Approx. 80 booklets, broadsides, leaflets, letters, invitation cards, photographs and other items documenting the activity of Revisionist organizations – Betar, National Youth, Union of Revisionist Zionists, the Herut Movement, and more. Palestine and Europe, ca. 1920s-1950s (several items are from later years). Among the items: • A portrait photograph of Ze'ev Jabotinsky and a photograph of a procession of members of Betar and the Union of Revisionist Zionists to the grave of Theodor Herzl in Vienna. • Handwritten letter by an activist of the Union of Revisionist Zionists dealing with the circumstances of the Revisionists breaking from the Zionist Federation and establishing a new Zionist federation (Salonika, 1935). • Letters, written or printed on the official stationery of the "Union of Revisionist Zionist Women", "The Commission of Betar in Palestine", "Trumpeldor Union in Palestine", and more. • Invitation cards to various events, including an invitation to an evening in memory of Shlomo Ben-Yosef (given to Uri Zvi Greenberg). • Broadsides and leaflets issued by Betar, the National Youth and the Herut Movement. • Several booklets, including "The Doctrine of Jabotinsky (Inspection of the Revisionist Plan)", by Moshe Medzini (Tel Aviv, 1927); "Ze'ev Jabotinsky – Stenographic Report of the Testimony before the Royal Commission" (Tel Aviv, 1937). • And more. Size and condition vary. Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

Catalogo Gerusalemme 1910. Published by Tipografia dei PP. Francescani, [Jerusalem, 1910]. Italian, Arabic, French, and additional languages. Publications catalogue of the Franciscan printing press in Jerusalem, listing over a hundred titles of documents published prior to the First World War: sacred texts, travel guides for pilgrims, literature relating to Palestine, Arabic-language textbooks, and more. Roughly half the catalogue is devoted to Arabic-language texts, and the remainder to works in Italian, Latin, French, Turkish, and other languages. The Franciscan printing press, located in the San Salvador monastery in the Old City of Jerusalem, established in 1847 with the support of the Archbishop of Vienna, is thought to be one of the earliest printing houses in Jerusalem. The machines and printing blocks were specially imported from Vienna, and monks of the Order of St. Francis in Jerusalem were sent to Austria to learn the art of printing. The printing house was renowned for its contribution to the cause of promoting literacy in Jerusalem, thanks in no small measure to the hundreds of Arabic books printed there throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. [1], 21 pp., approx. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor creases. Minor tears to edges of several leaves. Rare.

Two diplomas issued by the Hadassah Training School for Nurses, the first nursing school in Palestine. One handwritten diploma (on vellum); one typescript diploma. Both signed by Henrietta Szold. Awarded to Hannah Katznelson upon her graduation with the school's first graduating class. Jerusalem, 1921. Hebrew and English. Two diplomas, one in Hebrew and the other in English, certifying that "Hannah Katznelson, pupil at the Hadassah Training School for Nurses at Jerusalem, completed the three years' course in the theory and practice of nursing […] and […] is hereby given the title of graduate nurse". Both signed by Henrietta Szold (school committee chair), Anna Kaplan (principal) and others. Both diplomas are identical in content. The Hebrew diploma is written in calligraphic scipt on vellum; the English diploma is typed and signed by hand. The Hadassah Training School for Nurses was founded in Jerusalem in 1918 by the American Zionist Medical Unit (later renamed Hadassah Medical Organization), with the aim of training nurses according to the principals of modern nursing theory and practice. It was the first professional post-secondary school for Jewish women in Palestine, as well as the first nursing school. These diplomas were awarded to Hanna Katznelson, who graduated with the first class. Hanna Katznelson (1897-1985), Berl Katznelson's younger sister, worked as a nurse for a while before turning to social work. Lived and worked in Jerusalem. Hebrew diploma: 34X27 cm. Good condition. English diploma: 33X27 cm. Minor creases and stains. Both diplomas with serial number, handwritten in pink ink; Hebrew diploma with official inked stamp.

Notice Illustrée sur Al-Haram Al-Sharif Jerusalem, visitor's guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif – the Temple Mount. Published by the Supreme Muslim Council (SMC). Jerusalem, 1924. First edition. French. Visitor's guide to the Temple Mount, a descriptive guide to the buildings and structures on the Temple Mount, as well as their history and significance. With seven photographs: a panoramic view of the Temple Mount; Sabil Qaitbay (Fountain of Qayt Bay); Minbar al-Sayf (the Summer Pulpit); the Dome of the Rock; the Foundation Stone ("The Rock"); and the Al Aqsa Mosque (views of the exterior and interior). The guide begins with a statement declaring that on account of the sacredness of the entire site to Muslims, visitors are requested to refrain from smoking and from bringing dogs into the compound. This guide was published on behalf of the Supreme Muslim Council (SMC) which represented the religious interests of the Arab population in Palestine in the years of the British Mandate. The Council was established in 1922 and was entrusted with the management of the properties of the Waqf (the Muslim Trust) – including the Temple Mount – and with the administration of the Muslim judicial system. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was elected president of the SMC. Interestingly, despite the fact that the guide was written from a Muslim perspective, it specifically defines the Haram Al-Sharif as the historical location of the Jewish Great Temple. On page 3, it is stated that "T his site is one of the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates from the earliest (perhaps from pre-historic) times. Its identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according to universal belief, on which David ‘built there an altar unto the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings' [2 Samuel, 24:25]." This guide was simultaneously printed in English (see: Kedem, Auction 80, Part I, lot 52). The above quote is taken here from the English edition. 16 pp., 24.5 cm. Original cover, printed, to which an additional (blank) paper cover is attached. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Fold lines to length of leaves. Small strips of paper glued to title page and to last leaf (to cover inked stamps). Leaves detached from covers. The upper left corner of original printed back cover – a stub bearing, in part, the inked stamp of the Supreme Muslim Council – was torn off (missing).

"Eretz Israel" by Yehuda Grazovsky, with a Hebrew map of Palestine, and two additional Hebrew maps of the country. Warsaw, Jerusalem and New York, 1903-1918. 1. "Eretz Israel, textbook on the geography of Eretz Israel", by Yehuda Grazovsky. Warsaw: Tushiyah, 1903. With a color map of Palestine (folding) at end; lithograph. Hebrew. Book: 43 pp. Stains. Open tear to final pages. Damage to binding. Map (open): 25.5X19 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly to verso). Some marginal tears (one tear slightly affecting map). 2. "Palestine and Syria", color map. Jerusalem: A.L. Monsohn, [1911]. Originally printed in: HaMeir, a popular science monthly devoted to Eretz Israel and its settlement, edited by Israel Belkind (year I, booklet 3). 45X39 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines and creases. Several tears, slightly affecting map. Long tear (approx. 15 cm) to one fold line. 3. "Palestine, after the Hebrew map by E. Sapir – E. Krauze, with additions and emendations"; color map. New York: Poale Zion Palestine Committee, [1918]. Hebrew and Yiddish. Originally printed in David Ben-Gurion and Yitzchak Ben Tzvi's book, "Eretz Israel in the Past and Present" (New York, 1918; Yiddish). With small inset map of Palestine at top, depicting the tribal territories. 66.5X45.5 cm. Fold lines. Good condition. Minor wear and minor tears to margins and fold lines (slightly affecting map).