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DESCRIPTION : Here for sale is a vintage RICHLY ILLUSTRATED around 65 years old JEWISH Hebrew ERETZ ISRAELI children's book , Which was published in TEL AVIV Eretz Israel by BIRAN in 1954 ( Dated ) , Only 6 years after the establishment of the INDEPENDENT STATE of ISRAEL and its 1948 WAR of INDEPENDENCE. The Judaica book is defined as published in "MEDINAT ISRAEL" ( The ISRAEL STATE ) rather than ISRAEL , A typical usage in these crusial first years of Israel existance. The book was published for the purpose of commemorating the dramatic 1948 WAR and VICTORY as well as celebrating the INDEPENDENCE of ISRAEL. The illustrator AHARON ABADI was a Holocaust survivor and his great ZIONIST admiration and enthusiasm for the brave ISRAELI - HEBREW warriors and the VICTORY and INDEPENDENCE are strongly evident in each of his illustrations . The BOOK's ILUSTRATIONS depict illustrated images of the 1948 WAR of INDEPENDENCE , On the background of ERETZ ISRAELI views and scenes . The HEBREW - ZIONIST text , Namely STORIES - POEMS - SONGS was written by various writers and the ILLUSTRATIONS were created by the HUNGARIAN JEWISH HOLOCAUST survivor - AHARON ( Irvin ) ABADI from BUDAPEST HUNGARY . After his immigration to ERETZ ISRAEL , After surviving BEGEN BELSEN and the HOLOCAUST in 1950 , ABADI , Both a gifted FIGURATIVE ARTIST and ILLUSTRATOR as well as WRITER , Was one of the most popular ILLUSTRATORS of CHILDREN'S BOOKS and YOUTH BOOKS , Many of which he has written himself. His ILLUSTRATIONS for this book are MOST IMPRESSIVE and EXPRESSIVE . The book consists on numerous FULL PAGE COLORFUL illustrations , colorful LITHOGRAPHIC Printing , Printed on one face only of separate sheets , Originaly bound with the book and in addition NUMEROUS smaller B&W illustrations and VIGNETTES. The book VERY RARE . Original COLORFUL illustrated HC. LITHOGRAPH . White leather immitation spine. 9.5"x 7" . 160 throughout illustrated pp. Very good used condition . Used. Clean. Tightly bound. Slight cover wear ( Pls look at scan for accurate AS IS images ) .Will be sent inside a protective rigid packaging .