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AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 106

(ANTISEMITICA)

(FORD, HENRY, Ed.) Vol. I: The International Jew: The World’s Foremost Problem. pp.235, (1 blank). * Vol. II: Jewish Activities in the United States. pp. 255, (1 blank). * Vol. III: Jewish Influences in American Life. pp.256. * Vol. IV: Aspects of Jewish Power in the United States. pp. 246 Original printed wrappers, light wear. Sm. 4to

Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Publishing Co 1920-22

Est: $300 - $500

Selected anti-Jewish articles reprinted from The Dearborn Independent, the weekly newspaper owned by automobile magnate, Henry Ford. Following the turn toward isolationism in America and the Red Scare of 1919-21, a wave of anti-Semitism bore serious consequences for American Jewry. This nativist nationalism had a vigorous proponent in Ford, who launched his own personal anti-Semitic propaganda campaign which was without precedent in corporate America