Approx. 30 guidebooks for Palestine, some of them early and rare. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, London and elsewhere, 19th and 20th centuries. Hebrew and English (one German guidebook).
Most of the books are accompanied by maps marking paths and roads and some include printed pictures, data tables, lists of settlements, geographic dictionary, transcriptions of the names of Arab settlements into Hebrew, and more.
Among the guidebooks: Palestine and Syria, edited by K. Beadeker (London, 1876; the first English edition of the "Beadeker Guide" for Palestine). * Handbook for travelers in Syria and Palestine, published by John Murry (London, 1874). * Palestine and Southern Syria, Travelogue (Hebrew) by Yeshayahu Peres (Jerusalem, Berlin and Vienna, 1921). * The Book of Palestine (Hebrew) by Henry Charles Locke and Edward Keith-Roach (Jerusalem, 1924). * And guidebooks by Zev Vilnay, David Benveniste, Shmuel Goren and others.
Enclosed: Bibliotheca Geographica Palaestinae, a chronological list of the literature written on Palestine until the 19th century (published by Universitas Booksellers of Jerusalem, 1963).
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

"Prepare for the Constituent Assembly" (Hebrew), a broadside issued by the executive committee of the provisional committee headed by Dr. Ya'akov Thon. Jaffa: Sa'adia Shoshani press, [November/December 1918].
A broadside dealing with the "constituent assembly" (in time, the first Assembly of Representatives), while addressing its duties and the polemic in the Yishuv surrounding women's suffrage.
After Palestine was conquered by the British during World War I, the Yishuv began efforts to form a nationwide framework that will represent it before the British authorities. In December 1917, the first "constituent assembly" gathered in Jaffa during which a provisional committee was established with the purpose of organizing elections for parliament in the Yishuv. In 1918, two additional constituent assemblies were gathered. The third constituent assembly, which gathered in December 1918 (before which this broadside was printed), discussed the establishment of various institutions and the attitude of the Yishuv to the Zionist Organization. It decided that women will be given the right to vote and decided on a date for the general elections. The elections were postponed until April 1920, then the "constituent assembly" was established under its new name –The Assembly of Representatives.
[1] leaf, 35.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Tears along edges and horizontal fold line. An open tear (approx. 2 cm) to margins (not affecting the text).

Collection of booklets, most of them reports and memorandums issued by the British authorities in mandatory Palestine. London and Jerusalem, 1921-1944. English and some Hebrew.
The collection contains 18 booklets (most of them bound together in three volumes) with reports issued by the Mandate authorities in Palestine and submitted to the British government; reports issued by the British government submitted to the council of the League of Nations; memorandums issued by the office of the colonies and by the Chief Rabbinate and the National Institutions in Palestine, dealing with the prayer arrangements and the status quo between Jews and Muslims at the Western Wall; and more.
Some of the booklets contain maps of Palestine, diagrams and tables.
Among the booklets:
* An Interim Report on the Civil Administration of Palestine, by Lord Herbert Samuel. London, 1912.
* "Palestine, a report of the High Commissioner about the government of Palestine during 1920-1925" (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Azriel press, 1925.
* Erets Yiśraʼel li-fene kes ha-amim (Hebrew). Jerusalem: "Hasolel", [1925].
* Report by His (Britannic) Majesty's Government… To the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Palestine and Trans-Jordan. Eight reports issued by the British government and submitted to the council of the League of Nations and which review the administration of Palestine and Trans-Jordan. London, 1927-1935.
* The Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. London, 1928.
* Memorandum on the Western Wall, submitted to the special commission of the League of Nations on behalf of the Rabbinate, The Jewish Agency for Palestine, The Jewish Community of Palestine (Knesseth Israel) and the Central Agudath Israel of Palestine. 1930.
* And more.
18 booklets (16 of them bound together in three volumes). Size and condition vary. The booklets were not thoroughly examined and are offered for sale AS IS.