Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Collection of Booklets - Pinchas Grayevsky

Opening: $900
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
About 95 different booklets published by Pinchas Grayevsky. Jerusalem, 1920s-1930s.
Including booklets from the series "MiGnazei Yerushalem" ("From Jerusalem's Archives"), "Avnei Zikaron" ("Stones of Remembrance"), "Zikaron LaHovevim HaRishonim" ("Remembrance of the First Hovevim"), "Bnot Tsiyon VeYerushalayim" ("Daughters of Zions and Jerusalem"); the booklet "Haharash VeHaMasger B'Yerushalem" ("The Blacksmith and the Metalworker in Jerusalem"), booklet titled "Album of the Land's Natives" (Hebrew), and more.
Pinchas Grayevsky (1873-1941), scholar and writer, born in Jerusalem. Grayevsky collected historical documents, pictures, personal memoirs and the histories of persons and families in the old yishuv, publishing them in the journal "MiGnazei Yerushalem" which he edited and published, and in many other publications.
Some of the items appear in two copies. Size and condition vary. Fair overall condition. Cover missing or detached on a number of booklets.
Palestine, the British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
Palestine, the British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel