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280x220 mm. 190 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. In good condition.
Contains a map. 24x17cm. 180 pages. Hardcover. Cover edges and corners slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pen inscription on whitepage. Pages slightly wavy and slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
Royal octavo. Pp. 180, (11) publisher's ads. Plus folding map bound at end. Tables; footnotes, index. Original wrappers, bit soiled and shabby. In good condition, internally fine, practically unused copy, still entirely unopened. ~ First edition.
Crown octavo. Pp. 304. Index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's red full cloth; old small stamp inside cover. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Aims to cover the complete history of Palestine, from before the Exodus until the return of the Jews and the Zionist Movement. With chapters on history mostly, but geography, the people, flora and fauna, manners, customs, and religious life are also covered. Scarce.
Pages 485-577, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Contents include: With the Dynamite Squad - among warring factions in Mexico; A Sportsman in the Wilds - an African hunting trip; When the "Norther" Broke - windstorms off the west coast of South America; James "Jimmy" Inness of Juneau, Alaska and his feud against bears; Jimmy's Bear; Curiosities of the Holy Land - part I - peasant life in Palestine - many sensational photos; An Unexecuted Sentence - George Singer was condemned to be hanged; Harnessing a Million Gallons - a farmer builds a reservoir in South Africa; A Prisoner of the Gitanos - author was a prisoner of gipsies for six months; Lost in the Everglades; The Wanderings of an Entertainer, Part II - Robert Ganthony; My Escape from Venezuela - what happened to an Englishman who meddled in the politics of this nation; Odds and Ends. Average wear. Binding intact. Bit of clear tape at each end of spine. A sound copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
22.5x15.5cm. 111 pages. Softcover. Cover stained and wrinkled. Cover edges worn. Spine worn and slightly loose. Pages yellowing and slightly age-stained. Else in good condition.
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 55 pages with folded tables, 24 cm. Features a variety of tables, graphs, and summaries of the Jewish financial situations in Palestine during this era. This includes the import of Jewish capital, Jewish contributions to the general revenue, government expenditure, and taxation. "Hoofien came to Israel in 1912 after having served as director of the Cologne office of the Zionist Central Office. In Israel he served in a number of economic posts and, at the time of his death, was economic coordinator of the Israel Government. In collaboration with the later Finance Minister Eliezer Kaplan, Mr. Hoofien developed fiscal policies which helped shape the young Israeli economy. He was president of Israel's Bank Leumi (JTA, 1957) . SUBJECTS: Palestine -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic conditions. OCLC Number: 838904. Wrappers are lightly worn. Internally very good. (ZION2-2-16)
VOLUME ONE ONLY OF TWO. EXTREMELY RARE complete English translation of the 'Mejelle' (1869-1876) - the civil law of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the first (partial) codification of Islamic law undertaken without having recourse to secular borrowings. This full translation of the 'Mejelle' was made by C.A.Hooper - Gilchrist Memorial Scholar in Turkish and Ouseley Memorial Scholar in Arabic in the University of London, who also wrote a short introduction to a more detailed study of the 'Mejelle'. 220x140mm. XI+511 pages. Brown Hardcover with embossed emblem and gilt spine. Cover slightly dirty. Cover upper corners slightly rubbed, cover bottom edges and corners peeling. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine edges, rear hinge and middle tattered and partly missing. Spine detached from front cover and partly detached from rear cover. Front cover and 20 first pages coming partly loose from binding - binding visible on introduction first page. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare English translation of the 'Mejelle' made by major authority in the field of Turkish, Arabic, and Palestine and Transjordan courts, has unfortunately suffered some external damage to its cover, but is in good condition on the inside. This extremely rare book, despite its age damage, is still in good reading condition, and we offer it at greatly discounted price.
Octavo. Pp. 102, (2). With 4 tinted plates, 75 halftone photographic illustrations many of which are full-page, and one map. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in the original cloth-backed boards, with a colour plate mounted on cover. Old manuscript inscription in neat hand, dated 1934, to first flyleaf. A very fine copy. ~ First edition. Palestine old and new, Jewish and Arab, modern and ancient, urban and rural, in a well selected collection of photographs, many of which are rarely printed elsewhere. Includes very rare air surveillance photographs of Nazareth and Jerusalem, borrowed from the War Archive in Munich, and nicely reproduced here as full-page plates. The cover plate is a painting of the Temple Mount by the Austrian born painter and illustrator Prof. Franz Kienmayer (1886 - 1963).
No date (1940s) . First edition. Original blue cardstock wrappers. 8vo. 60 pages; 21 cm. "The cataclysmic events that have descended upon us in rapid succession have awakened both the conscience and consciousness of Jewry. People who but yesterday sheltered themselves in the fools paradise of Emancipation have emerged from their crumbling shells and are re-identifying themselves with our people. Renegade sons who denied the nationhood of Israel and sought an escape in the isms of the moment found themselves of a sudden on a shattered foundation. A Holocaust-era collection of various speeches about Zionism that Aron Horowitz gave around Canada during his three years as Western Executive Director of the Zionist Organization of Canada and Educational Supervisor of all Western Canadian Hebrew Schools. Includes topics such as The Role of Hebrew in Our National Renaissance, Zionism and Jewish Education, and Religion as a Philosophy of Life. SUBJECT(S) : Zionism, Jewish education. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide. Several stamps and library markings on binding and inside title page. Minimal pencil marks and pen inscription in Hebrew that do not affect text. Slight toning. Very good condition. (zion-12-31) .
15.5x23 cm. xii+292 pages. Hardcover. In goo condition.
180 p. Illustrated with 13 drawings by the Author, 29 photographs and a map. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Original dust jacket, worn, chipped with loss. Hardbound. Very good. HOLY LAND BOX 1
96 pages pages plus 32 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Gold-Seekers - Edward J. Hoyt and William Palmer experience terrible Central American hardships in pursuit of wealth; Anso the Inaccessible - photo-illustrated article on this quaint Pyrenees town in Spain; Against Odds - in 1896 the natives of Matebeleland rose against their masters and massacred nearly four hundred - two survivors tell their tale; Across the Andes on Foot - amazing photo-illustrated article; Adventures of an Outlaw-Hunter - exciting experiences related by Sergeant Frank W. Northern who waged a relentless war against criminals in San Diego; A Tale of a Tiger - an extraordinary affair in Rangoon, Burma - with great photos, including the Shway Dagon Pagoda; The Wanderings of an Entertainer (part III) - Mr. Robert Ganthony relates his eventful tour in Canada; Curiosities of the Holy Land (part II) - the picturesque habits of peasant life in Palestine are described, accompanied by photos; The Missing Boatswain - how this strange mystery was solved; My Durian - a traveller in Singapore has his first experience with this awful smelling fruit; The "Hodag" - photo-illustrated account of an elaborate hoax involving Mr. E.S. Shepard in Rhinelander, Wisconsin that, after thirty years, is still remembered throughout the state; "The Woman Who Never Came Back" - a description of the tricks of No-ha-de-lan, an astute old Alaskan witch-doctress, with photos; and more. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Octavo. Pp. xii, 340. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Plus folding colour lithograph map tipped-in at rear, and a number of halftone illustrations printed on different paper, bound in. Hardcover, original red cloth, spine gilt; cloth faded, spine bit chipped at ends. Bit shabby but in good condition. ~ First edition.
First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers with blue ink. 8vo. Pages 955-1016; 24 cm. The June issue of a monthly magazine focusing on Shevuoth, Jewish Colonization in Palestine, and The New Learned Jew. Includes 11 pieces by different authors, a mix of poetry, articles, and short stories. Includes Greens for Shevuoth, a translated story from Sholom Aleichem as well as interesting titles such as Three Types of Orthodox Jews and The Jewish Review of Reviews. All the praise and encomium we have showered upon our faith has been only upon our Orthodox Judaism, but not upon orthodox Jews. We have maintained that the great revelation given to our people on Mount Sinai is the most sublime and perfect of all divine revelations. We have, however, never maintained that orthodox Jews are the most sublime and perfect of men. That would be ridiculous. Includes black-and-white headshot of Dr. Joshua Bloch, one of the authors. Advertisements on original paper wrappers. SUBJECT (S) : Shavuot, Zionism, Judaism. Original paper wrappers repaired, fraying, browning. Minimal markings on pages beyond some offsetting from laid in newspaper articles. Original paper wrappers good condition, pages very good condition. (zion-12-6) .
TWO VOLUME SET. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 25.5x16.5 cm. 84+372+21+498 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Crown octavo. Pp. xv, 299. Frontispiece with 2 photo illustrations. Plus 7 plates with 14 photo illustrations. Publisher's catalogue on verso of title-page. A citation in Hebrew type, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither," on title-page. Bibliography, index. Hardcover, bound in the original dark blue cloth lettered in red and turquoise, lacks first flyleaf, first inner hinge cracked, remnant of a label, some foxing. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Albert Montefiore Hyamson (1875-1954). English administrator. From 1917 to 1919 he edited the Zionist Review. He served as Chief Immigration Officer in Palestine under the British Mandate, returning to England in 1934. He later became president of the Jewish Historical Society of England. He published studies of Palestine and Zionism as well as a history of the Jews of England. Here, he claims to have written a book which has no concern with Palestine either as a religious or an archaeological centre, but instead deals with the present and the future. The front paste-down bears the lovely, contemporary booksellers' ticket of R. Mazin & Co., London, "Publishers, Booksellers, Printers, Bookbinders, etc." displaying a banner in Hebrew.
260x220 mm. 178+134 pages. Softcover. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. In good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original map. Oblong atlas folio. (57 x 77 cm). In Ottoman script. Folded. Stains on the upper side. Slightly chipped margins. Filistin haritasi. Scale: 1/250.000. Erkilet was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army. In fall 1941 he, along with General Ali Fuad Erden, visited the occupied territories in Ukraine (including Crimea) on the invitation of Gerd von Rundstedt. From there he and other Turkish officers flew to Rastenburg to meet Hitler in person. In 1943 he published his essays on that trip under the title "What I Saw on the Eastern Front". Being a staunch Turanist, he was briefly detained for Panturkic activities in 1948 together with some other prominent Turanists.
Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xxii, 528; 533-724, 4. Plus 4 folding maps bound at end of volume II. Index, English summary; Foreword in Hebrew. Uniformly bound in the original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition, mint interiors. Excellent set. ~ First edition.
24X15.5 cm. 297 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Pen inscription on first blank page. Else in good condition.
RARE collection fictional accounts of the lives of Gharry drivers in British-ruled Palestine by the eminent Hebrew writer, playwright and editor Ari Ibn-Zahav [Sahav; Goldstein, Leo] (1899-1971). The stories are illustrated by an renowned Israeli painter and woodcut artist Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968). 165x120mm. 92 pages [+2]. Illustrated Softcover. Cover yellowing and slightly stained. Cover corners and spine edges slightly worn. Spine wrinkled and slightly rubbed. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book on the life of Jews and Arabs under the British mandate, illustrated by one of the most influential Israeli artists, is in good condition.
First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers in greens and white with illustration of a man and a woman on a farm in Israel. 8vo. 30 pages; 22 cm. A fabulously illustrated Holocaust-era fiction story for young adults about new immigrants to Kibbutz Degania. In this story of Degania there is a combination of fiction and information based on research. The research for the entire series was done by the writer of the Foreword, while the story was developed and executed by Judith Ish-Kishor. Judith Ish-Kishor was a pioneering writer of Jewish childrens literature in English (Wikipedia, 2016) . No. 1 in a series of 5 stories. SUBJECT(S) : Kibbutzim, Juvenile fiction, Manners and customs. OCLC lists 3 holdings worldwide (NYPL, Yale, UPenn) , none outside the northeast. Slight toning. Hebrew stamp and minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. (zion-12-24)
1st edition. Original Illustrated Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 21 pages ; 21 cm. With Period Photographs throughout. Holocaustera description of the activities and accomplishments of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) published 7 years before the establishment of the state of Israel. The text was written by Sulamith Ish-kishor (1896-1977) an American writer (who) was born in London Her father was a well-known writer of Jewish children's literature and an early proponent of Hovevei Zion, a pre-zionist movement, and later of political Zionism She wrote widely, and was published in several magazines, including The New Yorker, Saturday Review, and Reader's Digest. Her now-classic story of a long-distance correspondence and its fateful conclusion, Appointment with Love, was published in a 1943 edition of Collier's (Wikipedia, 2016) SUBJECT(S) : Jews -- Colonization -- Palestine. OCLC lists no holdings worldwide. A very clean copy with little wear. Very good condition. Rare. (Zion-10-25)