Soviet Yiddish poster “The ‘Yiddish Writer’ library - 1,000 folios 75 volumes of works by Yiddish classics, Soviet writers and authors from abroad,” 1920s

The poster - “Bibliotek Yidishe shrayber. 1,000 druk-boygn, 75 bender. Verk fun Yidishe klasiker, sovetishe un oyslendishe shriftshteler. Yidishe leyener! Abonir zikh af der bibliotek ‘Yidishe shrayber’” (The ‘Yiddish Writer’ library - 1,000 folios 75 volumes of works by Yiddish classics, Soviet writers and authors from abroad. Yiddish reader! Subscribe to to the ‘Yiddish Writer’ library) in original Yiddish - advertised the series published by the Co-op publishing house Kultur-Lige in Kiev. Kultur-Lige (Culture League) was founded in Kiev in 1918. Eventually, it was dismantled by the Soviet authorities in the late 1920s. Among other activities, Kultur-Lige run ambitious publishing program aimed at dissemination of Yiddish literature and promoting Yiddish language. As a result, 4 book series for children and 5 book series for adults (including the “Bibliotek Yidishe shrayber”) were published in the 1920s. Poster details payment and shipping terms under the section “Subscription Conditions” (fine-print text located on the left side of the poster inside the red circle).