ZANGWILL, ISRAEL.

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 320

ZANGWILL, ISRAEL.

(Anglo-Jewish writer and one of the founders of the British Zionist movement, 1864-1926). Typed Letter Signed, in English, to Dr. M. Soloweitschik and (Shimshon) Rosenbaum, Ministers in the Lithuanian Cabinet, concerning the fate of the Mandelstamm Family and requests they be provided safety in Lithuania. One page, punch-holes along left margin. 4to.

East Preston, Sussex: 20th July 1921

Est: $300 - $400

Concerns the family of the writer and Maskil, Leon Mandelstamm (1819-1889). The period 1919-22 was a golden age for Jewish national autonomy in Lithuania.