The Holy Bible - Chamishah Chumshei Torah.

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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Lot 211

(HOLOCAUST).

The Holy Bible - Chamishah Chumshei Torah.

Colored title page. Dedicatory pages in Hebrew and English, superimposed over colored Stars and Stripes, dedicating the volume to President Harry S. Truman. <<Presentation copy to: The Hon. Trygve Lie>> inscribed in gilt on upper cover. pp. 120, 199, 194. Original gilt-tooled chestnut calf. 8vo.

Munich: Vaad Hatzala 1947

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $800

An importatn religious text issued by the American Vaad Hatzala Rescue Committee for the benefit of the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust (She’erit Hapleita). This custom-bound copy prepared for the Norwegian politican Trygve Halvdan Lie (1896-1968), the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. See A.J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) p. 34 (illustrated).