Collection of letters and Zionist ephemera.

£500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A collection of more than 20 items of Zionist and Israeli ephemera, including letters, documents and envelopes. Notable items in the collection include: - Autograph letter by Israel Zangwill to Mr Spielmann (presumably Marion H. Spielmann), dated 20.1.1909. - Notice from the Municipal Corporation of Jerusalem dated 22.8.1937 urging Mr Benjamin Levinsohn to "level, pave, channel and drain the sidewalk" on which his property is situated. - Autograph letter by G. Agronsky (Gershon Harry Agron - later the Mayor of East Jerusalem, and editor of The Palestine Post at the time), dated 21.7.1938. - Handwritten autograph letter by the agronom Menashe Meerovitch, dated 1.6.1940. - Handwritten autograph letter by the historian and Jewish Jewish mysticism researcher S.A. Horodezky. - Autograph letter by Henry Morgenthau Jr. to William Houseman, one of the editors of Look Magazine, mentioning a feature by Robert Capa on Israel, dated 13.10.1949. - Autograph letter by Israel Rokach, Mayor of Yel Aviv, dated 25.1.1951. Additional letters are by Nelson Glueck, Prof. Ben-Zion Dinur, Tuvia Friedman, Gideon Hausner, Sol Liptzin, Sir Martin Gilbert C.B.E. and others. 4to-sized protfolio, various letter sizes, occasional small marginal tears and folding marks.

• Binding: Hardcover

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