Agendas

Sturm und Drang im Zionismus: Ruckblicke eines Zionisten vor, mit und um Theodor Herzl

240x170 mm. 339 pages. Soft over. Cover stained and yellowing. Cover edges slightly torn. Spine edges worn. Spine yellowing. Inner cover yellowing. Stamp and pen inscription on front whitepage. Pencil marks on several pages. Several page corners slightly wrinkled. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.

Letters to Dead Authors.

A Pillar of Cloud - A Pillar of Fire: The Return to the Promised Land [IN HEBREW]

In Hebrew. 140X220 mm. 243 pages. Hardcover. Spine edges slightly bumped. Otherwise the book is in good condition.

King's Counsellor. Abdication and War: The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles. [Edited by Duff Hart-Davis]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with 13 plates on 8; original black cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published by permission of Her Majesty the Queen, the long-awaited diaries of Sir Alan 'Tommy' Lascelles, Private Secretary to King George VI, cover in fascinating detail the period from the Abdication to victory in Europe. VERY SCARCE.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom - A Triumph

20.5x14.5 cm. 700 pages. Gilt hardcover. Pen writing on front whitepage. Few pencil marking on several pages - no damage to text. Else in good condition.

Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia [FIRST EDITION]. Includes a residence among the Bakhtiyari and other wild tribes before the discovery of Nineveh. With Maps and Illustrations.

FIRST EDITION of a RARE TWO VOLUME record of Sir Austen Henry Layard's first adventurous journey to the East and residence among different tribes of Persia in the years 1840-1842. This book mentioned by the late 19th-century English novelist George Gissing in his diary as 'one of the most interesting books'. The author - Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC (1817-1894), was an eminent English traveler, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. Contains two beautiful b&w illustrations, two frontispieces and three fold-out maps. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 205x140mm. 490+511 pages [+20]. Olive green cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering and red and green patterns on front cover and spine. Text block edges age-stained. Cover yellowing and dirty/stained. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and worn. Binding slightly visible on inner cover (but still intact). Small sticker on front whitepage. Illustrations and some pages slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of a two-volume illustrated memoir of travels and residence in Persia by an illustrious Late Victorian England personality is in good condition.

Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard

383 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "Commander Layard wrote almost daily in his diary, in bold, neat script, from the time he entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1913 until his retirement in 1947. The pivotal 1943-45 years of this edited volume offer an extraordinarily full and honest chronicle, revealing Layard's preoccupations, both with the daily details and with the strain and responsibility of wartime command at sea." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. A pleasing copy. Book

Diaries 1942-1954 [with] Diaries 1971-1983 [with] Diaries 1984-1997.. Abridged and Introduced by Michael Bloch. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with facsimile endpapers; black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The first appearance of Bloch's abridgement of the original twelve volume series. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1942-1954 (2006); Vol. II: 1971-1983 (2007); Vol. III: 1984-1997 (2008). THIS EDITION IS NOW SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Diaries 1946-1949. Caves of Ice & Midway on the Waves. [With a new Introduction by the Author]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First appearance in one volume of the third and fourth volumes of Lees-Milne's inimitable diaries, first published in 1983 and 1985 respectively. For this edition the author provides a new introduction. This edition is now uncommon in its own right, especially in this condition.

Diaries. [Complete set of first editions in dustwrappers.]. THE CELEBRATED DIARIES COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

12 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces, the first three volumes with pictorial endpapers, a few tops lightly spotted; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. With their titles borrowed cheekily from Coleridge's 'Kubla Khan', Lees-Milne's diaries are widely recognised as one of the foremost continuous chronicles of England in the twentieth century. The twelve volumes cover the years 1942 to 1997, terminating only shortly before his death. The series as a whole passed through three publishers, the first three volumes by Chatto & Windus, the fourth by Faber (with characteristically non-uniform dustwrapper) and subsequent volumes (unsurprisingly) by John Murray. From 2001 onwards the diaries are edited by Michael Bloch. The series comprises 'Ancestral Voices. [Diaries 1942-1943]' (1975); 'Prophesying Peace: [Diaries 1944-1945]' (1977); 'Caves of Ice. [Diaries 1946-1947]' (1983); 'Midway on the Waves. [Diaries 1948-49]' (1985); 'A Mingled Measure. Diaries 1953-1972' (1994); 'Ancient as the Hills. Diaries 1973-1974' (1997); 'Through Wood and Dale. Diaries 1975-1978' (1998); 'Deep Romantic Chasm. Dairies 1979-1981' (2000); 'Holy Dread. Diaries 1982-1984' (2001); 'Beneath a Waning Moon. Diaries 1985-1987' (2003); 'Ceaseless Turnoil. Diaries 1988-1992 (2004); 'The Milk of Paradise. Diaries 1993-1997' (2005). A SPLENDID SET, RARE IN THIS CONDITION. The earlier volumes are very scarce and all are becoming difficult. It will be hard to rebuild a similar set at this price level.

Ancient As the Hills : Diaries, 1973 - 1974

Soft cover in a very good condition with light wear to spine head and tail. Contents sound and good, text bright and tight throughout. Used

Stacheldraht um Jakobs Zelte: Eindrücke einer Palästinareise Unpolitische Pilgerfahrt eines Kontemplativen Zeitgenossen [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]. [SERIES]: Collection Migdal /Judisches Wissen für Jedermann.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 135x195 mm. 77 pages. Softcover. Cover partly detached. Cover yellowing and age stained. Cover edges and corners wrinkled and worn. Spine edges tattered. Pages yellowing and slightly age stained. Else in fair condition.

Cannabis Chassidis: The Ancient and Energing Torah of Drugs (a memoir)

15X21.5 cm. 418 pages. Softcover. In good condition.

La moitie de beaucoup: Regards sur une enfance [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]

SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 21x13 cm. 156 pages. Softcover. In good condition.

Students' Rescue by Aliyah: Memoirs, Documents, Letters [SIGNED BY SINAI LEICHTER. IN HEBREW].

IN HEBREW. SIGNED BY SINAI LEICHTER. 245x175mm. 337+VII pages. Hardcover. In good condition.

Beethovens Briefe.

16 Tafeln.

The Cape Diaries of Lady Anne Barnard 1799-1800, Volume Two (2) Only, Second Series No. 30

328 pages. Glossary, selected bibliography and index. Multi-panel fold-out illustration at back. Volume II of "the never previously published private and unrevised records of the life of a remarkable Scotswoman, the wife of the Colonial Secretary during the first British occupation of the Cape. They tell of her attempts to reconcile the Dutch to British rule, and are particularly important in recording what official accounts ignore.... Vivid accounts are given of events such as the abortive mutiny in the Castle and the imprisonment and trial for high treason of the Graaff-Reinet rebels." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book

The Cape Diaries of Lady Anne Barnard 1799-1800, Volume One (1) Only, Second Series No. 29

368 pages. Volume I of "the never previously published private and unrevised records of the life of a remarkable Scotswoman, the wife of the Colonial Secretary during the first British occupation of the Cape. They tell of her attempts to reconcile the Dutch to British rule, and are particularly important in recording what official accounts ignore.... Vivid accounts are given of events such as the abortive mutiny in the Castle and the imprisonment and trial for high treason of the Graaff-Reinet rebels." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book

Amerikanisches Tagebuch 1962.

1. Auflage.

Eben komme ich von Haydn...

11 einfarbige Abbildungen.

Safed: City of Light [SIGNED BY ODED HAMEIRI]

SIGNED BY ODED HAMEIRI, MAYOR OF SAFED. 29x23 cm. 95 pages. Gilt hardcover. Front cover slightly rubbed. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.

Habait Wehashoa (The Home and the Holocaust) [IN HEBREW]

In Hebrew. 140X220 mm. 239 pages. Hardcover. Includes b&w photographs. Cover age stained, corners bumped. Spine yellowing, edges bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. Otherwise the book is in good condition.

On the Brink of Nowhere

21X14 cm. XIV+181 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly chafed, slightly stained. Spine slightly chafed. Else in good condition.

The Woman From Bessarabia

20x14 cm. 221 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. Pen writing on inner front cover page. Else in good condition.