Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,063
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Alfred Dreyfus, short handwritten letter, to the widow of French writer and publicist Emil Zola, Émilie Aurélie Aubert. [France, post 1902]. Leaf 15 cm. Good condition. Folding mark.
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![Henrietta Szold, letter written in fine handwriting [addressed to Mr. Meyer Sulzberger]. Philadelphia, March 1898.
Letter con](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale13-public/230.jpg "Henrietta Szold – Handwritten Letter, 1898")
Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
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Sold for: $300
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Henrietta Szold, letter written in fine handwriting [addressed to Mr. Meyer Sulzberger]. Philadelphia, March 1898.
Letter concerning publication matters, on official stationery of "Jewish Publication Society of America", the first Jewish publishing house in the US, where Szold worked as chief editor. Addressed to Mr. Meyer Sulzberger (1843-1923) - American judge and Jewish communal leader.
Leaf 24 cm. Very good condition. Folding marks.
Letter concerning publication matters, on official stationery of "Jewish Publication Society of America", the first Jewish publishing house in the US, where Szold worked as chief editor. Addressed to Mr. Meyer Sulzberger (1843-1923) - American judge and Jewish communal leader.
Leaf 24 cm. Very good condition. Folding marks.
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![Biography of Rabbi Akiva, by Yitzchak HaLevy Gastfreund. Lvov, [1871].
Following title-page is a dedication note handwritten](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale13-public/231.jpg "Yitzchak Gastfreund – Dedication on a Book, 1871")
Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
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Sold for: $150
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Biography of Rabbi Akiva, by Yitzchak HaLevy Gastfreund. Lvov, [1871].
Following title-page is a dedication note handwritten by the author to the Rabbi, the Talmud researcher, Zecharia Frankel (1801-1875): "I send you this booklet with my enquiry whether you could advise me… if I wish to travel to Breslau… his slave, admirer… the author". Rabbi Yitzchak Gastfreund (Lvov 1845-Vienna 1884) wrote several books, amongst them the biographies of Koenigswerter and Yelinek families. [2], 30 leaves, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Tear to leaf 12. From the private collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Following title-page is a dedication note handwritten by the author to the Rabbi, the Talmud researcher, Zecharia Frankel (1801-1875): "I send you this booklet with my enquiry whether you could advise me… if I wish to travel to Breslau… his slave, admirer… the author". Rabbi Yitzchak Gastfreund (Lvov 1845-Vienna 1884) wrote several books, amongst them the biographies of Koenigswerter and Yelinek families. [2], 30 leaves, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Tear to leaf 12. From the private collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $180
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Gesammelte Schriften von Dr. Zunz. First volume of "Collected writings" by Dr. Yom Tov (Leopold) Lipman Zunz. Berlin, 1875.
On the inner side of the back cover was mounted a long letter handwritten by Zunz (13 lines), to Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Löw, Berlin, August 1863. Preceding the title-page appears a long dedication handwritten by Dr. Z. Neumann, chairman of Zunz Association in Berlin, dedicating the book to the students of the college for "Jewish Studies in Berlin", in memory of Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Löw. Ex-Libris of Dr. Löw. 354 pages, 22 cm. Good condition. Stains, ink-stamps. Binding partly detached.
On the inner side of the back cover was mounted a long letter handwritten by Zunz (13 lines), to Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Löw, Berlin, August 1863. Preceding the title-page appears a long dedication handwritten by Dr. Z. Neumann, chairman of Zunz Association in Berlin, dedicating the book to the students of the college for "Jewish Studies in Berlin", in memory of Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Löw. Ex-Libris of Dr. Löw. 354 pages, 22 cm. Good condition. Stains, ink-stamps. Binding partly detached.
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Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
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Geklibene mekorim tsu der geshikhte fun di Yidn in Poylen un Mizreh Eyrope [collection of sources to the story of Jews in Poland and Eastern Europe], by Dr. Raphael Mahler and Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum. Kultur-Lige publishing, Warsaw, 1930. Two booklets bound together.
Handwritten dedications by the editors on the title-page of the first booklet and on the title page of the second booklet, to "khashovn fraynd [important friend] Ya'akov Leshtchinsky". Emanuel Ringelblum (1900-1944) – Jewish-Polish historian and politician known for his books and mainly for the underground Ringelblum archive that he founded in the Warsaw Ghetto. Killed in the holocaust. Raphael Mahler (1899-1977) – Historian and intellectual. Winner of Israel Prize for Jewish History.
63; 62 pages, 22 cm. Good condition. Rare booklets, from the private collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Handwritten dedications by the editors on the title-page of the first booklet and on the title page of the second booklet, to "khashovn fraynd [important friend] Ya'akov Leshtchinsky". Emanuel Ringelblum (1900-1944) – Jewish-Polish historian and politician known for his books and mainly for the underground Ringelblum archive that he founded in the Warsaw Ghetto. Killed in the holocaust. Raphael Mahler (1899-1977) – Historian and intellectual. Winner of Israel Prize for Jewish History.
63; 62 pages, 22 cm. Good condition. Rare booklets, from the private collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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![Biography of EVE"N RESHE"F [Rabbi Avraham ben Shmuel Firkovich], by Ephraim Deinard.
Following title-page appears a](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale13-public/234.jpg "Ehphraim Deinard – Dedication on a Book")
Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
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Biography of EVE"N RESHE"F [Rabbi Avraham ben Shmuel Firkovich], by Ephraim Deinard.
Following title-page appears a handwritten dedication by the author to the linguist and researcher Raphael Kirscheim (1804-1889): "For the great Rabbi the famous linguist researcher of languages… this notebook is presented by… Ephraim Deinard, the author". 32 pages, 17.5 cm. Good condition. Library ink-stamps. From the private collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Following title-page appears a handwritten dedication by the author to the linguist and researcher Raphael Kirscheim (1804-1889): "For the great Rabbi the famous linguist researcher of languages… this notebook is presented by… Ephraim Deinard, the author". 32 pages, 17.5 cm. Good condition. Library ink-stamps. From the private collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $350
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Achad HaAm, handwritten letter, to his sister Esther. London, 1912.
Letter in Russian, on "Wissotzky" tea company stationery, for whom Achad HaAm worked upon his arrival in London in 1908. Letter concerning family matters. Achad HaAm (1856-1927), pen-name of Asher Ginsberg, Zionist essays-writer and philosopher. Leaf 25.5 cm. Very good condition. Folding marks.
Letter in Russian, on "Wissotzky" tea company stationery, for whom Achad HaAm worked upon his arrival in London in 1908. Letter concerning family matters. Achad HaAm (1856-1927), pen-name of Asher Ginsberg, Zionist essays-writer and philosopher. Leaf 25.5 cm. Very good condition. Folding marks.
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![Nahum Sokolow, handwritten letter, addressed to "my dear friend". Cologne, [1908].
"My mood is not good in vie](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale13-public/236.jpg "Nahum Sokolow – Handwritten Letter – Cologne, 1908")
Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
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Nahum Sokolow, handwritten letter, addressed to "my dear friend". Cologne, [1908].
"My mood is not good in view of my work conditions at present […] "the world" does not bring peace to my soul… I meant to give this paper a literary spirit… but literature is not what is their wish…".
Personal letter concerning literature and Hebrew publishing matters. Addressed probably to one of Israel's writers. Sokolow (1859-1936) – was invited to Cologne after Herzl's death, to serve as general secretary of the World Zionist Congress. From 1906 he edited the central journal of the Zionist Congress, "Di Welt"; in 1908 he established the Hebrew weekly magazine "Ha'Olam" and in 1910, following a dispute between the Political Zionists and the Practical Zionists he resigned from all his duties. Leaf 22 cm. Chopped margins. Good condition
"My mood is not good in view of my work conditions at present […] "the world" does not bring peace to my soul… I meant to give this paper a literary spirit… but literature is not what is their wish…".
Personal letter concerning literature and Hebrew publishing matters. Addressed probably to one of Israel's writers. Sokolow (1859-1936) – was invited to Cologne after Herzl's death, to serve as general secretary of the World Zionist Congress. From 1906 he edited the central journal of the Zionist Congress, "Di Welt"; in 1908 he established the Hebrew weekly magazine "Ha'Olam" and in 1910, following a dispute between the Political Zionists and the Practical Zionists he resigned from all his duties. Leaf 22 cm. Chopped margins. Good condition
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Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $1,500
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"Testimony of a person who came from Soviet Russia". Tel Aviv, Kislev 1932.
The testimony was obtained in the presence of Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yitzchak Leib Goldberg and Ben-Zion Katz and the three of them signed at the end. The person testifying was tortured for a month and a half, in prison in one of Ukraine's big cities. On top of first leaf Katz wrote by hand: "Please print in the coming issue on behalf of the "Committee for Russian Affairs" [Katz was a journalist who wrote for "Ha'Aretz" and of the founders of "HaBoker" newspaper]. [3] leaves, 19-28 cm. Good condition. Filing-holes, few stains and creases, tears to borders.
The testimony was obtained in the presence of Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yitzchak Leib Goldberg and Ben-Zion Katz and the three of them signed at the end. The person testifying was tortured for a month and a half, in prison in one of Ukraine's big cities. On top of first leaf Katz wrote by hand: "Please print in the coming issue on behalf of the "Committee for Russian Affairs" [Katz was a journalist who wrote for "Ha'Aretz" and of the founders of "HaBoker" newspaper]. [3] leaves, 19-28 cm. Good condition. Filing-holes, few stains and creases, tears to borders.
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![Пятеро [The Five], by Ze'ev Jabotinsky (Altalena). Paris, 1936.
A numbered copy of a 125 copies edition, with Jabotinsky's ha](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale13-public/238.jpg "Ze'ev Jabotinsky – Numbered and Signed Book – Paris, 1936")
Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Пятеро [The Five], by Ze'ev Jabotinsky (Altalena). Paris, 1936.
A numbered copy of a 125 copies edition, with Jabotinsky's handwritten signature. 302, [2] pages, 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Moth-hole. Stains. Stained cover, torn, partly detached.
A numbered copy of a 125 copies edition, with Jabotinsky's handwritten signature. 302, [2] pages, 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Moth-hole. Stains. Stained cover, torn, partly detached.
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Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $120
Sold for: $150
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Jacques (Ya'akov) Lifshitz, handwritten letter, addressed to the editor ["Gazit" periodical for art and literature edited by Gabriel Talpir]. Paris, 1930's.
Most of the letter is dedicated to an autobiographical list compiled by Lifshitz, starting with his birth through his studies in Paris and exhibiting his works in museums and galleries. "my life is full with special events", he mentions. Russian. 27 cm leaf, written on both sides. Folding marks, foxing and filing holes. From the estate of Gabriel Talpir, art critic and editor of "Gazit" periodical.
Most of the letter is dedicated to an autobiographical list compiled by Lifshitz, starting with his birth through his studies in Paris and exhibiting his works in museums and galleries. "my life is full with special events", he mentions. Russian. 27 cm leaf, written on both sides. Folding marks, foxing and filing holes. From the estate of Gabriel Talpir, art critic and editor of "Gazit" periodical.
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![Yehoshua Hankin, 1929
Zichronot LeBen Yerushalem 1834-1918, by Yehoshua ben David Yelin [father of David Yelin]. Jerusalem, 1](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale13-public/240.jpg "Zichronot LeBen Yerushalayim – Letter from David Yelin to Yehoshua Han")
Auction 13 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 19, 2011
Opening: $120
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Yehoshua Hankin, 1929
Zichronot LeBen Yerushalem 1834-1918, by Yehoshua ben David Yelin [father of David Yelin]. Jerusalem, 1924.
On inner side of front cover was mounted at a later date a letter of recommendation(for Pinchas Steinfeld) handwritten by David Yelin, addressed to the redeemer of Emek Yizrael Lands, Yehoshua Hankin. Leaf 22.5 cm. Good condition.
Zichronot LeBen Yerushalem 1834-1918, by Yehoshua ben David Yelin [father of David Yelin]. Jerusalem, 1924.
On inner side of front cover was mounted at a later date a letter of recommendation(for Pinchas Steinfeld) handwritten by David Yelin, addressed to the redeemer of Emek Yizrael Lands, Yehoshua Hankin. Leaf 22.5 cm. Good condition.
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