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1872016537London: James Nisbet & Co. 1872. Book. Hardcover. First Edition. 18cm x 12.5cm. Sturdily rebound using original deep-orange spine label and cloth boards with gilt chinese emblem yin yang now on verso and with textured brown endpapers and black buckram spine. 124pp. Appendix pages 121-124 in Hebrew. Errata slip tipped-in explaining that the Chinese characters on the title-page form the name of the city Kae Fung Foo and that the chinese emblem on the outside cover signifies the active and passive principles of nature. Rubbing to covers and spine label affecting gilt lettering; light foxing to text block. Text block clean and very solid. James Nisbet & Co. Hardcover
1900206431900. Unidentified photographers Palestine stereoview archive ca. 1900-1930 documents religious geography pilgrimage activity and daily life in Palestine during the late Ottoman and British Mandatory periods supporting research into colonial visual culture Western educational media and representations of the Holy Land. The archive reflects the widespread use of stereoscopic imagery in classrooms and lecture circuits where photographic views of biblical sites and contemporary inhabitants were circulated to shape Western understanding of the region. The images foreground Christian pilgrimage locations while also incorporating local populations and landscapes offering a layered record of how Palestine was visually interpreted for foreign audiences in the early twentieth century.<br /> Twenty-one albumen stereoview photographs primarily produced by Keystone View Company and Underwood & Underwood depicting locations across Palestine including Jerusalem Bethlehem Nazareth and surrounding regions. Views include the Mount of Olives pilgrims walking along the Via Dolorosa the Garden of Gethsemane and the village of Siloam Silwan. Landscape images show the plains of Jericho the Sharon plain and the hills of Samaria with visible architectural ruins including freestanding stone columns. Several images depict daily activity including a Samaritan woman drawing water from Jacob's Well a cattle drive moving through the Valley of Hinnom and individuals traveling mountainous terrain with pack animals. Interiors and urban edges are suggested through narrow streets and clustered buildings. Many mounts include printed captions on the verso in multiple languages. One Keystone stereoview dated 1909 describes the view from the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem referencing the Valley of Jehoshaphat the Golden Gate and the city's religious divisions. Another caption provides a descriptive overview of Jerusalem's population industries and urban conditions framing the city for an արտաքին educational audience.<br /> <br /> Produced during a period of transition from Ottoman to British control the archive reflects how Palestine was mediated through commercial photography for Western consumption particularly emphasizing biblical associations and pilgrimage routes while presenting local populations within ethnographic and orientalist frameworks. The stereoview format itself functioned as both entertainment and instruction reinforcing spatial and cultural narratives through three-dimensional illusion. Light edge wear and minor surface handling consistent with use; images remain clear with well-preserved contrast. Overall in very good condition. unknown
18385116<b>1</b> Dr. Conradus Leemans <i>Lettre a M. Francois Salvolini sur les Monumens Egyptiens portant des legendes royales dans musees d'antiquites de leide de londres et dans quelques collections particulieres en angleterre</i> 1838. Chez H. W. Hazenberg et Comp. Leide. 160 pp. XXXII 32 plates<br /><b>2</b> Palestine Exploration Society <i>No. 2 Second Statement </i>September 1873 Hackensack N.J. 76 pp. vi<br /><b>3</b> Henrico Brugsch <i>De Natura et Indole Linguae Popularis Aegyptiorum. Fasciculus prior de Nomine de Dialectis de Litterarum Sonis</i> 1850. Prostat in Libraria Dummleriana Berolini. 40 pp.<br /><b>4</b> Dr. Heinrich Brugsch <i>Die Adonisklage und das Linoslied</i> 1852. Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung Berlin. 33 pp.<br /><b>5</b> Heinrich Hubschmann <i>Die Umschreibung der Iranischen Sprachen un des Armenischen</i> 1882. Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf und Hartel Leipzig. 44 pp. <br /><b>6</b> Dr. Martin Haug <i>Das achtzehnte Kapitel des Wendidad ubersetzt und erklart</i> 1869. F. Straub Munchen. 54 pp.<br /><b>7</b> Dr. Richard Lepsius <i>Das Allgemeine Linguistische Alphabet. Grundsatze der ubertragung fremder schriftsysteme und bisher noch ungeschriebener sprachen in Europaische Buchstaben</i> 1855. Wilhelm Hertz Berlin. 64 pp.<br />Majority are first editions. Text in French English German and Latin. Quarter cloth over marbled boards. 4 fold-out reproductions of Egyptian tablets and/or hieroglyphs; 4th fold-out has a large tear at first interior fold still intact p. 76 of Palestine Exploration Society. 1 fold-out illustration. Some occasional spotting throughout. Loss to cloth of spine and rubbing to exterior edges of covers. 160 pp. XXXII 32 plates; 76 pp. vi; 40 pp.; 33 pp.; 44 pp.; 54 pp.; 64 pp.; ~503 pp. total. 6 x 8 1/2 inches. Chez H. W. Hazenberg et Comp.; Hackensack; Prostat in Libraria Dummleriana; Breitkopf und Hartel; F. Straub; Wilhelm Hertz hardcover
100130London Richard Bentley & Son 1878 1st. Hardback 9 x 5.75 inches. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and black lettering to front with gilt pictorial vignette. Blind embossed on rear. Brown endpapers. In good condition. Corners a little bumped nicks to cloth at ends of spine. Bookplate to front endpaper “Alfred Manners Drummond.” Further inscription to halftitle page “Wm. Roger Rowlatt-Jones.” Some minor mild foxing to back-sides of endpapers/prelims. Frontis plate tissue guarded. Page edges rough cut. A couple of areas of underlining to text p.117 & 151 and appendix. Note to p292. Else a clean and tight copy. viii 352pp. With 15 B&W illustrations by J.W. Whymper including 3 full-page plates and a sketch map at rear. With decorative chapter headings and tailpieces. Volume 2 only. London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1878 1st hardcover
HISTORY BOX12/RS1/29.05.2Very Good. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Sold by the U.K Charity Kisharon Langdon. Offering Opportunities and Support for People within the Autism and Learning Disability Community. unknown
1873000922<p>London: Bentley & Son 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Publisher's original green boards with black titling to upper board and gilt titling to spine. Corners and spine ends rubbed. Bookplate to front pastedown partially concealing prev owner's details. 343pp. unmarked and undiscoloured. Binding good.</p> Bentley & Son hardcover
18830828378New York: D. Appleton 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. b/w Illustrations. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Rebound in 3/4 leather over original cloth boards with pictorial cover labels folio 472pp. Illustrated with two color maps and several engravings. . A fair reading/reference copy with heavy wear rubbing scoffing and some fraying to board edges spine &tc; inner hinges broken/cracked - textblock detached; several pages loosened/shaken; stains from previous damp to first ten pages at lower edge and foredge; staining to last 12 pages at upper 1.5 inches of upper tip affecting margins of last map; toning and browning to pages from age; note to endpaper in ink and pencil. D. Appleton hardcover
1881mon0004027789D. Appleton and Company 1/1/1881 12:00:00 AM. leather_bound. Very Good. . 2-volume set complete. half-leather cover with raised bands and gilt shows moderate wear tear rubbing to the extremities. pages tanned and clean. all edges gilt. profusely illustrated. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
25271. Coin Collection from Israel approx 50 mounted on card inc. Special Issues. Comes complete with a copy of Bertram - Catalogue of Israel's Coins and Currency. 1968. G. . unknown
1901033791.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
199466231Washington DC: Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine 1994. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. Back cover has some wear and scuffing. Front cover also has slight wear and soiling. 33 3 p.; 28 cm. Appendices. Tables. Recommended Reading. Papers from a symposium sponsored by the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine Oct. 6 1994 in Washington D.C. Authors include: Marc Ellis; Muhammad Hallaj; Don Peretz; and Rashid Khalidi. Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine paperback
1920218041920. Early views of life under British colonial rule in Mandatory Palestine. 1920s photo archive consisting of 12 silver gelatin photographs measuring around 3.5" x 2.5" each. Circa 1920s. An evocative and unusually varied visual archive from 1920s Mandatory Palestine this collection captures everyday life and social hierarchies during the British occupation of the Levant. Taken during a critical era following the fall of the Ottoman Empire and before the full thrust of Zionist settlement these images offer rare glimpses of Palestinian Arab communities-including women clerics children merchants and street workers-across both rural and urban landscapes. Several photos appear to depict scenes in and around Jerusalem including a striking street portrait of an elder man in traditional Arab dress with a keffiyeh and striped abaya standing beside a fez-capped official or guard in front of a stone façade possibly in the Old City. Another image shows a procession of clergy and camel handlers near what appears to be a medieval gate or fortress wall-indicative of pilgrimage traffic or religious observance with camels loaded for transport. A powerful composition captures three women in dark veils and flowing garments speaking beneath a tree with rural hills and a village in the distance.<br /> Street life and labor are emphasized in one image where a young boy and several veiled women draw water at a stone cistern; one woman balances a large vessel on her head her face and body almost entirely obscured. A separate print shows a group of women-some in Western dress and hats others in religious garb-posing together at the edge of a sea or lake possibly near Tiberias or the Sea of Galilee. . Another photograph depicts a group of men in keffiyehs and Western suits gathered in what may be a town square-possibly Amman or Ramleh-with modern construction visible in the background illustrating the mixing of colonial infrastructure and traditional society. Photographs of Mandatory Palestine from this transitional decade-between Ottoman defeat and the Arab Revolt -are increasingly rare especially those depicting ordinary Palestinians rather than military or Zionist institutions. Very good condition overall. unknown
1939N4584<p>London: Massada Press 1939 Second impression. Original Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo . 20pp . T<strong>HE JEWISH RESPONSE of the JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE to the British Government's publication of the " McMahon Letters "</strong> published earlier the same month March 16th 1939. <strong>The McMahon Letters include the correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon His Majesty's High Commissioner in Egypt and Hussein Sharif of Mecca between 1915 and 1916 and represent a series of letters that were exchanged during World War I in which the British government agreed to recognize Arab independence after the war in exchange for Hussein's launching the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.</strong> These alleged promises to the Arab side given before the later BALFOUR DECLARATION OF 1917 were therefore considered by the supporters of the JEWISH CAUSE as being without legal validity. <strong>THIS VERY RARE PUBLICATION includes among its documents a STATEMENT BY MCMAHON that the area in which Arab independence was promised DID NOT INCLUDE PALESTINE.</strong> - With a folding coloured map of the ARAB TERRITORIES AND PALESTINE. Lower part of the booklet with 2cm wide strip of water stain NOT AFFECTING THE MAP outside cover with some markings on spine and remains of label removed. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD COPY. VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT PUBLICATION. <br /><br /></p> Massada Press
1940228911940. An early Zionist cigarette card photo album during the British Mandate period documenting Jewish paramilitary forces settlement defense athletics and infrastructure development in Mandatory Palestine likely produced in the 1930s-1940s as an educational and propaganda tool. The images illustrate the development of defense forces collective agricultural settlements and youth training movements that formed the institutional foundation of Jewish state building in the region.<br /> <br /> British Mandatory Palestine c. 1940s. 200 black-and-white silver gelatin photographic cigarette cards mounted in original printed album with Hebrew captions and descriptions. Folio. Original illustrated stiff wraps featuring a soldier in a sun helmet scanning the horizon rifle slung over his shoulder. A rare Zionist cigarette card photo album documenting the military security and athletic institutions of the Yishuv the Jewish community in pre-state Palestine during the British Mandate period. The album serves as both propaganda and educational material designed to instill national pride and discipline among the Jewish population particularly youth involved in the Haganah the Palmach and other proto-military defense organizations. The imagery and text emphasize the dual ethos of physical preparedness and self-defense alongside agricultural labor and nation-building. The album consists of photographic cigarette cards depicting key aspects of Zionist security forces settlement defense and sporting achievements in Mandate Palestine. The first sections focus on military training featuring members of the Jewish Settlement Police Notrim Jewish auxiliary police under the British and early paramilitary forces. Uniformed men in sun helmets keffiyehs or British-style caps are shown patrolling rural roads manning watchtowers practicing marksmanship and training in hand-to-hand combat. The inclusion of women in certain images suggests their role in auxiliary units foreshadowing the integration of women in the Israeli military. Several images capture women in agricultural labor construction and fishing industries highlighting their integral role in building and sustaining early Jewish settlements particularly within the kibbutz movement. Additionally photographs of women in aviation training including piloting gliders showcase early efforts to integrate them into technical and military fields.<br /> <br /> A later section transitions into the "Wall and Tower" Homa U'Migdal settlements-strategically built fortified agricultural outposts constructed overnight to establish a Jewish presence in contested areas. Photographs show men and women erecting wooden watchtowers carrying supplies and working cooperatively to secure land under hostile conditions. These images capture the pioneering spirit of the Yishuv where defense and agriculture were inseparable components of state-building. The final third of the album focuses on athletics reflecting the Zionist ideal of the "New Jew"-physically strong self-sufficient and ready to defend the homeland. Included are images of Jewish sports leagues fencing boxing wrestling weightlifting and track and field with a notable photograph of a female athlete wearing a "Ramah" Maccabi shirt symbolizing Jewish participation in international sports and the Maccabiah Games. The album also features aviation imagery including early Jewish pilots training in gliders an essential precursor to the formation of the Israeli Air Force.<br /> <br /> Covers show mild wear with minor foxing and wear to spine. Interior pages exhibit mild creasing to margins pages and photographs clean. Some cigarette cards are slightly lifting at the edges but all appear present. Overall very good condition. A visually rich artifact of Zionist history this cigarette card album offers rare photographic documentation of Jewish military organization settlement defense and athletic prowess during a crucial period leading to Israeli statehood. Complete or near-complete examples of such albums are scarce and highly sought after. unknown
2014110726Valiz. New. 2014. Hardcover. 9078088729 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . Valiz hardcover
0282241914.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
18902Undated 1920s and with place not stated. 4to 71 pp with one 12mo page at end. In poor condition damp damaged and detached from green cloth covers but with texts legible and complete. Manuscript table of contents on recto of first leaf describes nine tales in German told by Ascher Horowitz and T. Holpern on first 51 pp: 'Jewish Tales from Jerusalem 1 Dear Aschmadai 2 Reb Itzchak Alchonon der Heilige 3 Ein Brief zu Gott 4 Die Hyaene 5 Die Hungersnoth in Jerusalem 6 Der Reich Mann mit seinen Soehnen 7 Der Mann der neimals sorgte 8 Der Edelmann Ahron beim Graefen von Polen 9 Wie ein Rabbiner seine Tochter verheiratete.' These are followed by 'King Artus' in English apparently transcribed from 'Magazin ed. Berliner XII 1885 Hebrew p. I-II'. The 8vo leaf carries a manuscript page of translation into English. For the mediaeval tale 'King Artus' the only known copy of which is in the Vatican Library see Curt Leviant 'King Artus: A Hebrew Arthurian Romance of 1279' Syracuse University Press 2003. No record of any of the other nine pieces in this collection or of Ascher Horowtiz or T. Halpern on COPAC. Undated (1920s?) and with place not stated. hardcover
S02OS-00348The Institute for Palestine Studies. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Three book set: Volumes 1 2 and supplement. middle east palestine history NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. The Institute for Palestine Studies unknown
1950003798New York: American Christian Palestine Committee 1950. Very good. A pamphlet and a gathering of mimeographed sheets 1940s - 1950s; pamphlet - 8 x 5 1/4; pp. 6; illustrated with photographs; stapled mimeographed sheets - 14 x 8 1/2; pp. 8 text to recto only; minor wear and creasing and light age-toning - in very good condition. The American Palestine Committee was founded in 1932 as a political lobby group with the aim of influencing American policy towards establishing a Jewish national homeland in Palestine. It would later merge with the Christian Council on Palestine to become the American Christian Palestine Committee in 1946. By that time its members numbered over 15 000 many of them prominent American figures. In the 1950s after the successful creation of Israel in 1948 the organization felt its work was done and it ceased to exist. The pamphlet presented its history and goals while the mimeographed document contained a list of films from the organization's lending library which depicted various phases of Israel's birth and growth. American Christian Palestine Committee unknown
