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George Washington to the Jewish Masons
of Newport, Rhode Island
[GEORGE WASHINGTON],
Newspaper. Gazette of the United States. September 11, 1790. New York, John Fenno. 4pp. The letter of the Masons to Washington, and Washington’s letter of August 18, 1790 in response, printed in full on page 4. This issue also includes a piece on the “Character of Dr. Franklin.” (p. 2, col. 1).
“Being persuaded that a just application of the principles, on which the masonic fraternity is founded, must be promotive of private virtue and public prosperity, I shall always be happy to advance the interests of the Society, and to be considered by them a deserving Brother.”
Item #30022.05, $1,250
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Einstein Agrees to Allow “a Short Book on the Hydrogen Bomb” to Use His Statement Made on Eleanor Roosevelt’s TV Show
ALBERT EINSTEIN,
Typed Document Signed, Princeton, N.J., April 19, 1950. 1 p., 8¼ x 11¼ in. 1 p. On “Didier, Publisher” letterhead paper, addressed to Einstein, in Princeton, and signed by him. Formerly folded, envelope stapled on the back.
Item #24253, $12,500
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Shortly Before his Self-imposed Exile from Germany, Albert Einstein Supports an International Language to Promote Peace and Understanding
ALBERT EINSTEIN,
Typed Document Signed, Berlin, Germany, December 18, 1929. 1 p., 8¼ x 11¼ in. In German, with Einstein’s autograph accomplishments.
“I am willing to join the federation for the introduction of an international auxiliary language to promote understanding, peace, and cooperation among nations.”
Einstein was a lifelong champion of efforts to eliminate of the nationalist divisions that leaders erected between peoples, often to deadly effect. Esperanto, the “international auxiliary language,” was an easy to learn, politically neutral language invented by L.L. Zamenhof, a Polish ophthalmologist, in the 1870s-1880s. His goals, to transcend nationalism and create harmony and peace in the world community, were certainly shared by Einstein — and pilloried as a Jewish conspiracy by Adolf Hitler. Considering the date of the pledge, Einstein was taking an early stand against the Fascist future into which Europe was about to descend.
Item #24023, $6,000
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The Building Blocks of Albert Einstein’s Creative Mind
[ALBERT EINSTEIN],
Ephemera. Set of Anker-Steinbaukasten children’s building blocks by F. Ad. Richter & Cie., Rudolstadt, [Germany], c.1880s. Approximately 160 composite quartz sand, chalk, and linseed oil blocks in red, limestone and slate gray, in various sizes and shapes, together with three or more sets of building plans, all contained in two wooden boxes with printed Anker-Steinbaukasten labels.
A unique and important artifact of his childhood.
Item #24284, $160,000
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Condemning the Fear of Having Independence Day Parade in Jerusalem
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Autograph Letter Signed, to the Minister of Religions, Zerach Warhaftig, March 20, 1965. 8¼ x 4 7⁄10 in., 1p.
“the fear of having the parade in Jerusalem, when it is Jerusalem’s turn to hold the parade, constitutes an affront to the dignity of our sovereignty, the dignity of Jerusalem and the dignity of the Government.”
Item #22182, $2,950
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Ben Gurion Re-examines Biblical Quote on “the Slave and the Handmaiden”: “After you... challenged the point about the equality of the slave and the handmaiden, I reread the chapter...”
DAVID BEN GURION,
Autograph Letter Signed, to Haim Gvaryahu, April 8, 1965. 1 p. 4¾ x 8½ in. In Hebrew. Gvaryahu was chairman of the World Jewish Bible Society.
Item #22355, $1,800
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Golda Meir Invites an American Semiconductor Pioneer to an Israeli Economic Conference
GOLDA MEIR,
Typed Letter Signed as Prime Minister, to Albert Soffa. Jerusalem, May 29, 1969. 2 pp. 8½ x 11 in. On Israeli Prime Minister letterhead.
Item #23283, $2,800
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David Ben-Gurion Asks for “the Baghdad material” for the Second Time
DAVID BEN-GURION. [JUDAICA],
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Eisenberg.” London, England, August 30, 1938, 1 pp. On “Zionist Organisation” letterhead.
Item #21762, $1,750
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Ben-Gurion Writes to Save His Nascent University
in the Negev
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Autograph Letter Signed, to Avraham Zvion, December 26, 1969. 2 pp. in Hebrew, on off-white faintly-lined sheets 4⅞ x 8⅜ in.
Item #21223, $2,400
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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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Announcing the UN Resolution
to Establish a Jewish State in Israel
[ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE],
Broadside. November 29, 1947. 1 p. 27.5 x 39.5 in.
To the Workers of Israel, celebrating the historic decision of the United Nations General Assembly authorizing the establishment of a Jewish state in the land of Israel.
Item #21546, $5,000
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Ben-Gurion Calls for a Jerusalem Home for the Bible Society: “every spiritual idea, for it to exist and exert influence, needs a physical structure, too, a central home…”
DAVID BEN-GURION,
Letter Signed to Menasche Elissar. 17 Kislev 5731, December 15, 1970. 1 p., 8½ x 11 in. Form letter on “The World Jewish Bible Society” letterhead. In Hebrew.
Item #20230, $2,950
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He Invented the Gramophone and the Microphone
(Telephone Transmitter) before Edison
EMILE BERLINER (1851-1929),
Partially Printed Letter Signed. October 28, 1896
Item #20111, $1,500
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Golda Meir Stresses the Need to Settle New Immigrants
GOLDA MEIR,
Typed Letter Signed “Golda Meyerson” as Minister of Labour, to Yaakov Hazan. Jerusalem, October 23, 1954. 1 p., 6 x 8 in. In Hebrew on Ministry of Labour letterhead.
Golda Meyerson (she would change her name to Meir in 1956), promotes the idea of Mapam (the Marxist United Workers’ Party) joining Sharett’s Mapai (Workers’ Party) government. Hazan, the recipient, was one of Mapam’s co-founders.
Item #22933, $4,200
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Der Judenstaat: “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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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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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, $1,000
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Moshe Dayan Documents
Relating to the Loss of His Eye in Battle
MOSHE DAYAN,
Collection. Four items, Jerusalem and Paris. 1941 – 1947. 7 pp.
Item #22981, $39,000
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Theodor Herzl Urgently Appeals
for Funding for the 6th Zionist Congress
THEODOR HERZL,
Typed Letter Signed. Vienna, June 6, 1903. 1 p., in German.
Item #20063, $3,000
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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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