1st edition. Period boards with original illustrated cover mounted on front, 12mo, 138 + [5] pages ; 22 cm. In Yiddish. Complete Yiddish texts printed after each song. Contents: [1]. Folk? S-lider -- [2.] 80 Folk? S-lider. Yiddish folk songs for (medium) solo voice. Menahem Kipnis was "born in Ushomir, Ukraine in 1878. He was a singer, folklore collector, writer and photographer. From 1912 to 1932 he toured Poland, Germany and France, appearing in concerts with his wife Zimra Seligfeld in combined lecture - performances of the Jewish folk songs which he had collected and studied. He published collections of folk songs and songs for children, and was active in the Polish cantors' organization. He submitted a number of his photographs to the Forverts which were published in that newspaper in the 1920's. He died in 1942 in the Warsaw Ghetto. " (Guide to the Yivo Archives) . SUBJECT(S) : Folk songs, Yiddish. OCLC lists 10 copies worldwide. Paper browning and fragile as expected. Rear hinge starting, but very usable. About Good- condition. (music-7-2).