Mimekor Yisrael: Classic Jewish Folktales

Bin Gorion, Micha Joseph. Mimekor Yisrael: Classic Jewish Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (1976). First edition. Octavo (9-1/2″ x 7″). 3 volumes (continuously paginated). Ixv, 1553pp. Red and tan cloth with gilt and silver lettering to spine in original paper-covered slipcase with paste-down on front and spine. Minor foxing of text block. In publisher’s slightly dusted slipcase.

“The popular Literature that evolved in Jewish societies over a period of a thousand years is the source of this rich treasury of more than one thousand Jewish folktales collected by Micha Joseph Bin Gorion.” Edited by Emanuell Bin Gorion. Translated by I.M. Lask. Introduction by Dan Ben-Amos. Slipcase in very good, books in fine condition. Very good ++. (52479) $75