Original boards. 8vo. 179 pages, 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to “Alexander and Diogenes: A Historical Tragedy in Five Acts and Two Images. ” Inscribed by the author to the previous owner. The title references the meeting of Diogenes of Sinope and Alexander the Great. “David Pinski (1872–1959) was a Yiddish language writer, probably best known as a playwright. At a time when Eastern Europe was only beginning to experience the industrial revolution, Pinski was the first to introduce to its stage a drama about urban Jewish workers; a dramatist of ideas, he was notable also for writing about human sexuality with a frankness previously unknown to Yiddish literature. ” (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Yiddish drama. OCLC lists 25 copies worldwide. (OCLC: 7404987) . Ex-library with usual markings. Overall Good- Condition. (YID-40-52-LX)