(FT) Cloth, 8vo, 158 pages, in Yiddish, First edition, illustrated, also includes illustrated cover. Isaac Metzker, editor of the famous "Bintel Briefs" of the Jewish Daily Forward newspaper, was born in the village of Lanovtse (Lanovitz, Lanivtsy) , in the southern part of the SRRG region. He stowed away on a ship leaving Bremen when he was in his early 20s. He arrived in the USA in 1924. Metzker wrote for the Yiddish newspaper, The Jewish Daily Forward (Forverts) , for decades. SUBJECT(S) : Yiddish --- children --- fiction. Spine repaired, edges bumped, otherwise very good condition. (YIDCHI-5-40A)