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ERETZ ISRAEL & PALESTINE MANDATE pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals
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Eretz Israel Hebrew book "Khoma u'Migdal" [Tower and Stockade]: "The New Settlement in the Years of Siege", by Bracha Kheves, 1939; published by the Childens' Center ("mercaz ha'noar") of the Workers Union ("histadrut ha'poalim"), Tel Aviv; 190 pages, many with photographs; thick illustrated paper dust jacket.
This is a rare, then-contemporary testament to a unique movement within the Jewish-Zionist settlement of Eretz Israel: during the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine, and on the heels of the findings of the Peel Commission (the 1936-37 Palestine Royal Commission) which recommended the partition of Palestine into two states - one Jewish and one Arab - the Zionist movement at the end of 1936 embarked on the creation of "tower and stockade" settlements in Palestine. These were literally wooden square-walled settlements with a tower overlooking the surrounding areas and designed to both give protection to its inhabitants and also - in the language of the time - to "create facts on the ground" in time for the partition of Palestine. During the period of the Arab revolt, between 52 and 60 such settlements (there are arguments to this day over which settlements were really built according to the style) were built: based on an initiative by Shlomo Gur and promoted chiefly by the main Jewish defence organization, the "Hagana", the whole spectrum of the Zionist political and defense establishment supported this movement which became a mass undertaking at the time - the Workers' Union (the "Histadrut"), the Jewish National Fund, the Jewish Agency, the Jewish Settlement Police (the "Notrim"), the Socialist "Kibbutz Artzi" and "Shomer Ha'Tzair" as well as the Revisionist "Beitar" movements, among others. In a rare unity of force, all involved factions helped create pre-fabricated segments of planned new settlements, transport the materials and builders, whilst providing cover and defense - often in large overnight operations. Some of the settlements built in the movement were Kfar Shmaryahu, Ginossar, Nir David, Kfar Masaryk and Kfar Ruppin.
This book documents, at the very period of the events, in words and photographs the culture and spirit of the movement, and the stories of its various projects which in their sum total became the movement of "tower and stockade" settlement. The locations of these settlements strengthened the defence of existing Jewish population centers, and in 1946-47 played a decisive role in determining the separation boundaries of the United Nations partition plan for Palestine. In very good condition, with a surface scuff on the front, age stains in places and minor wear along the cover's edges; stamped on reverse by "S. Tredler" Books and Newspapers of Tel Aviv (whose original price - 60 Mils - is pencilled on the front corner of the cover).
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Item Code: 0110039 Price: $45
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Early Charles de Gaulle publicity coverage - in Hebrew, 1941: a 61-page paperback booklet, number 4 of the then wartime series of booklets on personalities and leaders called "People and Events", entitled "General Charles de-Gaulle", written by Dr. David Shochat and published by Din press in Tel Aviv with the assistance of the "Association for Free France in Eretz Israel", whose chairman, M. L. Gorodisky wrote the preface.
The book covers De-Gaulle's childhood, military background and experience, the fall of France and his positions regarding the need to create a new army and liberate Europe. A fascinating Jewish-Israeli perspective on De Gaulle and his image as a fighter for liberty early in World War II. Worn cover with some edge crumbles, but otherwise intact.
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Item Code: 0120025 Price: $75
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German physical map of Jerusalem, featuring the Old City and immediate surroundings; circa. 1890. From "Meyers Konversations Lexikon, volume 4". Many religious locations of the three main denominations are identified including many in the Old City plus numerous colonial institutions, including Montefiore's windmill and Jewish Hospice near the Sultan's Pools, the "Jewish Colony" in what is today 'Meah Shearim'; for philatelists, the Austrian (Austro-Hungarian) post office in the Armenian Quarter is illustrated, as well as the English school and Greek and Prussian Hospitals are also included. A fascinating snapsot of the Holyland a generation before the First World War.
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Item Code: 0010203 Price: $60
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Eretz Israel memorabilia album: "Mishmar Ve'Sport" ('Defense and Sport'), a handsomely designed hardbound album produced by the 'Dubek' cigarette company for the purpose of assembling collectible picture cards which came in packages of their cigarettes; circa. 1939. Children at that time would collect and trade these cards, and this album was provided free as a location in which to store and display the pictures. The album is 66 pages long and contains all 289 cards; in excellent, preserved condition.
"Defense and Sport - seriousness and games" - as the preface points out, "are seemingly opposing entities, though each one characterizes skills which are the most exalted and raised by man and nation: heroism and freedom, strength and redemption, courage and honor".
The album is arranged in the following subjects:
- "Defense", which includes chapters on 'defenders of the homeland', 'training of the notrim [Jewish settlement police]', 'defense and labor', 'towers and fortification', '"On Guard"', 'the mobile guard ["noded"]', 'attack and defense', 'keepers of order and transportation', 'the [boy and girl] scouts';
- "Light Athletics", which includes chapters on 'running', 'running and jumping', 'pole vaults and shot puts', 'javelin and discus', 'aerobics'; "Heavy Athletics", including chapters on 'boxing', 'wrestling', 'weight lifting';
- "Sports", which includes chapters on 'football', 'hand-ball', 'hockey', 'basketball and volleyball', 'tennis and ping-pong', 'fencing and horse-riding', 'water sports', and 'sports associations';
- "Conquest of the Land", which includes chapters on 'conquest of the terrain', 'towards the sea' and 'conquest of the air'.
Each section and several of the chapters includes writeups on the relevant subjects, and in the sports sections in particular, many statistics on records and achievements.
Adorned with water-colored inside cover pictures of a "tower and stockade" kibbutz and the Dubek factory, the album pages are neatly laid out, with modern fonts and design styles of the time; each card frame has a description, and each section contains elaborations on what each card depicts. For collectors, the photos reveal a variety of details, emblems and insignia; for enthusiasts there are many facts and details about sports personalities and norms of the time. Interesting corners of specialty are the sections on 'conquest of the terrain', in which the stage-by-stage erection of "tower and stockade" kibbutzim is depicted, and the section 'conquest of the air' illustrates rarely seen images of aviation and aviators in Eretz Israel.
Overall the album is lovlingly presented, in good taste and stout pride by the makers, who in closing write that the purpose of the album is to capture images of the national revival movement, whose purpose is to "create a new Jewish character, a man who is healthy, good-looking, sure of himself and stands with his own two feet on the ground, connected to nature and with his familiarity of his physical prowess he overcomes the realities of life and and joins as a piece, through discipline, the whole of the nation in its coming into being". A wonderful testament of old Eretz Israel, simpler times, and unvarnished aspirations. Duplicate listing - also appears in the Eretz Israel Memorabilia section of this price list
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Item Code: 0120014 Price: SOLD
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Printed manifesto of the Irgun / 'Etzel' Revisionist underground organization: "The Hebrew War of Liberation (Ideological Foundations)". This is a half-sized typewritten book of 227 pages, fastened by nails, with a cardboard cover and reinforced spine. Undated, but from the context it would be from July-August 1946. The book is produced in a similar style to other underground materials prepared for the Irgun and also the Haganah - simple half-page sized type-written documents with rudimentary graphics and plain covers.
This is a unique document produced literally at the height of 'the Hebrew Revolt' against the British mandatory government; it gives insight into the ideological inspirations of the Revolt, the historical justifications for it, the worldview of the leading force of the Revolt (i.e. the Irgun), and of the Irgun's vision for the economic and political future of Israel.
The book is a conglomeration of materials: based on tracts and quotations by Ze'ev Jabotinsky, the ideological founder of the Irgun, the volume builds around it commentaries showing the implementation of these beliefs, and includes material from the Irgun's own proclamations - in print and by radio; there are also a series of economic and geographic studies regarding the future development of Israel.
The 'Hebrew Revolt' erupted while the Second World War was still at its peak. It began with an Irgun proclamation entitled "To the Hebrew Nation in Zion", posted on the walls of Palestine on 1 February 1944, in which it stated: "The British... declared that there is no possibility of rescue operations in that they will 'hamper the achievement of victory'... The White Paper remains valid... despite the treason of the Arabs and the loyalty of the Jews... and despite the fact that, after the eradication of Hitlerism, there is no future for Jews among the nations of Europe, easten up as they are by their hatred of Israel... G-d of Israel, G-d of Hosts, be our help. There is no retreat. Liberty of death!"
Of the three Zionist armed movements in Palestine - the Haganah ('Defense'), the Irgun ('National Military Organization'), and the Lechi ('Freedom Fighters for Israel') - the last two (and the smallest) distinguished between fighting militarily against the German threat and struggling against British immigration policy in Palestine. Lechi fought against the British from the beginning, and the Irgun resumed its struggle after a break, in 1944.
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Item Code: 0120012 Price: SOLD
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Topographic Map of Israel (1949), who grandiose title belies the pride of the time, just after the War of Independence: "Land of Israel: Map for Knowledge of the Homeland - for Youth and for the Nation"; edited by Katz Lurie and David Benvenishti, and "Approved by the Education Department for use in Classes". Published by "Kiryat Sefer", Jerusalem and Litho-offset by Epstein, Tel Aviv. The map covers the region from From El Arish (Egypt - captured by Israel in 1948 and relinquished) in the west, to Sidon (Lebanon) in the north, and Damascus (Syria) and Amman (Jordan) in the east. Some points of interest are: Um Rash Rash (Eilat) does not yet appear on the map, though Aqaba is mentioned; the 'Gaza Strip' is not illustrated with borders and peacefully blends in with the green color of the coastal plain; Ashdod is spelled "Asdod"; Kiryat Ata is called "Kfar Ata". Major cities are lablelled in the then modern 'Aharoni' Hebrew font. A lovely map, suitable for hanging in excellent condition. Has a few small holes in folds. Green illustrated paperback sleeve on reverse, with index of towns and cities.
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Item Code: 0010199 Price: $250
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"Steimatzky's" map of divided Jerusalem, "Jerusalem: Old and New", 1949. A unqiue edition of this colored map: originally published in 1941, it underwent a revision in 1949 for which the armistice lines between Israel and [Trans]Jordan were added, and the phrase "Made in Palestine" was blocked out and replaced by "Made in Israel". Drawn by Shlomo Ben David and originally printed by Offset Bezalel, this 1949 edition was printed by Monson Press in Jerusalem.
The obverse features a colored street and site map for central Jerusalem, all in English, from Machane Yehuda in the west to the Mount of Olives in the east; showing Jewish-Israeli 'western Jerusalem, the Old City (and Jewish Quarter) in Transjordanian-controlled 'east' Jerusalem, the demarcation lines, the western limits of the Israeli military zone, and the demilitarized areas of Hadassah Hospital and the Hebrew University in the north, and the Agricultural School and Government House in the south. The revised overprints also include Mandelbaum Gate, which became the main transit point between Israeli and Jordanian-controlled Jerusalem between 1949 and 1967. The key also includes a few translations in Hebrew, chiefly zone demarcations and a note that the zone lines can only be entered with a special permit.
The reverse of the map is a text accompaniment to the sites highlighted on the map, with some updates to accounts for recent events in 1948. The cover is in green and shows the new western suburbs of the city, not included in the main map. Steimatzky's is Israel main bookstore chain and the major distributor of English-language publications, founded in 1925 in Jerusalem. Suitable for hanging, with a few age stains and a very small (1.5 cm) tear on the fold line at the bottom; significant and lovely.
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Item Code: 0010198 Price: $300
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Call to duty: "To Recruitment and To Defense" ('Le'Hitgaysut U'Le'Hagana'), a pamphlet of four speeches delivered by Yitzhak Tabenkin; published by the Kibbutz Ha'Meuchad Press under the auspicies of the General Labor Union for Hebrew Workers in Eretz Israel (the 'Histadrut'), in Ein Harod, May 1942; 28 pages. This publication is a "special printing from the booklet 'From Within', due to be released shortly".
Yitzhak Tabenkin, born in Byelorussia, was a key founder and spiritual leader of the 'Kibbutz' movement in Eretz Israel: he was among the founders of the 'Poalei Zion' movement in Poland; immigrating to Eretz Israel in 1911 he was one of the founders of the country's chief labor union (the Histadrut), in 1920. He fought alongside Joseph Trumpeldor at Tel Hai in 1920 and subsequently joined the Labor Battalion named after Trumpeldor in 1921. He helped found Kibbutz Ein Harod, and later also Ha'Kibbutz Ha'Meuchad of which he was its spirital leader.
Though leading a socialist movement, Tabenkin did not support partition of Eretz Israel and championed an ideology which called for the greater settlement and Jewish labor to keep Eretz Israel in Jewish hands. The speeches in this pamphlet, all from 1942, call for Jewish activism (recruitment) in labor and defense of the country in the face of the coming threat of the German Army. The speches are a mixture of concern for the safety of the socialist homeland (the USSR) and for the need to protect the Jewish homeland both on the labor 'front' and the military front; Tabenkin calls both for the strengthening of the Workers Party and also for enlistment in national defense. The final speech was delivered on the occasion of May Day (1 May 1942).
Tabenkin's politics were a mixture of beliefs from the left and from the right: he helped found and lead the Israel Workers Party (Mapa'i) together with Ben Gurion and Katznelson, though in the same year the State was founded (1948), he founded and led the Israeli Communist Party; in 1968 he founded the Movement for Greater Israel (although it aligned itself with the Labor Party). The pamphlet is in excellent, preserved condition though the center page is loose. The back of the booklet is stamped with the original price of 20 Mils. Scarce and significant.
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Item Code: 0110007 Price: $60
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Eretz Israel prepares for emergencies: "First Aid and Movement of Wounded", booklet by Dr. V. Nisel; Hebrew edition edited by Dr. Yehuda Matot, published by Lifshitz Press, Jerusalem, 1939; 72 pages. The booklet, with thick paper covers, was published under the auspicies of the Organization for National Associations of the Magen David Adom for Quick Help (in Tel Aviv), and intended for use by the "Supplementary Police" ('Notrim') of Eretz Israel.
Containing standard content for first aid and evacuation of the wounded, this heavily illustrated guide is unique for the heavy photographic accompaniment of Notrim in uniform performing these procedures. For militaria enthusiasts the photographs are revealing and unique; for Eretz Israel collectors the booklet is significant for its purely domestic content - it is not a translation of a foreign publication void of local references (as many such manuals here were). The cover contains a quotation from the Torah "Whoever saves a life saves the world entire". Overall in good condition and intact, though the cover is stained and dirty, and the pages have been marked by liquid spillage. Rare and interesting.
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Item Code: 0110006 Price: $75
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Colored lithograph map of the Old City of Jerusalem and the environs (part 2), in Hebrew, 1930's. Scaled at 1:8335. Edited by A. Graevsky, lithography by Monsohn Press, printed by Solomon Brothers, Jerusalem. The map highlights many sites in (Jewish) West Jerusalem and has them arranged by category: educational institutions, hospitals and medical institutions, old-age and charity homes, historical sites and more. The map identifies locations such as the railway, Jaffa Street, the Emek Refaim area, the German Colony and more. Has surface folds and a few tears; the bottom right corner (almost all blank space) is torn away. Overall very interesting and suitable for hanging.
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Item Code: 0040065 Price: SOLD
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Two maps by Sebastian Munster from Cosmographiae Universalis, Latin edition, Liber. V, pages 1001 - 1002, published by Heinrich Petri, Basel, 1550. The first map is a colored woodcut of "Palestine" 262 x 170 mm (ref. Laor no. 528): it's a full page longitudinal map depicting Syria and Palestine, with the shoreline running from southern Anatolia to the Nile delta. Depicting the conception of that time, the image of the Jordan River also shows its supposed two sources: the Jor and the Dan. There are also Latin inset explanatory texts.
The second map (on page "1001") is a black and white half-page woodcut of "Syria" 124 x 156 mm (ref. Laor 527), drawn after Ptolemaeus' Tabula IIII Asiae.
Sebastian Munster (1488 - 1552) was a German mathematician and cartographer. His most important work was his Cosmographia, which first appeared in 1544 and included 26 woodcut maps. Munster died of the plague in 1552.
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Item Code: 0040028 Price: SOLD
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Italian uniface map of the Holy Land, undated. "Palestine: Map of the Promised Land and the Holy Land". Map depicts various regions of the Holy Land, including the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean, plus the regions belonging to the 12 tribes of Israel.
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Item Code: 0040027 Price: SOLD
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Colored German relief-map of Eretz Israel, circa. 1945-48. Lovely in font and design, the map pinpoints towns that have since been absorbed into the major cities as mere neighborhoods (i.e. 'Schechunat Borochow' and Montefiore). The map identifies Jewish and Arab towns; though pre-dating modern Eilat, the actual ruins are illustrated near Aqaba. Lithography and printing by Siegfried Scholem in Berlin-Schoneberg (i.e. pre West-Berlin). In excellent condition and suitable for framing.
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Item Code: 0120003 Price: $75
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Map of Haifa 1:12,500; (Sept. 1951). Detailed, two-sided color city map depicting agricultural and residential lots in the city, as well as a key to newly established neighborhoods within the mapped city limits. Includes Neve Sha'anan and Ahuza. B&W photo of City Hall on cover. Advertisements on back from Hotel Savoy, Solel Boneh and others. Guide to city buses, trains and taxi services; national and municipal institutions and services; consulates, industrial plants, and entertainment. Printed by the Kfar Monash Press. A remarkable snapshot of establishment in the tertiary city of a 3-year old country! Clean but fragile and thinned in places.
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Item Code: 0020010.2 Price: SOLD
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Transportation map of Israel, 1:300,000 (1951-52). Uniface color map showing major, existing roads and streets as well as those under construction; railway lines and airports. The map features a distance table for measurements between the country's three major cities and 50 other key cities and towns, as well as Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Cairo and Amman (either via Amman or the Suez Canal). There is also a sub-map of southern Israel, and road safety directons inserted within the frames of the overall map. Advertisements include those from Shell, Peltours, Rusco, Harish, Franz Levy Rubber and others. "Printed in Israel by Kfar Monash Press". Well-preserved and folded map on thick paper.
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Item Code: 0020010.16 Price: SOLD
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Pioneering newsletter: copy of "HaMeshek" - the 5-page "Bulletin to Inside Information at Kibbutz Merchavia", edition 18, 10 March 1950. The opening story is about the Kibbutz's goal to grow at least 1 million eggs. Inside articles describe the kibbutz's acquisition of a piano and and an "electrical refrigerator" for the communal kitchen; instructions for the tending of gardens; financial information on the development of the Emek Israel region. Mailed to Shlomo Steuz in Yad Eliyahu and franked with a violet 5 Pruta stamped and postmarked from Merchavia. A snapshot of early development in the new State.
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Item Code: 0020017.2 Price: SOLD
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Revisionist daily newspaper "HaMashkif" ('The Observer'), 6 June 1947 edition. An 8-page copy of the right-wing Revisonist movement's newspaper, in very fine - extremely fine condition (with a fold in the center and a few minor tears at the sides). This edition's stories include a headline that "Creech-Jones tells Golda Meyerson (Meir): the Immigration Won't be Increased"; other stories include coverage of mail-bombs sent to 11 prominent British statemen (with implications for the Revisionist-affiliated 'Etzel'/'Irgun' underground movement), an alarm about the worsening condition of Romanian Jewry, calls by President Truman to avoid illegal activities in Eretz Israel (against the backdrop of the Congress's forthcoming session to determine America's stance on the Palestinian 'problem' before the UN investigating commitee).
Founded in 1938, the paper featured the writings of the Revisionist movement's founding-father, Ze'ev Jabotinsky; one of the paper's first editors was Ben-Tzion Netanyahu (father of the former Prime Minister and current Finance Minister), and among this edition's contributors was Aba Achimeir (Heisnovitz) - the ideological founder of the 'Etzel'/'Irgun' and 'Lechi' underground movements, and Avraham Almaliach - the leader of the Sephardic community in Palestine.
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Item Code: 0020022.1 Price: SOLD
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Eretz Israel book: "Famous Peoples' Views of the Partition Plan" edited by engineer Moshe Finbron, published by M. Finbron, Tel Aviv, 1938. In Hebrew. The book contains views on the British partition plan for Palestine by personalities like Jabotinsky, Chernichovsky, Ussishkin, Ben Gurion, Brodetzky, Eamon De Valera, Lloyd George, Rabbi Silver, and many others. Bears a picture of a congratulatory letter from Ussishkin (chairman of the Jewish National Fund) to the editor, inside. Nicely designed cover and fonts in the modern, progressive style of the time, although the hardbound cover is loosened from the binding. 88 pages. A few newspaper review clippings included.
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Item Code: 0040039 Price: SOLD
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Zionist Judaic Hagada: 'Hagada for Independence Day', by Dr. Yehuda Hacohen Meyeroff, published by Yefet, Tel Aviv, circa. 1953 (i.e. for Israel's 5th Independence day). A 48-page illustrated booklet modelled upon the Passover 'Hagada' (prayer book), which celebrates Israel's recent establishment (in 1948) - 'a Miracle' - and relates the events leading up to it's establishment as 9 'miracles'. The text and pictures capture the intensity of the writer's passion for the State's independence; an unusual and heartwarming momento of Israel's first years. The soft-bound cover is marked by stains, folds and dirt, and the front has a tear although the booklet is physically intact. Nicely illustrated and designed.
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Item Code: 0040033 Price: SOLD
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Eretz Israel leisure book: 'Dancing Lessions - A Pleasure', by Hans Gott ('Winner gold and silver medalions of salon dancing competitions in Europe, member and examiner of the German academy of dancing - ADTV, and president of the dancing teachers association of Eretz Israel'). A 40-page illustrated guide in Hebrew to salon dancing, published by Arieli, Tel Aviv; circa. 1940's. Amusing in presentation and writing, the guide explains how to distinguish which kind of dance a band is playing, how to establish the rhythm of the music, and how to dance: foxtrot and quickstep, English waltz and tango. Readers with further questions are encouraged to approach the writer at his studio on Ben Yehuda St. #64. Plain hardcover; overall in very good condition.
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Item Code: 0040035 Price: SOLD
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Eretz Israel literature: 'Ze'ev Jabotinsky' volume 1 - 'Selected Writings'. Leather-bound hardcover book, with thick pages, published by S. D. Saltzman, Tel Aviv, Palestine, 1936; this is 1 of a 2-volume set (the 2nd volume being 'Exile and Assimilation'), opulent, in art deco style, with Jabotinsky's picture inside. The volume features pieces such as: 'Right and Strength', 'A Letter on Autonomy', 'In Days of Grief', 'The Jewish Revolt', 'On National Education A-B', and others - 28 pieces in all; 342 pages. Overall in very good condition though the leather cover is thin in places and loosened from the back binder on one side.
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Item Code: 0040036 Price: SOLD
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