Volume of essays by Prof. Paul Schwartz of Leipzig University, concerning study of ancient settlements in Mesopotamia (Iraq and Iran). German.
1. Die Abbāsiden-Residenz Sāmarrā [Abbasi settlement in Samarra (Iraq)]. Leipzig, 1909.
2-5. Iran im Mittelalter nach den arabischen Geographen [Iran in the middle ages as depicted by Arab geographers]. Four parts, Leipzig, 1896-1921.
Volume, 24.5 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to binding.

Views of Eretz Israel and the colonies, drawn and written by Yesha'ayahu Raffalovich and his partner Eliyahu Sachs, photographers in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1899. Hebrew and German.
A booklet of photos of a tour held by Raffalovich in Eretz Israel (from Gedera to Metula) in 1898, with his friend Eliyahu (Elija) Meyers, "American Colony" photographer. The tour was held following a request that Raffalovich prepare an album of sights from Eretz Israel for the third Zionist Congress, held a year later in Basel. Several photos are particularly large, on folded plates. An English edition was published in the same year. [45] pp, 57 photo-plates, 16.5X22.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Minor stains in the book. Back wrapper missing. Front wrapper torn and detached. New cardboard binding.

"Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa" (Haifa Bay Development) company - collection of photos and copies of sketches of the Haifa Bay area [ca.1926].
• Thirty b/w photos of the Haifa Bay area, from the period of acquisition of lands in the area by "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa". Photos of sites and views: The Kishon River and Mount Carmel, the village Jidru, workers planting, and more. Photos are mounted on album leaves. The name of the company "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa Ltd" is printed on the upper part of the leaves, and on the lower part of some of the leaves appears a printed caption: "propaganda material 1926".
Some of the photos are accompanied by a short handwritten text, in Hebrew and in English, depicting the photographed area and the operations of "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa" Company: “a marshy pond at the mouth of the Kishon. In the Background the Carmel. In front the ‘Nesher’ cenent-factory which produces a cement equal to the best European cement. The pond is being filled up by the Haifa Bay Dev. Co. Ltd”; “Another view of Jedroo. The walled building in the background belongs to the effendi, the former owner of the land acquired by the Haifa Bay Dev. Co. Ltd”; “View of the Bedouin Village ‘Dar-El-Beda’...the inhabitants of the village have been compensated and have left the place”; and more • Two copies of sketches of the area, mounted on album leaves: "map of the swamps and stream on the land of 'Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa' lands" (appears twice, once titled by hand and once without the title) and "'Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa Ltd.', first period of the building plans".
In 1926, when the procedure of lands acquisition by "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa" was completed, architect Richard Kauffmann started to plan the area so to enable "Hachsharat Hayishuv" company to market and sell the lands. This album was arranged, most probably, during that period by "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa" company, for marketing purposes.
The photos are not signed but were taken (all or part of them) by Raphael Ernst Salus (1897-1982). Salus, born in Bohemia, moved to Eretz Israel in 1921. Upon arrival he started to tour the country and document his tours. In 1922 he was one of the founders of Kibbutz Heftziba.
Enclosed are two copies of sketches of “Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa” company.
Total of 32 album leaves: 30X23 cm. Photos: ca.11X16 cm. Some photos appear in two copies (one copy with handwritten text and one without). Good condition. Foxing marks, minor tears and filing holes.

Nine photos and Real-photo postcards, [1920s].
Among the photos: • photo next to the graves of Yosef Haim Brenner and his friends, the victims of the 1921 riots, and a photo of the cemetery surroundings. • Casino "Gali Aviv" in Tel-Aviv. • Photo of youth movement members next to the mass grave of Joseph Trumpeldor and the Tel-Hai fighters, before the sculpture of the roaring lion was erected. • Yasha Hefetz playing in Tel-Aviv, 1926. • Group photo of Ze'ev Jabotinsky with a group of Beitar members; additional photo with Jabotinsky. • Additional photos. Size and condition varies.

"Delegates of the Second Assembly of Representatives of Jews in Eretz Israel 1926", large photograph. Photographer: "Zion" Photo Studio I. Berliand, Jerusalem, [1926].
Fine montage - photos of all the delegates elected to the "Assembly of Representatives", with photos of Herzl, Nordau and Ahad HaAm as well as fine illustrations of the Hebrew University, map of Eretz Israel, a farmer plowing and sitting "under his vine and under his fig tree," and a shining sun. 27.5X39.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32.5X43.5 cm. Good condition. Framed. Glue remnants to reverse of cardboard.