Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5

סידור כיס "ספר מנחה וערבית", התרפ"ז 1926-27, מודפס ע"י מכלוף נג'אר בסוסה, 192 עמודים
Pocket Siddur "Sefer Minha veArvit" 1926-27; published by Maklouf Nadjar of Sousse (Tunisia); 78 x 99mm, 192 pages all intact except 1st page mostly missing, w/original leather cover, surface wear in places; includes blessings on food, Mizmor shel Purim/Sukkot/Shmini Atzeret, birkat megillah, Amida Shalosh Regalim, Hallel & 10-year holiday calendar. Makhlūf Najjār (1888-1963) was author, playwrite, poet, journalist, businessman; bought his printing house 1917 from author/journalist Zemach HaLevi; published weekly "L'Etoile" newspaper (only Jewish one after Tunisian Independence 1956) & "Kinat Hitler" 1942, lamentation in Judeo-Arabic on fate of Jews of Europe. Est. value $2-300.