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Auction 51 · Lot 217
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $450
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Jaffa
Publication
Wednesday, March 25th, 1925
Description
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.
summary
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
pp.1-2 only. Holes, occasionally affecting text. Folio
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