Some Things Badly, by Harry (Henry) Legge-Bourke. Self-publication. Printed by the Societe Orientale de Publicite, Cairo [ca. 1941]. English.
"Some Things Badly", a memoir by Harry Legge-Bourke, a major in the Royal Horse Guards. Legge-Bourke describes his service in Eretz Israel during WW II, and adds humoristic poems which he composed during his service. The book is accompanied by b/w photos of the Royal Horse Guards soldiers in Eretz Israel (mounted on the book's leaves). A dedication dated 1941, handwritten by the author, appears on the first page.
Harry (Henry) Legge-Bourke (1914-1973) was drafted to the Royal Horse Guards in 1934. During WW II he served in the Middle East and rose to the rank of major. He was released in 1945 and was elected a Member of Parliament on behalf of the Conservative Party, a post which he held until his death in 1973. See attached material.
38 pp + [14] photo plates. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Spotting. Tears around cover's edges. Torn spine, restored with adhesive tape.

Printed map of Eretz Israel, [1946-7].
Map of Eretz Israel with sites of mosques, a title in Arabic, Arab figures and space for integrating a calendar. A note on behalf of the Etzel is pasted to the map, explaining that the map was distributed by the British to the Arabs with a greeting: "Britain sends greeting to the new and liberated Arab nation", Etzel repleies: " Britain plays with Fire!!", "Remember the Conspiracy!!".
31X44.5 cm, good condition. Framed.

24 letters and documents which belonged to the soldier Ezra Hader and to Alice Agassi. Sent to Rafiah camp during the years 1943-1948.
The young people and their families describe in their letters the days of war, food stamps, dead friends, etc. The collection also includes two "Shana Tova" greeting-cards sent from Rafiah camp (1947), and other items.
Size and condition vary.

Interesting collection of letters which includes 38 letters and memorandums sent by Attorney Israel Diskin, a volunteer private in regiment 164, to security and national institutes during the War of Independence, December 1947 – October 1948.
Israel Diskin was born in Jerusalem in 1901. In 1931 served, temporarily, as secretary of Colonel Kisch; practiced law and even translated the "Letters of Pontius Pilate" into Hebrew; during the Independence War, at the age of 47, joined the army as a volunteer and served in Yemin Moshe and Mount Zion. Submitted memorandums to various committees concerning problems in Eretz Israel and their solutions.
Amongst the documents: • A plan to occupy all of West Eretz Israel in twelve to maximum 24 hours, December 31, 1947 (sent to the Security Dept. of the Jewish Agency). • A plan to bomb the Arab National Bank and the Commercial Center near Jaffa Gate, March 1948. • A plan to dig a tunnel under the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem to enable easy occupation of the city, July 1, 1948. • A plan to occupy Abu Gosh lands and retrieve the land of Menashe Eliashar in the neighborhood, April 4, 1948. • "Urgent and Confidential" letter to the Jewish National Council, regarding "proposal to transform a passengers' bus into an armored vehicle", December 8, 1947, and a proposal concerning better protection of trucks which serve the guards (after the killing of seven guards). • "Confidential and Urgent" letter to the commander of Regiment 67, about "tunnel under a straight road to Mount Zion or improvement of the present road", September 1948. • A plan to transform the "Burma Road" into a paved roadway, convenient for circulation of all kinds of light and heavy vehicles; and more documents.
Lot of about 38 documents, some consist of several leaves. Sizes and conditions vary.

Document typewritten on thin paper, [1948].
The document outlines a trial held in a military court of Alexandroni Division, on September 6, 1948. Two religious cooks were charged for refusing to cook on Shabbat. Chief Military Rabbi S. Gorenchik (Shlomo Goren) and head of the Military Religious Service Nathan Gerdi testified in this trial. The court sentenced the cooks to three months in prison claiming that this punishment was mild only due to attenuating circumstances.
11 cm, good-fair condition, filing holes, cut. Attached are photo copies of numerous documents concerning keeping Kosher in IDF and Alexandroni Division.