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Jewish and Israeli History and Culture Auction No. 21

Auction was held at Hechal Shlomo Building, 58 King George St. Jerusalem on Thursday, March 22^nd at 17:00 p.m.

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1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF (18)
10. Israel, 1960s-1970s Culture (8)
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13. Children's Books, Games (22)
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2. Eretz Israel, Settlements (23)
20.Passover Haggadot (37)
21.Eastern European Jewry (16)
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24. Italy / France / Morocco / Various (14)
25. Anti-Semitism (15)
26.Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita (69)
27. The Jewish Brigade (9)
28. Medals, Objects (28)
29. Items of interest of a non-Jewish nature (8)
3.Jerusalem, Maps and Travels in Palestine (14)
4. Photography, 19th Century (6)
5. Photography, 20th Century (30)
6. Postcards (32)
7. British Mandate, Underground Movements (15)
8.Creation of Israel and War of Independence (10)
9. State of Israel, IDF (9)


1	"Dancing Notebook" with Dedication by Theodore Herzl at the age of 23 – Vienna, 1883	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Universitäts-Kränzchen, 30. Januar 1883. [Vienna], 1883. German. "University Bouquet" – small notebook, leather bound, prepared for the participants in a students' dancing ball in Vienna on January 30, 1883. Names of different dances were printed in the notebook. On a line under each dance name, the student signed his name when he danced with the notebook owner. The notebook owner danced the Quadrille dance – a 17th century dance for four pairs – with Theodore Herzl who signed his full name under the dance's name and added a few words in pencil. The pencil is attached to the notebook and serves as a clasp. Herzl, born in 1860, was at the time 23 years old and studied law at the University of Vienna. One year later, in 1884, he got the degree of PhD (Law) from the University of Vienna. [1] leaves, 9.5 cm. Fair-good condition. All of the leaves are detached. Dry, acid and very fragile paper. Tears and cracks. Origin: collection of Pappenheim family (attached are copies of letters from the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem, confirming the receipt of original items handwritten by Herzl from the Pappenheim family).	Opening- $4000
2	Theodore Herzl – Signed Circular Letter	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Theodore Herzl, a stenciled circular letter hand-signed by Herzl. Vienna, January 1901. German. Send by the executive board of the Zionist Organization in Vienna. Leaf 28 cm. Fair condition. Folding-marks, minor tears, stains. Pasted paper with damages to text.	Opening- $300	Sold for-$300
3	Eulogy for Herzl – Dagestan, 1905	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Eulogy…in "Agudat Bnei Zion" synagogue…in the city of Derbent…for the loss of the Zionist Movement founder…Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl, by Naftali Ben Ya'akov Yitzchak. Berdichev, 1905. Eulogy for Theodore Herzl. Written by Naftali Yitzchak, one of Derbent's Jews. Derbent – the third largest city in Dagestan, in the south of Russia. A dedication appears on the leaf following the title-page "in honor of my brothers "Agudat Bnei Zion" in the city of Derbent and in honor of Eretz Israel Zionists ….". 14 pp, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Includes original title-cover, printed on bluish paper.	Opening- $400	Sold for-$400
4	"What will People Say?" – Play by Theodor Herzl – Vienna, 1890	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Was Wird Man Sagen? lustspiel in vier acten [what will people say? Comedy in four acts], Theodor Herzl. Vienna: Gabor Steiner, 1890. German. First edition. Play presenting the bourgeois life style from a critical point of view. [3], 88pp, 19 cm. Good condition. Ink stamps. Binding is not original.	Opening- $400	Sold for-$400
5	"Refugee" – Play by Theodore Herzl – Two Editions	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Der Flüchtling, Lustspiel in einem Aufzug, Bühneneinrichtung mit dem vollständigen Scenarium, von Theodor Herzl. Leipzig: Philipp Reclam Jun. [1888-1889]. German. Two different copies of the play. Published between 1888 and 1889 as part of the series "Universal-Bibliothek" of the Philipp Reclam Jun. publishing house in Leipzig. 30, [2] pp in each copy, 15 cm. Fair-good condition. Wear and stains.	Opening- $200	Sold for-$200
6	Der Judenstaat – Herzl – Vienna, 1896	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Der Judenstaat. Versuch, Einer Modernen Lösung der Judenfrage, Theodor Herzl. M. Breitenstein publishing, Vienna, 1896. Second edition. "The Jewish State: Proposal of a modern solution to the Jewish problem". The famous book by Herzl, in which he portrays the Jewish problem and the need to find a political-national solution. German. 86 pages, 22 cm. Very good condition. New cardboard binding.	Opening- $300	Sold for-$360
7	"The Jewish State" translated into Spanish, 1929	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	El Estado Judio, Dr. Theodor Herzl. Buenos Aires: Juventud Cultural Sionista, 1929. Spanish. First edition, first edition in Spanish. Translation into Spanish of the German origin of 1896, translated by N. Grinfeld. A cover illustrated with Herzl's portrait on the Basel Hotel balcony, by Soler Lavochnik. 112 pp, 20 cm. Good condition. Tears at borders of cover. Stains. Printed on dry and acid paper.	Opening- $150	Sold for-$240
8	Medal with Herzl's Portrait – Jerusalem	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Medal with an embossing of Theodor Herzl's portrait. Jerusalem, [1910s or 1920s]. Bronze cast. On the rim: "Herzl", "If you will it, it is no dream", and "Jerusalem". Diameter: 8.5 cm. Two holes for hanging.	Opening- $120
9	Herzl – Collection of Items	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Extensive collection of items related to Herzl. Items where Herzl's name is mentioned or where his photograph appears: six booklets about Theodore Herzl, some with photographs (Eretz Israel and Zurich); about twenty calendars and photographs with Herzl's portrait, his family or sites related with Herzl, of different periods. Amongst them a certificate of Donation of Trees to JNF; about seventy envelopes, stamps, postcards, labels and several photographs of Herzl's portrait or with his name mentioned, arranged in an album. Lot of about 100 items. Various sizes and conditions. In general good condition.	Opening- $900	Sold for-$900
10	Herzl – Eight Postcards	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Eight postcards related to Theodore Herzl. Eretz Israel and East Europe, early 20th century to the 1920s. Herzl's portraits, a real-photo postcard of his and his family's graves in Vienna, Herzl's Cedar. Various printers: "J. Ben-Dov", Jerusalem; "Levanon" – Warsaw and Russia; Phönix, Berlin; "HaTechiya" – Robinsohn, Stanislawow. Two postcards were sent by mail. Two postcards are undivided. Good condition.	Opening- $600
11	Herzl – Rare Postcards printed by "Nitzanim" – Warsaw	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	"Ya'Ar Herzl"/"Herzl 1860-1904". Two postcards printed by "Nitzanim", Warsaw. Illustrations by N. Plei. Good condition. Damages at borders on the reverse. Several stains. Minor tears.	Opening- $350	Sold for-$380
12	Review of the First Zionist Congress – London, 1897	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	The Contemporary Review Advertiser. Issue no. 382, London: Isbister and Company, October 1897. English. Periodical reporting news from around the world. The tenth article: "The Zionist Congress by Dr. Theodor Herzl" – a review about the Zionist Congress held two months earlier. [2], 12, [1], 458-608, IV, [4] pp, 25 cm. Fair condition. Tears, detached or partly detached leaves.	Opening- $180	Sold for-$180
13	Six Booklets – Zionist Congresses 1-5	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	1. Der Baseler Congress, von Dr. Theodor Herzl. Vienna, 1897. Detached cover and first leaf. Back cover missing. Folding-marks. 2. Reden gehalten auf dem III. Zionisten-Congresse zu Basel, Dr. Th. Herzl, Dr. Max Nordau. Vienna, 1899. Staining. 3-5. Rede, Gehalten auf dem IV. Zionisten-Congresse zu London. Vienna, 1900. Three separate booklets for three speeches by: Nahum Sokolov, Zvi Balkovsky and Dr. Alexander Marmorek. Stains and creases. 6. 5. Zionistencongress Basel - Generalreferat über Fragen der körperlichen, geistigen und wirtschaftlichen Hebung des Judentums, Erstattet von Dr. Max Nordau. Basel [1902?]. Stains. Sizes and conditions vary.	Opening- $300
14	JNF Establishment Committee Report – Zurich, 1902	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Bericht des Präsidenten der Nationalfondskommission an die Zionistische Jahreskonferenz des Jahres 5663 / 1902, und an die Mitglieder der Nationalfondskommission über die Tätigkeit der Kommission und dessen Präsidenten in der Zeit seit dem V. Zionistenkongress. Zurich, September 1902. German. Report issued by the committee appointed to establish JNF (headed by Dr. David Farbstein), following the decision taken at the fifth Zionist Congress in Basel (1901). 109 pp, 21.5 cm. Fair condition. Partly detached leaves, tears and stains. Tear with omission to back cover.	Opening- $200	Sold for-$200
15	The 12th Congress / The 16th Congress	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Two postcards mailed from the 12th Congress (1921), and from the 16th Congress (1929), with the congress ink-stamps: Jew holding a Torah. Illustration by Jacob Steinhardt. Rimer no. 40. The back of a naked muscleman bending an iron bar. Rimer no. 63. On the reverse appears a handwritten inscription: "the official opening… a dry and formal ceremony with no life and no juice". Postage stamp is missing. Good condition. Minor stains and creases.	Opening- $120	Sold for-$240
16	Thirteenth Zionist Congress in Carlsbad – Photograph	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	A large group photograph of the thirteenth Zionist Congress in Carlsbad, 1923. Photographer: Carl Wagner, Carlsbad. Cardboard backed. 28X39 cm. Fair condition. Moisture-marks, minor tears and creases, mainly at borders.	Opening- $200	Sold for-$200
17	17th Zionist Congress – Newspapers, a Leaflet and a Folder	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Cardboard folder "The 17th Zionist Congress, Basel 1931". A dozen issues of Kongresszeitung, Offizielles Organ des XVII. Zionistenkongresses. Zurich, July 1931. Issues 1-12. German. * Information leaflet for the congress participants - Merkblatt Für die Teilnehmer der Palästinatagungen. Basel, 1931. Various sizes and conditions. Tears to folder.	Opening- $150	Sold for-$150
18	Blue Box the Bold and Other Stories, 1947	1. Herzl, Zionist Congressesm, JNF	Blue Box the Bold and Other Stories. Published by JNF Youth Department, Jerusalem, [1947]. English. Rhymed story about the travels of "Blue Box the Bold" (figure of a Blue Box) in Palestine, by Mordechai Amitai (Warhaft); other stories, amongst them by Leah Goldberg "A Conversation at Night" written for JNF's birthday. Numerous illustrations. [2], 24 pp, 24 cm. Very good condition.	Opening- $100	Sold for-$130
19	Letter from Zvi Hirsch Lehren – Document about the History of Safed, 1828	2. Eretz Israel, Settlements	Letter from Zvi Hirsch Lehren – head of "Administrators and Clerks" in Amsterdam. The letter was sent to the Eretz Israel trustees in Nijmegen (Holland) and to the rabbi of the city, rabbi Ya'akov Levisohn, regarding collection of donations by members of their congregation for the poor people in Eretz Israel. The Hague, 1828. There are interesting facts about the collection of donations for Eretz Israel in the different communities. The letter contains a long description of the outcomes of a plague in Safed. 17.5X21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and minor tears and creases.	Opening- $300	Sold for-$360
20	Lectures in Rishon Le'Zion "Beit Ha'am", 1899	2. Eretz Israel, Settlements	Speeches in" Beit Ha'am" in Rishon Le'Zion, booklet A. Jerusalem: A.M. Lunz printing press, 1899. Speeches by David Yudelevitch, Menashe Meirovitch and Baruch Osovitzky ("head of the wineries" – his words were translated into Hebrew by Shraga Feivel Rozen and appear in German written in Hebrew letters). [1], 34 pp, 16 cm. Fair condition. Foxing-marks, creased corners, tears at borders.	Opening- $150

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