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L’shon ‘Ami [The Language of My People] (לשון עמי)

M. A. Krongold – L’shon ‘Ami [The Language of My People] (לשון עמי) Warsaw: F. Rosen, n.d. (c. 1920s–30s). 8vo, contemporary half-cloth over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, 142[3] pp. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white line drawings. Elementary Hebrew/Yiddish language reader for children, with vocalized Hebrew text, graded lessons, vocabulary, and exercises. Numerous simple illustrations (animals, interiors, daily life) support early language acquisition. Typical of interwar Jewish pedagogical publishing in Poland. Institutional ink stamps (“Studium Philologicum … in Polonia”) on title and elsewhere; a well-preserved copy in contemporary binding. Decorative endpapers, loose back endpaper. Inv. G5