Herzl, Theodor. The Jewish State.

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ZIONISM).

printer

The Maccabaean Publishing Co.

Place

New York

Publication

1904

Description

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Preface and notes by Jacob de Haas. With celebrated photographic portrait of Herzl leaning over the balcony-rail of the Hotel Les Trois Rois, Basel.

summary

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF “DER JUDENSTAAT.” Within this slim tract Theodor Herzl founded political Zionism - an epochal call for the establishment of a Jewish State as a national home for the Jewish People. “That (such a) State was created in Palestine within fifty years of (Herzl’s) death was due to the vision and the practical methods expressed in (this) manifesto.” Carter & Muir, Printing and the Mind of Man (1983) no. 381.

pp. xxii, 102. Dampstained in places, previous owners’ stamps in many places (Abraham Shnitka of Calgary). Original gilt titled limp boards, gutter split, light wear. Tall 8vo.

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