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First English edition of Der Judenstaat, published in German in the same year. [xii], 102, [1] ad, pages. "Let the sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the globe large enough to satisfy the reasonable requirements of a nation; the rest we shall manage for ourselves". - p.25. In his July 10, 1896 diary entry Herzl wrote "Paid the publisher David Nutt 19 pounds and a few shillings for the English edition. He has sold only 160 copies". - p.414 of "The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl". Moderate external soiling. Above-average external wear with a variety of small chips from and short openings to the thin paper covers. Binding intact. Prior owner's details in pencil, dated 1896, atop half-title, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy of this profoundly influential work by the acknowledged father of the Jewish state. Emanuel p.53 Book
First edition, first issue as indicated by the closing left flower vignette on the final page. Period Cloth with typical period Polish cloth spine and corners, 8vo, 86 pages. In German. Title translates as, "The Jewish State: The Search for a Modern Solution to the Jewish Question." First edition of Herzl's seminal call for an independent Jewish state. Der Judenstaat "has remained the single most important manifesto of modern Zionism and is one of the most important books in the history of the Jewish People" (Heymann, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana--Treasures of Jewish Booklore 46:102-03). Insisting that assimilation was not the solution to millenia if suffering by the Jewish people, Herzl proposed instead that "sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the globe large enough to satisfy the reasonable requirements of a nation; the rest we shall manage for ourselves." First published in Vienna in 1896 as Der Judenstaat and in English that same year (in London by David Nutt), this work set forth Herzl's lifes work to "transform Zionism from a weak and insignificant movement into a world organization and a political entity that Great Britain was prepared to accept as the authorized representative of the Jewish people. This in turn led to the Balfour Declaration and eventually to the founding of the State of Israel" (EJ). "It was Herzl's book which really crystallized the idea of a national home for the Jews. Two conceptions had prevailed hitherto: either that of the ghetto, presupposing an unbridgeable gulf between Jews and Gentiles, or that of assimilation, which meant a complete acceptance by the Jews of their environment leading eventually to becoming among whom they lived. Herzl took a different view. By his work he transformed the Jewish people from a passive community into a positive political force" (PMM 381). Shows the acquisition, and then deaccession, stamps of a prominent Eastern European library. Auction sales for this work reached over $10,600 in 2020 and then almost $12,000 (with commissions) in 2021. In sum, Theodor Herzls Der Judenstaat is considered one of the most important texts of early Zionism. Published on February 14, 1896, translations into Hebrew, English, French, Russian, and Rumanian appeared in the course of the same year. Altogether the book was published in 80 separate editions in 18 languages. SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Restoration. Geschichte. Quelle. Zionismus. Zionism. Judentum. OCLC: 4952913. Rubbing to boards as expected. Early number on front board and stamp on title page; modern dime-sized library stamps on obverse of title and on final page. Very Good Condition thus. (KH-10-6-E)
"The first publication, in any language, of the complete diaries of the founder of the world Zionist movement. These diaries are Herzl's day-to-day record of his almost single-handed struggle, and of successes achieved at the cost of his career, his fortune, his family - and his very life. Contains, for the first time, every word Herzl entered in the eighteen copybooks he filled. A fascinating document, as well as an illuminating self-portrait of one of the most unusual personalities of recent times, the acknowledged "father of the Jewish State." - slip box. pp. vi, 431; 432-827; 828-1270; 1271-1631; 1632-1961. "[Volume 5] contains the annotations written by the editor; the list of code-words used by Herzl; and the index. The annotations, arranged alphabetically, contain brief biographies of practically all the individuals mentioned in the Diaries and short identifications of the place names and other geographical names appearing in the Diaries, either in the dateline or in the entries themselves." - p.1635. Different black and white photographic frontis portrait of Herzl in each volume. Issued without dust jackets. All volumes clean, bright and unmarked with light wear to publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in silver upon spines. All bindings sound. Narrow three-inch opening to lower left corner of slipcase which otherwise shows average wear and features illustrations of Herzl on two sides. A quality copy of this profoundly influential record. Book
COMPLETE SIX VOLUME SET BOUND IN THREE. RARE elaborate and vast series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East by the eminent Scottish painter David Roberts (1796-1864), which he produced from sketches he had made during long tours of the region (1838-1840). These and his large oil paintings of similar subjects made him a prominent Orientalist painter, and he was elected as a Royal Academician in 1841. [ALL VOLUMES]: 300x220mm. Unpaginated. Half-leather gilt Hardcover with gilt ribbed spine. Text block edges gilt. Marbled endpaper. Cover and spine rubbed and slightly scratched. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners bumped and worn. Cover edges slightly bumped. Spine edges and hinges rubbed. Whitepages and few other pages age-stained. Some pages and plates slightly age-stained (otherwise the plates are in very good condition). Pages slightly yellowing. [VOLS.I-II]: Cover corner and spine upper edge peeling. [VOLS.III-IV]: Two bump-marks on spine rear hinge. [VOLS.III-IV & V-VI]: Front cover somewhat lumpy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare precious set of classic 19th-century Orientalist lithographs by the foremost artist in this genre is good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
"Whatever place its author may ultimately occupy in future histories of England, one thing is certain, that in the history of the Jewish people the name of Balfour will enjoy unchallenged immortality, evoking comparison with that of Cyrus, for the issue of the Balfour Declaration marked the opening of a new epoch in the annals of Jewry which will be recognised as such even in the remotest centuries to come. In this little book have been gathered together all the utterances of Lord Balfour on the interpretation and implications of his Declaration, on its political aspects and its practical realisation, made during the last ten years." - Preface. [4], 5-128 pp. 7" x 4.75". Original spine label present and intact. Front free endpaper professionaly replaced. Tanning to central portion of half-title. Prior owner's ink stamp upon title page. Duplicate spine label bound at p.128. Average external wear. Binding intact with moderate forward lean. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Quarter inch notch from top of backstrip. A sound copy of this jewel of Zionist history. EMANUEL p.48. [ASIN B000852UV4] Book
225 pages. "Beneath the great westward flow of our civilization, there are undercurrents moving eastward. These are impelled by a spirit which looks back to the east, to the days of tyrant and slave, of luxury and misery, and incidentally to the suppression of western culture... The following pages are designed to cast light on these eastern undercurrents which have undermined western states." - Preface. Black and white photographic portrait of Sergius A. Nilus. Erratum list affixed inside front cover. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Age-yellowing to card covers and contents. Covers nearly detached. Binding tender. Singerman 0221. Book
275 pages. Footnotes. "Geula Cohen [1925-2019] was a ranking member of the notorious Stern Gang in its fight against the British for a free Palestine (Israel). Her memoirs explode with the ferocious intensity of her terrorist faith, her inflexible idealism. An open and intimate portrait of a woman, and the conditions that drove her underground to embrace a philosophy of violence and terror." - dust jacket. "I have no doubt that [this book] will be a proud memorial to the daring fighters who offered their lives for the cause of Jewish redemption. It also attests to the supreme nobility of the soul of its writer." - David Ben-Gurion. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Moderate lean to spine. Soiling to back panel of dust jacket which is otherwise moderately worn and now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
322 pages. Translated from the first Russian edition. Contents include: Jews in the land of Kiev Russia and the Moscow State; The first Jews in Russia; The further growth rate of Jews in Russia; Politics of the Russian Government with regard to the Jewish question; How Jewish capital was created in Russia; The social structure of Russian Jewry; Jewish participation and their role in the cultural life of Russia; Jews in Russian literature and criticism; Jews - Russian lawyers; Russian Jewry at the beginning of the twentieth century; The Balis Affair; The Jewish question from February to October 1917; Jews in USSR; Personal-national autonomy; Thirty-year total; The war years; The post-war period; The state of Israel and the problem of double citizenship; Supplements I and II. Apparently the author self-published a first English edition in New York in 1967. This copy may be a later reprint as a small Truth Seeker address label has been placed over original text on the copyright page. Regardless, this copy appears to be circa 1970s or prior. Brown stains to lower portion of back cover modestly affect last three pages - text unaffected. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
[8] 9-94 pages. Select Bibliography. First published in London in 1930. "Professor Einstein is better known as a physicist than as a Zionist. Yet for many years he has given abundant proof both of a keen interest in Zionism and of a penetrating insight into its underlying ideas. He is impelled to Zionism by his acute consciousness of the excessive price at which the blessings of assimilation are bought by the Jewish communities of the Western world, which for him are mainly represented by that of Germany. The price is a loss of solidarity, of moral independence and self-respect. These, in his view, can be regained only if assimilated Jews find some common task, of absolute human value, to which they can bend their corporate energies as Jews. Such a task is to be found in the restoration of Jewish national life in Palestine." - Introduction. Unmarked with average wear. Backstrip lettering faded. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important compilation. Emanuel p.51. Boni, Russ & Laurence 306. Book
First edition. Original illustrated blue and white paper wrappers with black-and-white photographs. 4to. About 15 pages each; 28 cm. Statehood-era run of this important Zionist photographic periodical, including the issue from the month when Statehood was declared (May 1948), filled with hundreds of black-and-white photographs, tables, maps, and articles. Covers topics such as Report on Latin America, Youth that Saved a Nation, and Way of the Mediator. The Histadrut was founded in December 1929 in Haifa to look out for the interests of Jewish workers...The Histadrut became one of the most powerful institutions in the state of Israel, a mainstay of the Labour Zionist movement and, aside from being a trade union, its state-building role made it the owner of a number of businesses and factories and, for a time, the largest employer in the country. Until Israel began moving away from a socialist economy, the Histadrut, along with the government, owned most of the economy (Wikipedia 2017) . Newspaper headlines report the sensational side of events in Palestine, but rarely the important things that happen daily. The Jewish State is being built by men and women with a single mind and single purpose, men and women of the Histadrut who stick to their task in fields and factories, who reluctantly take the gun in hand to ward off the enemy. HISTADRUT FOTO-NEWS will bring to American Jewry the story of Palestine in its proper perspective. Its heroes will be workers. Its drama will be the life of the pioneers who build not only new physical wonders but social and spiritual patterns that suit the rebirth of an ancient, civilized people. SUBJECT(S) : Labor and laboring classes, Israel, Periodicals. OCLC lists 15 holdings worldwide. Overall, very good condition. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight rubbing and mild edgewear. Some issues have more significant edgewear and pencil markings. (HOLO2-134-29)
RARE report on the value of secular real estate in Israel owned by former residents of German nationality or extraction by Karl Brandt (1899-1975), Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Food Research Institute at Stanford University. After being appointed Professor of Agriculture in the University of Berlin in 1929 and Director of the Institute for Agricultural Market Research, Brandt left Nazi Germany in 1933, he took up residence in the United States as Professor of Agricultural Economics at the New School for Social Research in New York and from 1938 Professor of Agricultural Economics at Stanford University. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Heidelberg and the Justus von Liebig Prize by the University of Kiel, and was the only American member of the French Academy of Agriculture and one of the few persons of German birth ever to receive the Order of Merit, France's highest award for civil service. Contains many b&w photographic plates. 280x210mm. XII+307 pages. Grey cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover and spine somewhat stained and rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Front cover bottom corner and spine hinge edges peeling. Spine upper edge worn. Several first pages bottom corner slightly wrinkled. Few pencil underlinings and Several tiny pen marks near text of pages 12-13, 15-16, 35, 45, 53, 80-82, 107, 122 and 268. Traces of erased pencil underlinings on some pages. Some pages bottom edge slightly bumped or slightly stained (no damage to text). Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare report on German property in Israel, written by a major authority in the field, is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
1st edition. Period boards. 4to. 14 pages each, 33 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to The Jewish Militant. Complete second year run. An important Labor Zionist periodical of Poale Zion, initially published in Philadelphia from 1906-1907 before moving to New York from 1907-1920. US Poale Zion published a Yiddish newspaper, the Yidisher Kempfer, and an English journal, Jewish Frontier, edited by Hayim Greenberg and Marie Syrkin (Wikipedia, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Labor Zionism -- United States -- Periodicals. OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (NYPL, YIVO, Harvard) . Boards defective, pages wavy from old dampness, but contents are good. (AMR-54-13)
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 57 pages, 21 cm. Mostly in Hebrew with some English. Signerman 5474, listing 2 copies. Goldman 947, Deinard (KA) 618. Title translates to Book of Zion: Includes a Collection of Different Articles and Writings by the Authors of Israel in America. The only published issue of this Zionist periodical, which was edited by Ephraim Deinard. Includes articles on Zionism and Hebraic culture in America; A list of Zionist societies in America (pp. 4-11; among the locales are Altona, PA, Key West, FL, Knoxville, TN, St. Joseph, ME, and Waco, TX) ; letters that Deinard sent on behalf of Mafitze Sifrat Zion to President William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland (pp. 45-9) ; a bio-bibliography of Bernhard Felsenthal (pp. 55-7) ; short book reviews by Deinard (pp. 50-5) ; poetry (pp. 22-3) ; and a list of subscribers (final page) . Deinard records, "on account of an error by the young typesetter my name does not appear on [the title page] of this work, the majority of which I authored" (Koheleth America, part 1, p. 55n) . However, only seven of the fifteen articles are signed by him. Other contributors included Julius [Joel] Aronson, A. B. Dobsewitch, Judah David Eisenstein, Max Nordau, Moses Hacohen Reicherson, Abraham Hayyim Rosenberg and Rabbi Moses Weinberger. Subscriptions cost fifty cents. The printer later reported, "I received many subscriptions. Only a few paid the fifty cents in advance, the majority promised to pay once they received the book. After they received it they again promised [to pay], but their promise will forever remain unfulfilled. Ephraim Deinard, (18461930) , was a leading bibliographer and Hebrew author. He wandered in his youth, collecting ancient manuscripts and books in many countries, and then established a bookshop in Odessa. In 1897 he tried unsuccessfully to found an agricultural settlement in Nevada (U. S. ) . An active Zionist, he settled in Palestine in 1913 where he investigated the possibilities of Jewish settlement. After being expelled by the Turks in 1916 he returned to the United States and continued his bibliographical work. His two most noteworthy bibliographical works are Or Mayer: Catalogue of the Old Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books of the Library of the Hon. Mayer Sulzberger of Philadelphia (1896) and Koheleth America (1926) , a listing of Hebrew books published in America from 1735 to 1926. The first part of the latter work contains essays on the state of Hebrew literature in America, which are written in his unadorned, but typically acerbic, style. He laid the foundations of the Hebrew book and manuscript collections of the Library of Congress with the financial aid of Jacob Schiff. A violent polemicist on many controversial subjects, he attacked Reform Judaism, Hasidism, Christianity, and Karaism. Deinard was a prolific Hebrew writer, producing more than 50 books and pamphlets often signed with his pseudonym, Adir (Wikipedia, 2018; Goldman 2006) . SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature -- United States. Jewish literature -- United States. OCLC lists 12 copies worldwide (OCLC: 24132716) . Good+ condition. (ZION2-1-2-BR)
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 1127, 214 pages, 25 cm. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Title translates to The Jewish Community: General Work on the Torah and Duty. This annual periodical was first printed in 1886 to cover current events, politics, torah and Jewish life. The journal only lasted 3 volumes, until 1888. The work was, in a way, one of the first large publication of the Hovevei Zion movement, initiated in response to the Russian pogroms. The group was officially formed by Leon Pinsker in 1884. Keneset Israel was edited by Shaul Pinchas Rabinowitz (1845-1910) , a Jewish historian, author and one of the first Chovive Tzion (Wikipedia, 2018) . Friedberg, ; Kaf 375. SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. Hebrew literature. Other titles: Kneses Israel: hebra¨isches illustrirtes Jahrbuch für Literatur, Wissenschaft und Geschichte des Judenthums. (OCLC: 49017246) OCLC lists 15 copies worldwide, though some sets are incomplete. Boards are edge worn with some cloth over spine tearing away. Boards are edge worn with some cloth over spine tearing away. Pages have some chips in margins. Pages browning. All text is good. Overall good condition. (ZION2-2-56-BLJ)
Original Wrappers. 8vo. 23cm. 19 consecutive reports submitted to the Fourth through Twenty-third national congresses of the Jewish Board of Deputies. Today the SAJBD [South African Jewish Board of Deputies] represents nearly all of the Jewish community institutions and synagogues, works as a watchdog against anti-Semitic articles in the media, examines legislation concerning the Jewish community and maintains contact with Diaspora communities world-wide, as well other political and religious organizations in South Africa. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org) Descriptions of the Jewish Board of Deputies positions on Zionism, persecution and violence against Jews in Europe and the resettlement and emigration of European Jews. OCLC lists only 3 runs worldwide (NYPL. Brandeis, NLI) , and a few libraries list single issues. All spines rebacked. Some shelf wear, showing on certain volumes more than others. Text is clean and fresh. Overall good+ condition. (AJCONG-31)
Signed by Ben-Zvi atop front free endpaper, beneath an inscription dated 11/4/1963 which may or may not have been written by the author who passed away 23 April of the same year. First printed in English in 1957. Translated from the Hebrew. "An intimate and loving report on the process of 'the ingathering of the exiles' into the State [Israel] over which the author has presided since 1952." - dust jacket. xv, 285 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates illustrate the broad range of physical appearances of members of the many scattered Jewish communities the author sought to bring together. Brilliant gilt lettering and signature upon red cloth. Binding tight. Bump and one-inch opening to cloth at bottom of back board. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy signed by its distinguished author who served three consecutive terms as President of Israel, 1952-1963. EMANUEL p.49. Book
1st edition. Later Cloth with covers bound in, Oblong 4to, Aproximately 100 leaves, mostly photographic plates. Includes 175 photographic illustrations. Introductory text and captions (many of Biblical origin) in English, Hebrew and Yiddish. This album seeks to present a picture of the wanderings of the 'remnants' of European Jewry - wanderings that began at the conclusion of the last war and still continue (From the introduction) . A collection of 175 black and white photographs documenting the Bericha - - the 'illegal' underground flight of surviving European Jews into Palestine immediately following the Holocaust. This was the great exodus of European Jews following the holocaust, who illegally crossed the borders of Soviet-occupied lands and made their way as illegal immigrants to the shores of Palestine. Special sections of this album are dedicated to children and orphans who took part in this immigration effort, and another section documents the famous journey of the ship Exodus. Compiled by Ephraim Dekel, a high-ranking Haganah officer and architect of the Bericha escape-route. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish refugees. Emigration and immigration. Jewish refugees. Berih? Ah (Organization) Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Pictorial works. Staining to first 10 leaves, heavy wear to original cover, which is bound in, but photographic and text pages are very good--clear, solid, and powerful. A Good Copy. (holo2-125-10)
Paris, Georges Israël - Editeur, 1982. In-folio en feuillets, sous emboîtage de cuir fauve épais et fermé par une baguette de bois. Titre sur le plat et le dos. La reliure a été réalisée dans les ateliers Duval. 16 lithographies dont 12 à doubles-pages de Raymond Moretti. Avant-propos de Yves Courrière, Uzi Narkiss Judea Capta, Flavius Joseph (extrait de la Guerre des Juifs). Tirage limité à 288 exemplaires, signés par l'Artiste et l'éditeur. Celui-ci est un des 160 exemplaires sur Papier Vélin d'Arches, numérotés de 99 à 258 et portant le n° 227. Exemplaire signé par l'auteur, l'éditeur et dédicacé par l'illustrateur. Le cuir de l'emboîtage est décoloré partiellement, sinon exemplaire en parfait état.
First edition. Period springboard binder, with all original illustrated paper wrappers bound in (easily removed without damage if preferred) . 4to. About 4-8 pages each, except for final issue, which has 20 pages; 22 cm. A continuation of the News Bulletin from 1938-1946. A nearly complete DP-era run of the News Bulletin Published by American Friends of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem from 1948-1953. Each edition packed with dozens of black-and-white photographs of students, professors, and honorees at the university. Includes articles on dozens of important scientists, academics, and organizational leaders including Albert Einstein, Chaim Weizmann, and David Ben-Gurion. The Indian Jews of Mexico know little of Jewish religion, though they gather in their synagogues on Saturdays and Jewish holidays to pray (mostly in Spanish) and to sing hymns in Spanish and Hebrew. Their Jewish consciousness is very strong, however, and when intermarriage takes place between one of them and a Catholic Indian, the non-Jewish partner is usually converted to Judaism and brought into the congregation. Aimed primarily at building political and financial support for the University within American Jewry, the publication is very slick and appealing to look at. SUBJECT(S) : Periodicals, Science, Hebrew University. OCLC and WorldCat list 14 holdings worldwide. Overall, very good + condition. Mild edgewear. Minimal rubbing and markings. Minimal pencil markings and library stamps on Vol. VI. No. 1+6. (ZION-51-63)
First edition. Original paper wrappers. 4to. [203] pages. 29cm. In English. Massive report written on November 21, 1947 and dealing with matters related to Jewish settlement in Palestine and the Jewish refugees coming from Europe to America and elsewhere. Section II on the ADJC, includes sections on: The Displaced persons Countries, Eastern European Countries, Western European Countries and then Shanghai, Central and South America, and Special Passover Relief. Section IV, on the United Service for New Americans, includes subsections on Who are the Newcomers? , Resettlement from New York, European Jewish Childrens Aid, Physicians and Dentist Unit, Location Service, Central Refugee Index, and many others. In January 1939, the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees and Overseas Needs was established, combining the efforts of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, led by Rabbi Jonah Wise; the United Palestine Appeal, led by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver; and the National Coordinating Committee Fund led by William Rosenwald. The three founders emphasized that the funds needed to support Jews in Europe and Palestine would be triple to quadruple the amount raised in the previous year. While the organizations would raise funds together, the Joint Distribution Committee would assist Jews in Europe, the United Palestine Appeal would aid the Jewish community in Palestine, including refugees from Europe arriving there and the National Coordinating Committee Fund would assist refugees arriving in the United States (Wikipedia, 2016) . OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Harvard, JHU, NLI) , none in the US outside the East Coast. Wrappers are edgeworn and chipped. Minor soiling to some pages with no damage to text. Overall Good Condition. (ZION-10-13)
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. Lxxix, 2668, 125 pages [2872 pages total] 25 cm. Sir Robert Harry Drayton (1892-1963) was a British legal officer. In 1931, Drayton, previously Solicitor-General, was appointed Legal Draftsman to the Palestine Government. In 1933, Drayton compiled and catalogued the laws, decrees, regulations, rules, etc. Which were issued in Palestine in addition to the British Royal laws and decrees enforced therein (UCC, 2019) . SUBJECTS: Law - Palestine. (OCLC: 22912793) . Foxing to some pages. Boards are lightly worn. Very good condition. (ZION2-2-12)
Very Good Arabic Original pamphlet. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 17,5 cm). Texts in completely Arabic. [4] pp., ills. An extremely rare propaganda and political proclamation in Arabian related to Jerusalem and Palestine question. It has a "call to arms" for the struggle. A unique brochure. Not in OCLC.; Not in IISG.
CONTAINS 20 FOLD-OUT AND FULL-PAGE MAPS AND 9 FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES. RARE survey produced for the Department for Landscaping and Preservation of Historic Sites, Prime Minister's Office, Israel. [CONTENTS]: Historical Introduction / The Remains of the City - The Ancient City; The Crusader City; The Turkish City / The City as a Historical Monument / Survey and Planning Proposals / Summary of Proposals / List of Sites / Photographs. 320x230mm. 56 pages & 9 full-page photographic plates bound with cloth spine and laid in folder right pocket. 20 fold-out and full-page maps are separately spiral-bound and laid in folder left pocket. Grey cloth Hardcover folder with embossed lettering on front cover. Folder stained and rubbed. Folder edges slightly bumped. Folder corners rubbed and slightly bumped. Folder spine edges slightly peeling. Folder right pocket bottom edge and middle part slightly stained. Sticker residues on maps rear cover. Maps rear cover bottom edge wrinkled. Maps and front cover partly detached from spiral binding. Maps 2 and 3 verso slightly stained. Several maps verso slightly dirty. Three small holes on map 2. Map 3 somewhat wrinkled and dirty. Maps rear cover and text pages front cover yellowing and slightly stained. Rear whitepage wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare survey of the old city of Acre, renowned as the final stronghold of the Crusader states and the holiest city of the Baha'i Faith, is in good condition.
TWO VOLUME SET of the rare account of a journey to Alexandria, Damascus and Jerusalem. Each volume includes a hand-colored aquatint frontispiece. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 195x115mm. [XI+321] + [XI+334] pages. Quarter-leather marbled Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover rubbed. Cover edges and corners worn. Cover corners bumped. Spine, spine edges and hinges peeling. Text block edges browning/age-stained. Frontispiece age-stained. Pages yellowing, slightly wavy and age-stained. [VOL.1]: Rear cover upper corner peeling. Small part of spine missing. Library sticker residues on front inner cover. Front whitepage partly torn and missing. Binding slightly visible between frontispiece and title page. Page XI partly loose from binding. [VOL.II]: Library sticker on front inner cover. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare two volume account of travels in Ottoman Middle East is in good reading condition
P., Plon, 1882-1884. Deux volumes in folio (40 x 30 cm) reliés demi maroquin rouge à coins, avec soulignement d'un double filet doré sur la hauteur et aux coins, dos à nerfs, têtes dorées, 468 pages- 22 gravures sur acier hors texte (dont plan de Jérusalem en couleurs sur double pageset 288 gravures sur bois dans le texte ; (&é pages-22 gravures sur acier hors texte (dont sur double page la carte de la Palestine et la carte de l'Egypte et de l'Arabie Pérée en couleurs), avec 305 garvures sur bois dans le texte. Rousseurs affectant les marges en particulier dans le premier volume
