(FT) 8vo. 272 pages. In Hebrew. English title: Shawlful of leaves : essays and conversations. "Born near Minsk, Regelson [1896-1981] arrived in the United States as a boy of nine. Though his formal education was not extensive, he read voluminously and acquired substantial knowledge in poetry and philosophy. He began to publish poems immediately after World War I. Although mainly a poet, he also wrote philosophical essays and satirical sketches, and translated from English into Hebrew, and from Hebrew and Yiddish into English. " He emigrated to Israel in 1949. Melo ha-talit 'alim was his first volume of prose. (Silberschlag, EJ) Gift inscription on fly leaf, small tear on backstrip, good+ condition. (HebLit-2-21)