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[WARTIME EDITION] Khatynka na yalyntsi [i.e. A hut on a Christmas tree]

Zabila, N.

Item #2497

Lviv, Krakow: Ukrainske vydavnytstvo, 1943. [12] p. 14,5×22,5 cm. Original illustrated wrappers. Very good condition. Private stamp of the Ukrainian collector in Vienna on the rear cover.

The edition is printed by the only publisher of Ukrainian-language books under Nazi administration: Ukrainske vydavnytstvo. It was a controlled entity that allowed publishing of healthcare books.

The design of the book is by well-known graphic artist and caricaturist Edvard Kozak (1902–1992). In 1927–1944, the artist designed hundreds of books and periodicals. He worked under pseudonyms: Eko, Mamai, Hryts Zozulia, Maik Chichka, Avenir Lushniak, Kosy. He has immigrated to South America following the German retreat from Ukraine.

Worldcat shows copies of this edition at University of Toronto and Princeton.

Price: $950.00

Status: On Hold