamad Veha-Pitriyah: Sipur Ba-haruzim (Gad the Dwarf, and the Mushroom: A Story in Verse)

Haifa: Eshkol, 1940. First edition. Softcover. g+ to vg-. Oblong duodecimo. Unpaginated. 13 pages. Illustrated multicolored stapled wrappers. The work is an illustrated Hebrew children's book written in verse, telling the tale of a dwarf and his adventures with his mushroom. The text is accompanied by charming illustrations from Lev Dickstein, boldly printed in color lithographs. Text in Hebrew. Wrappers with one of staples along the spine missing. A light vertical scratch down the center of the front cover. Rust stains along the spine near the staples and to the gutters of the book throughout the pages. Some natural offsetting from the color lithographs to the opposite pages, and some sporadic minor smudges and damp staining to pages throughout. Images mostly unaffected. Binding loose, with two double-leaves detached, but present. Wrappers in very good-, interior in good+ condition overall.