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"Kol Yerushalayim" – Early Guidebook to Addresses and Businesses – Jerusalem, 1921 – Fine Copy – Map of Jerusalem

Kol Yerushalayim ["All Jerusalem"], Guidebook for 1921[-1923], Practical Handbook, Information Book, Address Book, with Supplementary Map, compiled and written by A. Oskotsky [Avraham Hertz ben Zalman Oskotsky]. Jerusalem: A. Oskotsky, 1921. First Edition. Hebrew.
Comprehensive guidebook, early and possibly the first of its kind, including a great deal of practical information regarding Jewish and non-Jewish institutions, professionals and tradesmen, residential addresses, and more, in Jerusalem and other cities throughout the country. A folding map of "Jerusalem and its Immediate Vicinity" "after the Schick-Benzinger Map" (1919-20) is appended at the end of the book.
120 pp., [1] map. 27.5 cm. Map 54.4X45.5 cm in size. Good condition. Minor blemishes to binding.