Eleven modern maps of Palestine, most of them from the British Mandate period. Palestine and Europe, late 19th century to mid-20th century.
1-4. Four maps by cartographer John Bartholomew (presumably, from the atlas "The Historical Geography of the Holy Land" by George Adam Smith): General map of Palestine; The Jezreel Valley and Lower Galilee; Samaria; Judea, the Shfela and Philistia (numbered I, IV, V, VI). London: Hodder and Stoughton and The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, [late 19th century or early 20th century]. English.
5. "Palestine, compiled after the Fischer and Guthe map by Yeshayahu Press and David Yellin, Jerusalem". Published by M. Dizengoff and B. Yaffe in Jaffa and "Jüdischer Verlag" in Berlin. [1920s].
6. "Excursion Map of Jerusalem and Middle Judaea / Jerusalem", double-sided map published by the Jerusalem YMCA: on one side, a color map of Jerusalem (in an ornamental frame) and on the other side, a map of trails and roads in the vicinity of Jerusalem.
Printing details on margins: Jerusalem Y.M.C.A., Blocks by A. Soskin, Syrian Orphanage Press, Jerusalem. [ca.1930s]. English.
7-9. "Palestine Survey Topographical Map", three maps published by the Survey of Palestine: Jaffa-Tel-Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem (numbered 1, 7 and 8; of a series of 14 maps covering the entire area of Palestine). Compiled, drawn and printed under the direction of Frederick John Salmon, head of the Survey in the years 1933-1938. Folded to form a booklet (illustrations on covers). [Palestine, 1930s]. English.
10. "The Jewish Chronicle Map of Palestine, produced under the direction of Alexander Gross, F.R.G.S", map of the UN Partition Plan for Palestine published by the Jewish Chronicle. Folded to form a booklet. On the cover, a small map of the Partition Plan. London, 1948.
11. "Emek Zevulun, Lands of Keren Kayemeth Leisrael ltd. and the Bayside Land Corporation ltd" / Drawn by Z. Friedlander, J. Lev & E. Ladny. 1946. English and Hebrew.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Closed and open tears along edges and fold lines (some of them restored and reinforced with tape; mostly small). Handwritten inscriptions on two maps.