Beim Rand by Minkoff N B - 1945: AT the Brink (Poems)

[New York; Inzikh], 1940. Pamphlet. Original Wraps. 8vo. [164-176] [i. E. 12] pages. 23 cm. First separate edition. In Yiddish. Offprint from Inzikh Numer 56 (Dec. 1940) , p. 164-176. A review and critique of Moyshe (Morris) Bassin's anthology of American Yiddish poetry - Amerikaner Yidishe Poezye (1940) . Contains the bookstamp of the author, Minkoff. Nahum Baruch Minkoff (1893-1958) was a Yiddish writer, poet, literary historian and critic, editor of the Yiddish literary monthly Zukunft and one of the founders of the In Zikh group of Yiddish poets. Subjects: Yiddish poetry. Bassin, Morris, 1889-1963. Amerikaner yidishe poezye. OCLC lists 5 copies (Nypl, Illinois, HUC, CJH, JTSA) . Light soiling and edge wear to wraps, internally clean and fresh. Condition. (YID-21-39) xx.

New York: M Vakser Farlag it der Mithilf fun David Ignatov Literatur-Fund, 1952. paperback. 1st edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers. 8vo. 76 pages, 20 cm. Title translates to "Blossoms A Star." Nahum Baruch Minkoff (1893-1958) was a Yiddish poet, critic, and literary historian from New York by way of Warsaw. He taught at Jewish schools, the Jewish Teachers' Seminary, the New School for Social Research, and edited the Yiddish literary monthly Tsukunft. Together with the poets A. Glantz-Leyeles and Jacob Glatstein, he issued the first manifesto of the In-Zikh group, emphasizing modernism, cosmopolitanism, and individualism. In his five collections of poetry published between 1924 and 1952, Minkoff tried to analyze emotions and moods intellectually (Encyclopedia, 2009). SUBJECTS: Yiddish Poetry. Wrappers are very lightly soiled. Pages browning. Overall very good- condition. (YID-33-59-LX-'e).