Auction 60 · Lot 285
Theodor Herzl. Het Land Der Droomen (Alt-Neuland).
- Estimate
- $2,000–$2,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ZIONISM).
printer
De Zonnenbloem
Place
Apeldoorn, (Netherlands)
Publication
(1919)
Description
FIRST DUTCH EDITION. Translated and with an introduction by R. J. Spitz. Frontispiece portrait of Herzl.
summary
Highly scarce edition. Just one copy located in America, at the Widener Library of Harvard University, which lacks the frontispiece portrait.
Alt-Neuland is 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 dream.”
pp. viii, 250, (2). Brittle. Original pictorial boards, some wear. 8vo.
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