Palestine Book, Jewish Palestine Pavilion, New York World's Fair 1939
AUCTION 42 |
Thursday, December 18th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 184
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Palestine Book, Jewish Palestine Pavilion, New York World's Fair 1939
New York: Ogden Printing 1939
Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $200
Twenty years into the British Mandate, the Yishuv was able to boast of prodigious achievements in all fields of endeavor: agriculture, banking, civic planning, defense, industry. This publication includes essays by Zionist leaders Chaim Weizmann (p. 23), Arthur Ruppin (p. 64), as well as philo-Semitic columnist Pierre van Passen (p. 45) and novelist Thomas Mann (p. 54)