Theodor Herzl. A Jewish State.

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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Lot 292

(ZIONISM).

Theodor Herzl. A Jewish State.

<<FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMERICAN EDITION.>> Preface and notes by Jacob de Haas. With celebrated photographic portrait by E.M. Lilien of Herzl leaning over the balcony-rail of the Hotel Les Trois Rois, Basel. pp. xxii, 102. Trace stained, two minor repaired marginal tears. Original limp blue boards, with title gilt-tooled on front cover, touch rubbed, expert neat repair at head of spine. Housed in modern solander-case. Tall 8vo.

New York: The Maccabaean Publishing Co. 1904

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

<<FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION OF “DER JUDENSTAAT” TO BE PRINTED IN AMERICA. >> “Herzl’s Der Judenstaat has remained the single most important manifesto of modern Zionism and is one of the most important books in the history of the Jewish People.” See Michael Heymann, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana-Treasures of Jewish Booklore (1994) no. 46, pp. 102-