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Bialik Institute Publications – Eleven Bibliophilic Publications

Eleven bibliophilic publications issued by Bialik Institute of the World Zionist Organization; printed on good quality paper with wide margins and meticulous typography. 1946-1963.
1. Hasefer HaIvri, H.N. Bialik, Jerusalem, [1946]. Address delivered by Bialik in the second World Convention for Hebrew Language and Culture which convened in Vienna during the month of Elul, 1913. Printed in 1100 copies; presented to delegates of the 22nd Zionist Congress in Basel.
2. Nahamu Nahamu Ami, version of chapter forty of the Book of Isaiah from the Geniza discovered in the Judean Desert. Copied and adapted to the traditional version by Elazar Lipa Sukenik. [1949]. "Presented with honor to the Constituent Assembly of the State of Israel on the occasion of its opening session in Jerusalem the capital". Unnumbered copy.
3. J'accuse, Emil Zola. Published to commemorate fifty years since the publication of the article. Jerusalem, 1949. Foreword by Leon Blum (with his signature).
4. Yerushalayim Kiryat Mo'adeinu, poems praising Jerusalem. 1951. Charcoal drawing by Leopold Krakauer appears in the beginning of the booklet. Printed in honor of the opening session of the 23rd Zionist Congress.
5. Hilchot Melachin Umilchamot Lerabeinu Moshe Ben Maimon. (1955). Printed in 800 copies; noncommercial edition. Unnumbered copy.
6-8. Et Kinus! Large format leaflet, listing the aims of Bialik Institute Publishing House [Jerusalem, 1961]. "Bialik Institute is not a publication house in its literal meaning. It stands for….building our Hebrew literal future…". Three copies.
9. Geluyot vechurbanan, Ben-Zion Dinur. (1963). Printed in 400 numbered copies; non-commercial edition. Copy no. 256.
10. Al Bialik, on his ninetieth birthday, Haim Hazaz. Address transmitted on “Kol Israel”. Tel-Aviv, [1963].
11. Kidush Hashem, Shmuel Hugo Bergman. Jerusalem, [1963]. Copy no. 265 of an edition of 400 copies printed in honor of the author’s 80th birthday. Non-commercial edition.
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