RARE illustrated collection of stories by the great Yiddish language author and playwright I. L. Peretz with five lithographs by the eminent Israeli painter and woodcut artist Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968). Includes Steinhardt`s lithography as frontispiece. Text in Gothic lettering [Fraktur]. 300x240mm. 64 pages. Illustrated board Hardcover with cloth spine. Cover and spine stained and curved. Cover corners and edges bumped. Spine edges tattered. Inner cover and whitepages age-stained. Pages bottom edge/corner water-stained. Pages yellowing, wavy and rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This beautiful and special collection of stories by one of the most influential Jewish writers, illustrated by an eminent 20th-century graphic artist, is otherwise in good condition.