Leilot (לילות in Hebrew; “Nights” in English)
– Title: לילות
– Author and Illustrator: Ari Glass (ערי גלס לילו)
– Introduction: Dov Sadan (1902 – 1989, an Israeli literary critic and politician who served as a member of the Knesset)
– Date: 1945
– Publisher: Hemeuchad Hakibutz Publishing
– Place of publication: Tel-Aviv
– Printer: Arieli Print??
– Copyright: the artist?
– Size: 13 1/8″ x 9 1/2″ (33.3 cm x 24.2 cm)
– Binding: leaves sown into a folder
– Language: Hebrew titles, etc
– Paginated: under each image there is what appears to be Hebrew numbering.
– Printed: verso and recto
– Edition: Trade only – there is no indication of limitations or edition size
– Printed from the original linocuts: believed to be the case
– Description: As one expects, this publication is read back to front, right side to left.
Condition – most copies I have seen have light to serious foxing and many have the folder split.
How was this printed? It was printed from the linocuts.
- The title page (showing the artist looking down at his press), in addition to giving the title states “Linoleum-reliefs” (in Hebrew).
- More compelling is the following image that shows the blind embossing from the title page on the reverse side.
![](http://wordlessnovels.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kjm-copy-relief-embossing-from-title-page-1024x666.jpg)
impression on the reverse side of the paper.
Images of Leilot Pages
![](http://wordlessnovels.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1KJM_Leilot-527x1024.jpg)
![](http://wordlessnovels.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3KJM_Leilot-forward-1024x738.jpg)
![](http://wordlessnovels.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Leilot-1945-index-original-492x1024.jpeg)
were dropped and ten new ones were added.
![](http://wordlessnovels.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/KJM_Leilot000-696x1024.jpg)
![](http://wordlessnovels.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/KJM_Leilot000-1Index-1024x623.jpg)
![](http://wordlessnovels.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/KJM_Leilot028-656x1024.jpg)
Note: page numbers printed just under the image.