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Bound Volume with Issues of the Weekly "Ha-Am" / Issue of "Ha-Am" Concerning the Balfour Declaration – Moscow, 1917

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HaAm, weekly for literature and opinion. First year issues bound in one volume. Moscow, 1916-1917. Issues 1-39, 70-72 (lacking issues 40-69).
The weekly was published as a supplement to the daily paper "HaAm"; among the contributors to the weekly were leaders of the Zionist Movement in Russia as well as famous and central figures among its supporters. Works by leading Jewish authors in Russia were published in the literary section of the weekly.
* Enclosed is a single issue of the daily "HaAm" published in November 1917 featuring essays about the Balfour Declaration and an apology for ceasing the publication of the paper during the Communist Revolution and following confiscation of printing presses.
29 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worming. Small tears affecting text at margins of some leaves. Several restored leaves. Wear. The single issue is torn along the folding marks. Several restored tears.
Periodicals, Jewish and Yiddish Literature, Culture, Manuscripts and Autographs
Periodicals, Jewish and Yiddish Literature, Culture, Manuscripts and Autographs