"Hamachar, stage for the battle of ideas of Avigdor Hameiri". Tel-Aviv: Achdut, [1927-1931]. Issues nos. 1-12 and issue no. 14.?"Hamachar" was published by poet and author Avigdor Hameiri (1890-1970). The covers were designed by the artist Pesach Ir-Shay and always carried the Hebrew motto: "Freedom of Speech is not an option - it is an obligation".
Enclosed with issues 1-12 are the original printed paper banderoles.
13 issues. Issues 1-12: 32 pp, approx. 23.5 cm; issue 14: 39 pp, 24 cm. Condition varies.

Shirei Am Ivriyim [Hebrew Folk Songs], edited by Eliyahu HaCohen. [Be'er Orah], [1957]. illustrations by Ya'akov Gutterman.
A typewritten, mimeographed book with more than a thousand Hebrew folk songs, gathered and edited by the Researcher of Hebrew song Eliyahu HaCohen, future recipient of the Israel Prize, during his service as the commander of the Gadna (Youth Battalions) Farm in Be'er Orah.
The book contains songs that were set to music by the forefathers of Hebrew Music in Israel: Yoel Angel, Chanina Kerchevsky, Mordechai Zeira, Daniel Samborsky, Nissim Nessimov, and many others. The songs are ordered according to subjects (nature songs, songs of pioneership and the building of the country, songs of war and struggle, songs for holidays, and more), and are accompanied by illustrations by Ya'akov Gutterman. At the beginning of each chapter, an illustrated title page.
On one of the front endpapers, there is a Hebrew handwritten dedication, signed and dated – the 3rd of Iyar 1958: "To Shimon Peres, a gift for the tenth celebration of the independence of the State of Israel, from the Gadna department, Dov Nishri".
[306] leaves [varying pagination], 32cm. Good condition. Tears and open tears to the margins of several leaves (one tear is reinforced by tape). Half-leather cardboard binding, slightly worn.
Not in NLI.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

1. Pahhad. "A one-time" issue "dedicated to Schultz… a short film of Mike Optic", [1979].
2-6. Pahhad, edited by Michel Optovsky. Published by "Pladah Chaludah", Tel-Aviv, 1981-1985. Issues no. 1 (two copies; printed on different paper), 2, 3 and 4.
The independent periodical "Pahhad", edited by Michel Optovsky (1947-2004), one of the leaders of the fringe culture of Tel-Aviv during the 1980s and 1990s, published works of art, poetry, comic strips and illustrations. The issues before us contain works by Ronny Someck, Jacques Katmor, Ehud Banai, Doron Eyal (Schultz), Kobi Or, Menachem Erez and many others.
7. An issue with two comic strips by Dudu Geva which were published in his book "Dardar BaMidbar": "Allenby Blues" and "Aliyot BeChofshiyut Yeridot BeBanka'iyut". At the beginning of the issue there is a handwritten dedication by Dudu Geva.
Size and condition vary.

Sixteen catalogs of libraries, publishing houses and bookshops. Padua, Vilnius, Warsaw, Munkatsch, Siget, Deva (Romania), Lvov and Tel-Aviv, 1864-1935.
In the collection: * Yad Yosef, a list of the books of the impressive library collected by… Yosef Almanzi, by Shmuel David Luzzatto. Padua, [1864]. * Three catalogs and price lists of books printed in the Romm Widow and Brothers Printing House. Vilnius, 1868, 1918-19, 1928. * List of books published by "The Levin-Epstein Brothers and Partner". Warsaw, [1915]. With illustrations presenting title pages of books. * Catalog of Hebrew Books. The library of the students of the "Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium", Tel-Aviv, 1924. * And more.
A list of the catalogs will be sent upon request.
Size and condition vary (good to fair-bad overall condition). The books were not thoroughly examined and are offered for sale AS IS.
Most of the books are not in NLI.

9 books and booklets, by various writers and research institutes, dealing with Jewish history. Eastern Europe (one booklet was printed in New-York), 1926-1947. Yiddish.
A detailed list will be sent upon request.
Size and condition vary. The books were not thoroughly examined and are offered for sale AS IS.
Provenance: The Israel Mehlman Collection.