Five Booklets for Purim – United States, First Half of 20th Century

1. The Purim Basket, by Emily Goldsmith Gerson. New York: Bloch Publishing Company, 1914.

2. Megillat "Gnuta" or "Ginze Nistarot" by A.L. [Aryeh Leib] Grossman. New York, [1916].

3. Little Book of Jewish Songs, Purim [by Harry Coopersmith]. Published by Board of Jewish Education, Chicago, [late 1920s?].

4. Purim in Baghdad 1948, Play for children in three scenes, by David Slutzky. Illustration: Emanuel Slutzky. Published by the Haredi Education Committee – HaMizrahi, New-York, 1949. On inner side of front cover appears a dedication handwritten by the author.

5. Purim / Purim Artcraft Curriculum. Published by Board of Jewish Education, Chicago [1940?].

Two of the booklets are not in NLI.

Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Tears and open tears at margins (slight, mainly to covers). Ink-stamp on upper margins of front cover of booklet no 5. Booklet no. 1 with open tears to cover and spine, pasted with four strips of adhesive tape along the spine (possible that back cover is lacking).