(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

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 217

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

La Palestine [Arab press]. A Special Edition in English Issued on the Occasion of the Visit to Palestine of Lord Balfour, the Statesman with Whose Name is Associated the Declaration Which to the Arabs Signifies the Death Knell of all the Hopes they Cherished When the Victorious British Armies Entered their Country in 1918. pp.1-2 only. Holes, occasionally affecting text. Folio

Jaffa: Wednesday, March 25th, 1925

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $450

The Arab press seized the opportunity of Lord James Balfour's highly symbolic guest appearance at the dedication ceremony of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem to voice their extreme displeasure with the decidedly pro-Zionist direction Palestine had taken since its conquest by the British Army in 1918