Palestine Book, Jewish Palestine Pavilion, New York World's Fair 1939.
AUCTION 48 |
Thursday, May 27th,
2010 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Featuring an Exceptional Collection of American Judaica
Lot 238
(ISRAEL, LAND OF)
Palestine Book, Jewish Palestine Pavilion, New York World's Fair 1939.
New York: Ogden Printing 1939
Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $450
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, Arthur Ruppin, as well as philo-Semitic columnist Pierre van Passen and novelist Thomas Mann and perhaps most significantly, a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt endorsing the Jewish aspiration to a Homeland in Palestine.