1st edition. Beautiful wood veneer binding with author's inscription on the title page. 8vo, 160 pages. In Yiddish. Title translates to "The Golden City: Verses and Poems. " The title is attribute to NYC, Aaron Kurtz (1891-1964) was a prominent Yiddish poet and editor. His N. Y. Times obituary details that he was born in Vitebsk, but wandered Russia for five years as a wigmaker's apprentice and hairdress for the theatre and circus. He emigrated to the United States in 1911, where he began to publish Yiddish poems. He is best known for introducing a new style of poetry, dubbed "placard style", which sought to reproduce the kaleidoscopic metropolis. SUBJECT (S) : Yiddish poetry. Very light edgewear with clean pages and beautiful illustrations. Overall Very Good condition. (YID-20-5A).