Lot 260
Benjamin Barlevy - Collection of Personal Documents and Sketches of Games
Collection of personal documents and sketches of games, belonging to Benjamin Barlevy (1894-1964), who pioneered the game and children's book publishing industries in Mandate Eretz Israel. Born in Warsaw, Barlevy immigrated to Israel at the age of 27 and dedicated 50 years of his life to developing and manufacturing games and publishing children's books, designed to instill national ideals and values in Jewish and Israeli children. The collection includes fifteen photographs (one of them features the showcase of Barlevy's shop); business cards and personal labels; four preliminary sketches of Barlevy games, drawn by hand; additions and corrections (possibly handwritten by Ze'ev Vilnay) to the board game "Tiyul BaAretz", the first game Barlevy published; a letter from Israel Idelssohn (Bar Yehuda) from Yagur, complaining that Yagur does not appear on the game board of Tiyul BaAretz; three 1930s invoices from Barlevy's store on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv. Various sizes and conditions.
