Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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![Yediot Iriyat Tel-Aviv [Hebrew: News of Tel-Aviv Municipality]. Cooperative printing press "HaPo'el HaTza'ir" / A.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale45-public/033.jpg "News of Tel-Aviv Municipality - Collection of Issues - 1925-1928")
Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
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Yediot Iriyat Tel-Aviv [Hebrew: News of Tel-Aviv Municipality]. Cooperative printing press "HaPo'el HaTza'ir" / A. Ittin and S. Shoshani printing press. Tel-Aviv, September 1925 - December 1928.
Collection of issues from the first three years. Collection of issues of the bi-weekly "News of Tel-Aviv Municipality". First year: issues 1-24 (in 22 booklets); second year: issues 1-22 (in 17 booklets); third year: issues 1-11 (in 7 booklets). Booklets ca. 32 cm. Condition varies. Ex-library copies.
Collection of issues from the first three years. Collection of issues of the bi-weekly "News of Tel-Aviv Municipality". First year: issues 1-24 (in 22 booklets); second year: issues 1-22 (in 17 booklets); third year: issues 1-11 (in 7 booklets). Booklets ca. 32 cm. Condition varies. Ex-library copies.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
Opening: $400
Sold for: $600
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Collection of architectural documents and drawings regarding the building of an "Urban Workers' Housing Project" (possibly "Shechunat Po'alim Aleph") in Tel-Aviv, [late 1920s and 1930s until the 1960s].
Collection includes material from the period of the establishment of the Workers' Housing Project in Tel-Aviv, which also included residents Pola and David Ben-Gurion. Some of the documents date before the establishment of the neighborhood - acquisition of land, temporary member card, many architectural drawings, copies of letters about building houses, numerous receipts
for donations and payments to JNF for the land, and more. Most of the material concerns the building of a house on HaYarkon Street, which marked the borders of the neighborhood - HaYarkon and Ben-Yehudah Streets. Lot of dozens of documents and drawings + dozens of receipts. Included are later materials from the 1950s-60s. Size and condition varies.
Collection includes material from the period of the establishment of the Workers' Housing Project in Tel-Aviv, which also included residents Pola and David Ben-Gurion. Some of the documents date before the establishment of the neighborhood - acquisition of land, temporary member card, many architectural drawings, copies of letters about building houses, numerous receipts
for donations and payments to JNF for the land, and more. Most of the material concerns the building of a house on HaYarkon Street, which marked the borders of the neighborhood - HaYarkon and Ben-Yehudah Streets. Lot of dozens of documents and drawings + dozens of receipts. Included are later materials from the 1950s-60s. Size and condition varies.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Twenty-two single leaves, supplement issues of the newspapers "Haaretz", "Davar", "Doar Hayom" and "Iton Meyuchad", dealing with the assassination of Arlosoroff and the following investigation, 1934.
The leaves record "real-time" updates as to the investigation and the trial. Arlosoroff, political director of the Jewish Agency, was assassinated on a Tel Aviv beach on June 16, 1933. The murder, which was never solved, led to arguments in the Yishuv, and involved serious accusations against the Revisionist movement. Five issues are double or appear in several copies. Average size: 32 cm. Condition varies, tears, creases and stains.
The leaves record "real-time" updates as to the investigation and the trial. Arlosoroff, political director of the Jewish Agency, was assassinated on a Tel Aviv beach on June 16, 1933. The murder, which was never solved, led to arguments in the Yishuv, and involved serious accusations against the Revisionist movement. Five issues are double or appear in several copies. Average size: 32 cm. Condition varies, tears, creases and stains.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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![Palestine medical calendar for the year 1932. Editors and publishers: Dr. D.A.[David Aryeh] Friedman and Dr. Joseph Stein. Te](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale45-public/036.jpg "Palestine Medical Calendar for the Year 1932 - Practical Information f")
Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
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Palestine medical calendar for the year 1932. Editors and publishers: Dr. D.A.[David Aryeh] Friedman and Dr. Joseph Stein. Tel-Aviv: "Ahdut", 1932. Hebrew and English.
Calendar and diary for 1932, including practical information for medical professionals: measures and weights, instructions for treatment of poisoning, list of medications, and more. The calendar includes lists of doctors in Hebrew and in English ("the Hebrew list only lists Hebrew professionals and the English list lists all the doctors of all nations in the country"). 6, [2], 158, 94 pp, [7] leaves, XLIV pp, 15 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to binding.
Calendar and diary for 1932, including practical information for medical professionals: measures and weights, instructions for treatment of poisoning, list of medications, and more. The calendar includes lists of doctors in Hebrew and in English ("the Hebrew list only lists Hebrew professionals and the English list lists all the doctors of all nations in the country"). 6, [2], 158, 94 pp, [7] leaves, XLIV pp, 15 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to binding.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Eretz Israel water resources, chances of irrigation and hydro-electric development. Published by "Mekorot" water company, Tel-Aviv, May 1944.
The report was composed by "Mekorot" company together with water engineer Simcha Blass, and includes much information about water resources in Eretz Israel as well as 20 maps and sketches (some are folded). Printed in a limited edition, presented is copy no. 7. 69 leaves + 20 plates, volume: 34 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to binding.
The report was composed by "Mekorot" company together with water engineer Simcha Blass, and includes much information about water resources in Eretz Israel as well as 20 maps and sketches (some are folded). Printed in a limited edition, presented is copy no. 7. 69 leaves + 20 plates, volume: 34 cm. Good condition. Minor damages to binding.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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![Collection of broadsides - workers' strikes in Haifa. Haifa, [1930s-40s].
1-7. Broadsides printed on behalf of the "Haif](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale45-public/038.jpg "Collection of Broadsides - Workers' Strikes in Haifa")
Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
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Sold for: $625
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Collection of broadsides - workers' strikes in Haifa. Haifa, [1930s-40s].
1-7. Broadsides printed on behalf of the "Haifa Workers Association" announcing strikes in the city:
• Announcement about a strike of workers "in printing presses and book binding workshops", January 1930. • Strike against the reduction of wages in the contractor Green's buildings". • Invitation to a "Warning strike of army workers", May 1947. • broadside on behalf of the musicians' branch of the "Haifa Workers' Association": "Organization of coffee houses owners announces a strike of one hundred Jewish musicians. The severe punishment of starving 100 families of workers was imposed by coffee houses owners in response to our demands to institute - as in Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem - Friday night and Saturday as a resting day for workers… . • and more.
8-12. Broadsides printed on behalf of owners of businesses in Haifa in response to the strikes: • "union of printing presses owners and literary editors in Haifa inform their clients and the public in Haifa that following the announcement of a strike by workers, the printing presses and book binding workshop continue to work as usual". • "Open letter to Haifa Workers Association from Shmuel David"- in response to accusations raised by Haifa Workers' Association, according to which Shmuel David employs Arab workers and not Jewish workers. • "To the Jewish Public in Haifa" - three small notices by A. Shiloni, in reply to a strike by his employees.
Lot of 12 items. Size and condition varies.
1-7. Broadsides printed on behalf of the "Haifa Workers Association" announcing strikes in the city:
• Announcement about a strike of workers "in printing presses and book binding workshops", January 1930. • Strike against the reduction of wages in the contractor Green's buildings". • Invitation to a "Warning strike of army workers", May 1947. • broadside on behalf of the musicians' branch of the "Haifa Workers' Association": "Organization of coffee houses owners announces a strike of one hundred Jewish musicians. The severe punishment of starving 100 families of workers was imposed by coffee houses owners in response to our demands to institute - as in Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem - Friday night and Saturday as a resting day for workers… . • and more.
8-12. Broadsides printed on behalf of owners of businesses in Haifa in response to the strikes: • "union of printing presses owners and literary editors in Haifa inform their clients and the public in Haifa that following the announcement of a strike by workers, the printing presses and book binding workshop continue to work as usual". • "Open letter to Haifa Workers Association from Shmuel David"- in response to accusations raised by Haifa Workers' Association, according to which Shmuel David employs Arab workers and not Jewish workers. • "To the Jewish Public in Haifa" - three small notices by A. Shiloni, in reply to a strike by his employees.
Lot of 12 items. Size and condition varies.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
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Circa 240 broadsides, publication and brochures printed by the Communist Party in Eretz Israel, 1920s until 1940s. Hebrew, Yiddish and Arabic.
An extensive, varied and comprehensive collection. Numerous items appear in several copies. Size and condition varies. Overall good condition. Library ink stamps.
An extensive, varied and comprehensive collection. Numerous items appear in several copies. Size and condition varies. Overall good condition. Library ink stamps.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
Opening: $400
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Issue of "The Times". London, November 9, 1917. English.
The Balfour Declaration appears on page 7, under the headline "Official Sympathy". An article headlined "The British Victory in Palestine" reviewing the operation of the British Army led by Edmond Allenby in Eretz Israel appears on the same page.
The "Balfour Declaration", which stated Britain's support of the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Eretz Israel, was signed by the British Foreign Minister, Arthur James Balfour, on November 2, 1917. One week later, on November 9, the declaration was first published in the press. 14 pp, 59.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, professionally restored tears. Adhesive tape to spine of issue.
The Balfour Declaration appears on page 7, under the headline "Official Sympathy". An article headlined "The British Victory in Palestine" reviewing the operation of the British Army led by Edmond Allenby in Eretz Israel appears on the same page.
The "Balfour Declaration", which stated Britain's support of the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Eretz Israel, was signed by the British Foreign Minister, Arthur James Balfour, on November 2, 1917. One week later, on November 9, the declaration was first published in the press. 14 pp, 59.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks, professionally restored tears. Adhesive tape to spine of issue.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
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The Law Reports of Palestine. Different editors: Michael McDonnell, Saleem K. Azouri, Henry E. Baker. London-Jerusalem, 1934-1947. English.
Complete set in 14 volumes, compiling important legal material, about the current conduct of the Supreme Court in Mandatory Palestine, and additional British justice and law institutes, between the years 1920-1947. 14 volumes, 24.5 cm. Condition varies, overall good condition. Previous owners' ink-stamps (lawyer).
Complete set in 14 volumes, compiling important legal material, about the current conduct of the Supreme Court in Mandatory Palestine, and additional British justice and law institutes, between the years 1920-1947. 14 volumes, 24.5 cm. Condition varies, overall good condition. Previous owners' ink-stamps (lawyer).
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
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Collection of documents of William Williams who served in Eretz Israel as a policeman and customs-officer on behalf of the Palestine Police, ca.1933-1947. English.
Collection includes: certificates concerning Williams' service; draft of a book (about 400 typewritten leaves) by Wyndham Morgan (Williams's pseudonym?) telling the story of a Welsh boy who leaves home and joins the British army and later serves as a policeman in Palestine; two notebooks with summaries of lessons in a policemen course which was part of Williams' training; tens of typewritten leaves, various general comments, responses to articles, and more.
It is evident in the documents that Williams supported Jews in Palestine and the Jewish opposition movements, and was against restricting Jewish immigration to Eretz Israel. Total of hundreds of leaves. Size and condition varies.
Collection includes: certificates concerning Williams' service; draft of a book (about 400 typewritten leaves) by Wyndham Morgan (Williams's pseudonym?) telling the story of a Welsh boy who leaves home and joins the British army and later serves as a policeman in Palestine; two notebooks with summaries of lessons in a policemen course which was part of Williams' training; tens of typewritten leaves, various general comments, responses to articles, and more.
It is evident in the documents that Williams supported Jews in Palestine and the Jewish opposition movements, and was against restricting Jewish immigration to Eretz Israel. Total of hundreds of leaves. Size and condition varies.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
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Collection of documents that belonged to Zvi Levin, revisionist activist, Beitar member, cantor, a freemason and an honorary citizen of Tel-Aviv, [1920s-1980s].
Among the documents: membership card of the "World Association of Jewish Youth", 1927; membership card of "Chugey Ha'No'ar HaLeumi", Tel-Aviv, 1929; membership card of "Histadrut HaZiyunim HaRevizionistim", Tel-Aviv branch, 1931; membership card of "Irgun Ovdey HaTzohar uBeitar BeEretz Israel", 1933; Etzel Soldier card; Issue of "Techelet-Lavan, Bit'on HaNo'ar HaLeumi", Tel-Aviv, 1931; testimony leaf from 1982, regarding his whereabouts during the night of Arlozoroff's murder (1933), and other items. Lot of 12 items. Size and condition varies.
Among the documents: membership card of the "World Association of Jewish Youth", 1927; membership card of "Chugey Ha'No'ar HaLeumi", Tel-Aviv, 1929; membership card of "Histadrut HaZiyunim HaRevizionistim", Tel-Aviv branch, 1931; membership card of "Irgun Ovdey HaTzohar uBeitar BeEretz Israel", 1933; Etzel Soldier card; Issue of "Techelet-Lavan, Bit'on HaNo'ar HaLeumi", Tel-Aviv, 1931; testimony leaf from 1982, regarding his whereabouts during the night of Arlozoroff's murder (1933), and other items. Lot of 12 items. Size and condition varies.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
June 3, 2015
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• Handwritten notebook, protocols of the "Finance Committee" meetings in an internment camp for Etzel and Lehi exiles in Africa. [Gilgil, Kenya], December 1947-June 1938.
Detailed records of the committee's discussions. Most meetings concern allocation of money to different aspects of the camp's life: food, cigarettes distribution, activities such as sports or screening of films, and more. Several times the publication of "Sefer HaMa'atzar veHaGalut" is discussed. The notebook ends with records of granting and collecting loans and different invoices.
In the first entry, the names of the committee members are mentioned (it is later noted that the members changed): Yitzchak Kalmi, David Rosenzweig and Menachem Berger (Rosenzweig and Berger were in the first group of exiles - deported in October 1944). Notebook, 21 cm, approx. 30 written pages (most of the notebook's leaves are blank). Good condition. Stains and holes on several leaves. Torn binding.
• "Informative Circular Letter" on behalf of "LaAsireinu, relief society for detainees and prisoners (founded by the Jewish National Council)". April 1948. A printed letter, concerning, among other topics, the return of exiles to Israel. [3] leaves, 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and tears.
In 1944 the British Mandate Authorities in Eretz Israel deported several hundred Etzel and Lehi members to internment camps in Africa. At first they were transferred to Sembel, later on to Carthago, from there back to Sembel, and finally to Gilgil in Kenya, where they were detained until their liberation and return to Israel in July 1948. The notebook presented here contains records of the last six months of Etzel and Lehi members' life in the camps, prior to their liberation.
Detailed records of the committee's discussions. Most meetings concern allocation of money to different aspects of the camp's life: food, cigarettes distribution, activities such as sports or screening of films, and more. Several times the publication of "Sefer HaMa'atzar veHaGalut" is discussed. The notebook ends with records of granting and collecting loans and different invoices.
In the first entry, the names of the committee members are mentioned (it is later noted that the members changed): Yitzchak Kalmi, David Rosenzweig and Menachem Berger (Rosenzweig and Berger were in the first group of exiles - deported in October 1944). Notebook, 21 cm, approx. 30 written pages (most of the notebook's leaves are blank). Good condition. Stains and holes on several leaves. Torn binding.
• "Informative Circular Letter" on behalf of "LaAsireinu, relief society for detainees and prisoners (founded by the Jewish National Council)". April 1948. A printed letter, concerning, among other topics, the return of exiles to Israel. [3] leaves, 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and tears.
In 1944 the British Mandate Authorities in Eretz Israel deported several hundred Etzel and Lehi members to internment camps in Africa. At first they were transferred to Sembel, later on to Carthago, from there back to Sembel, and finally to Gilgil in Kenya, where they were detained until their liberation and return to Israel in July 1948. The notebook presented here contains records of the last six months of Etzel and Lehi members' life in the camps, prior to their liberation.
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Eretz Israel, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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