Altnailand, roman fun Theodor Herzl [Altneuland, novel by Theodor Herzl]. Translation: Dr. Is. El. [Isidor (Israel) Elyashev, "Ba'al Machshavot"]. Warsaw: "Hazfira", 1902.
First Yiddish translation of the utopian novel "Altneuland" by Theodor Herzl, which was published in German the same year.
Through the plot of "Altneuland" Herzl tells his vision regarding the Jewish State about to be established in Palestine. The book was published several years after the publication of Herzl's books "Der Judenstaat" and after his visit to Palestine. In the same year when "Altneuland" was published, it was translated into Yiddish and Hebrew. The Yiddish translation of the book was written by the publicist, editor and literature critic Isidor (Israel) Elyashev, upon Herzl's personal request.
488 pp, approx. 21.5 cm. Bound in a new binding (with new endpapers; no wrappers). Fair condition. Creases. Stains throughout the book. Small tears (some open) at the margins of several leaves. Worming and open tears (professionally repaired) on the title page and a number of leaves at the opening of the book and at its end. Ink inscriptions on the second leaf.