Lot 10
Zionist Weekly "La Nation" – Bound Volume of First Year Issues – Istanbul, 1919-1920
Bound volume of the first year issues of the Zionist weekly "La Nation" edited by Jacques Loria. Issues 1-52. Constantinople (Istanbul), 1919-1920. French and some Hebrew.
"La Nation", organ of the Zionist Federation of the Orient, was published in Istanbul; it was edited by Jacque Loria (1860-1948), author, teacher, director of the Alliance Israélite Universelle's school in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, and later, a Zionist activist.
The present issues feature news items and articles on the Zionist movement, including articles on the San Remo conference, on the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine, on Jewish communities around the world, and more.
Issue no. 3 is accompanied by a special supplement, published on the occasion of the anniversary of the Balfour declaration.
Some columns were censored, usually with indication of the number of lines erased by the censor.
52 issues, bound together (most comprise 4 pages). One leaf in issue 25 bound out of sequence. 46 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Dampstains and minor creases. Closed tears, open tears and worming to edges, without damage to text. Cover damaged, with abrasions, tears, dampstains and mold.
A paper label with the editor's name, Loria, dated November 1920, is pasted onto the front endpaper.
