Shall the Door be Shut?

Auction 90 | Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Lot 150

(ISRAEL, STATE OF).

Shall the Door be Shut?

Including: Winston Churchill, “The Breach of a Solemn Obligation.” And: The Mandate for Palestine, etc. pp. 15. Original printed wrappers. 8vo.

New York: The American Zionist Emergency Council (1944)

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $450

The American Zionist Emergency Council was formed following the Biltmore Conference of 1942. This publication contains Churchill’s celebrated speech declaring sympathy for the Zionist cause. See Doreen Bierbrier, The American Zionist Emergency Council: An Analysis of a Pressure Group, in: American Jewish Historical Quarterly Vol. 60, no. 1 (1970) pp. 87-90. Further information concerning this lot available upon request.