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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) .
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).
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.
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)
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
280x220 mm. 190 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. In good condition.
xxv + 750pp.with ills. + plates out-of-text, 23cm., 2nd revised ed., cloth, dustwrapper, G, X71407
Crown octavo. Pp. iv, 348. Plus 5 tinted wood-engraved plates, including frontispiece, these dampmarked and foxed. Footnotes. Hardcover, original quarter black calf and marbled boards, spine gilt tooled, with 3 blind-stamped ornaments. Three ribbon markers. In a very good condition (old private ownership stamp). ~ First Dutch edition.
in-8, 444 pp., broche, couverture illustrée a rabats. Bon exemplaire. [TX-18]
In 8, br., pp. 299. Edizione italiana a cura di Maria Nadotti.Timbro "saggio omaggio" in ultima bianca, ottime condizioni.Luogo di pubblicazione TorinoEditore Bollati Boringhieri Anno pubblicazione 2004Materia/Argomento Sociologia, Israele, Palestina
In 8°, cop. edit. ill., pp. 300,(4); ottimo es.. (m101) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
In-8° gr. pp. 24, bross. edit.
8° br.pag.28 con ill.ni (Serie Le Conferenze al Laterano -Marzo-Aprile 1926)
Former owner's inked name stamp on front pastedown, embossed seal on titlepage and halftitle. Lower corners a bit rounded. ; Xxiii, 463pp, illustrated. ; Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, No 8; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 463 pages
First Edition thus. Original paper wrappers featuring photograph of Theodore Herzl, 8vo, 4 pages; 23cm. In Hebrew and English. Performance program, including the names of the cast and crew. Title translates into English as "The New Ghetto. " Includes a translation of a relevant unpublished Herzl letter (here titled, How did Herzl write his New Ghetto) . Also includes a raving review of the production by Reuben Brainin. The Hebrew Players performed this production at the Irving Place Theater, an historical Yiddish theater, on Irving Place and Fifteenth Street. Actors listed include: Henry Lynn, the Managing Director of the Hebrew players who went on to become a famous Yiddish film director, screenwriter, and producer, collaborating with popular stars including Boris Thomashefsky and Celia Adler (he also featured Sidney Lumet as an 11-year-old cigarette vendor in one of his shorts) ; Mark Schweid, the Regisseur of the Hebrew players, an actor and director who acted in several Broadway productions and films including Wedding on the Volga (1929) and Uncle Moses (1932) ; and Abraham Teitelbaum, a well-known Yiddish actor in Poland, Chicago, and New York in plays as well as films. Teitelbaum also worked as a theater critic and author for Yiddish newspapers around the world. SUBJECT(S) : Hebrew drama, Jewish theater, Theodore Herzl. OCLC lists one holding worldwide (NYPL) . Slight toning, some creases, not affecting text. About good condition. Rare. (zion-11-8)
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
2nd edition. Period boards, 8vo, 20 cm x 15 cm. 100 pages. Originally written in Paris 1894. One of Herzl's last plays, 'The New Ghetto', is one of Herzl's few plays to contains Jewish characters, and deals directly with the Jewish Question, the unsuccessful emancipation and increasing anti-Semitism. This play is considered one of the most important and fundamental attempts of Herzl to discuss this issue before Zionism, and one of the major steps that led him eventually to establish Zionism. This was Herzl's first literary work which showed the ambivalence and lack of real security and equality of emancipated, well-to-do Jews in Vienna. Herzl dedicated the play to Max Nordau. Label with publishing details is pasted on title-page bottom edge (Wien, 1903, Buchdruckerei "Industrie"-Selbstverlag). Subjects: Plays Zionism Theodor Herzl. Very Good condition. A beautiful copy (ZION-6-20)
Original Wraps. 12mo. 48 pages. 17 x 13 cm. First edition. Contains 38 black and white illustrations. Guide to the Herzl Museum, lists 263 items in the museum. Subjects: Zionism Museums. OCLC lists 23 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise clean. Very good condition. (ZION-6-21)
16x12. 412p. Falto cubiertas. Requiere encuadernación. Plano. Fotogr.
225x160mm. 507 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed and slightly stained. Cover edges and corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly curved and slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped. Few pages age stained - NO damage to text. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
