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Shall the Door be Shut?

Auction 90 · Lot 150

Shall the Door be Shut?

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
$450

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ISRAEL, STATE OF).

printer

The American Zionist Emergency Council

Place

New York

Publication

(1944)

Description

Including: Winston Churchill, “The Breach of a Solemn Obligation.” And: The Mandate for Palestine, etc.

summary

The American Zionist Emergency Council was formed following the Biltmore Conference of 1942. This publication contains Churchill’s celebrated speech declaring sympathy for the Zionist cause. See Doreen Bierbrier, The American Zionist Emergency Council: An Analysis of a Pressure Group, in: American Jewish Historical Quarterly Vol. 60, no. 1 (1970) pp. 87-90. Further information concerning this lot available upon request.
pp. 15. Original printed wrappers. 8vo.
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