1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 89, 111 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to "Literature-Lore. " Two parts: Ershter teyl: Elementn fun ritm un stil -- Tsveyter tley: Geboy fun Kinstlerishn verk un literarishe zshanren. Hofstein (1889-1952) was a prominent Russian-Yiddish poet. He rose to prominence through his elegies of the Jewish communities that suffered during the White pogroms of 1922, many of which were illustrated by Marc Chagall. He emigrated to Palestine in 1923 as a result of the official banning of Hebrew and subsequent persecution of Hebrew writers. He ultimately returned in 1939 and joined the Communist Party. Hofstein was executed on the Night of the Murdered Poets in 1952, along with 12 other Yiddish writers and artists (Wikipedia, 2019) . SUBJECTS: Yiddish language -- Rhetoric. Poetics. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19306025) . Spine rebacked. Boards are worn and browning. Contents very good. (YID-33-72-EJLXGG'o)