Herzl, Theodor. Altneuland [“Old-New Land” - a novel]

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Lot 289

(ZIONISM).

Herzl, Theodor. Altneuland [“Old-New Land” - a novel]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> pp. 343, (5). Lightly browned, pencil marks on title, opening leaf rehined. Original prictorial boards, rebacked. 8vo.

Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger (1902)

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,900

Herzl’s Utopian novel in which he envisioned the social and cultural climate of a new Hebrew Nation. The motto of the book became the watchword of the entire Zionist Movement: “If you will it, it is no tale.”