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“If you will it, it is no dream”: Calling for a Jewish State
THEODOR HERZL,
Der Judenstaat: Versuch einer modernen Lösung der Judenfrage. Leipzig & Vienna: M. Breitenstein, 1896. First edition, 86 pp., 5¾ x 9 in. Bound in modern half-cloth, original front wrapper (soiled, trimmed, and mounted) bound in; 2 stamps imperfectly washed out of title.
Item #22745.01, $15,000
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As Jewish World Editor, Herzl’s Work “Becomes Heavier Day by Day.”
THEODOR HERZL,
Autograph Letter Signed. Vienna, Austria, April 27, 1899. 1 p., 5 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. In French, on Die Welt [The World] letterhead.
Theodor Herzl worked tirelessly to promote the founding of a Jewish state, but two years after the First Zionist Conference was held in Basel, Switzerland, the end goal still seemed very far away.
Item #22791, $4,500
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Theodor Herzl
THEODOR HERZL (1860-1904),
Typed Letter Signed. Vienna, Austria, April 19, 1904.
Item #20029, $2,500
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The Israeli Tourism Director Dishes on James Michener
YOHANAN BEHAM,
Typed Letter Signed “YBeham” to Sylvia Lyons. Jerusalem, October 23, 1963. On stationary of the Prime Minister’s Office. 1 p., 6½ x 8¼ in.
Item #20338.01, $100
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Hananel Pereyra, American Patriot in the Revolution
[AMERICAN-FRANCO JUDAICA],
Power of Attorney of Hananel Pereyra. Together with notarized French translation. Signatures of Hananel Pereyra; Aaron B. and Benjamin Nones. Witnesses; and after French codicil, signature of Micaelle and Gabriela Rachel Pereyra. Philadelphia, 1816.
Item #20242, $3,500
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Confederate Circular Issued by Jewish Officer Abraham C. Myers, Quartermaster General
[CIVIL WAR – CONFEDERACY],
Manuscript Document, signed secretarially, “Copy” written at top of page, November 5th, 1861, 2 pp.
Item #22394, $250
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Menachem Begin “Manifesto” attacking UN Resolution to Partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab States
[IRGUN MANIFESTO],
Broadside. December, 1947. 1p. 14” x 19 ¾”. In Hebrew.
Item #20758, $1,800
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Supporting “Hebrew” Soldiers’ Refusal to Wear British Army Palestinian Insignia during WWII
[JEWISH BRIGADE],
Broadside. Palestine, 1943. By “National People.” 1 p. 9 ¼ x 13⅝ in., in Hebrew.
The “struggle for the flag and symbol” in the British army.
Item #20760, $1,250
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Letter by Civil War Jewish Chaplain
[JEWS IN THE CIVIL WAR]. RABBI ARNOLD FISCHEL,
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr. Joshua T. Cohen, New York, Chesvan, 5621 (Nov., 1861).
Rabbi Arnold Fischel’s election as “Jewish Chaplain” of the 5th PA Cavalry was challenged... and then set a precedent!
Item #20097, $1,000
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Southern Judaica: Store Account Books
[RECONSTRUCTION ERA],
2 manuscript store account books for Cohn Brothers, including Julius J. Cohn, 1876-1884. Approximately 905 pp., in ink, leather bound, marbled endpapers, New Orleans bookbinder’s label.
Item #20293, ON HOLD
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Yom ha-Medinah: Marking Israel’s Declaration of Independence—May 1948
[ISRAEL],
Newspaper. Yom ha-Medinah. Jerusalem, May 14, 1948. 2 pp. 16 ½ x 22 in., unframed.
Item #23011, $5,900
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