Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Ya'akov Ben Dov – Three Postcard Booklets – The Galilee, Haifa and Jaffa

Opening: $400
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Three postcard booklets published by Ya'akov Ben Dov (Jacob Bendow) with photographs of the Galilee, Haifa and Jaffa. Jerusalem, [the first decades of the 20th century].
1. "In Galilee", "Serie IIII", a booklet holding twelve postcards with photographs of the area of the Valleys and Lower Galilee: Mount Tabor, Yavne'el, Merchavia, Poriyah and more.
2. "Haifa and Mount of Carmel", a booklet holding twelve postcards with photographs of Haifa: Mount Carmel, the Technion, The Reali School, Haifa bay and more.
3. "Jaffa", "Serie V", a booklet holding twelve postcards with photographs of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa: the "Shulamit" Music School, the Herzliya Gymnasium, a girls' school, "A Holiday in Nachalat Binyamin", Herzl St. in Tel-Aviv, and more.
The booklet is slightly different from the one documented in the catalog "Speaking Postcards from the Land of Israel" (Hebrew), by Ya'akov Gross (Ashdot Ya'akov, 2007).
Approx. 9X15 cm. Condition varies. The front cover of the first booklet is detached.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Grphic Art, Postcards and Posters
Grphic Art, Postcards and Posters