Deinard. Ephraim, Cherpat Britania [“The shame of Britain.”]

AUCTION 22 | Tuesday, January 27th, 2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art Including Holy Land Maps, Illustrated Books, Photography and Graphic Art from The Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Conn

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Lot 52
(DEINARDIANA -ZIONISM).

Deinard. Ephraim, Cherpat Britania [“The shame of Britain.”]

First edition, With a cartoon drawing by Deinard’s granddaughter, Clara Silver depicting Britain’s robbing the poor man’s last sheep. pp.155. With stamp of former owner. Contemporary cloth. 8vo

New York: 1929

Est: $200 - $250
Deinard portrays the “black stain” on the forehead of Great Britain who by way of devious diplomatic machinations is cheating the Nation of Israel by robbing it of it’s “poor man’s lamb” - the Land of Israel. Deinard delineates seventeen acts of fraud perpetrated by the British plus various chapters concerning Zionist leadership in the United States (“machine politicians misleading the public”) and an open letter to the Arab people