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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
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Two booklets outlining the regulations and customs of "B'nai B'rith" Organization. Including "Seder Kidushim", initiation ceremony for B'nai B'rith members, ceremony of appointing presidents and deputies, and more.
1. Sefer HaMinhagim LeAgudat B'nai B'rith [book of customs…], translated by David Yellin. Published by the Jerusalem Chamber; printed by Rabbi Haim Hirshensohn, Jerusalem, 1899.
36 pp, 17 cm. Fair-good condition. Front cover and two first leaves are detached. Tears and creases to corners of leaves and cover (some open tears). Slight stains.
2-3. Sefer HaChukim Asher LeB'nai B'rith [book of regulations], "proofread and corrected at the organization's plenary session in New York on March 1-6, 1885", translated by David Yellin. Bound with: "Sefer HaChukim Lelishkat Yerushalayim mispar 376". "Proofread and corrected in meetings of the chamber members in 1894 by David Yellin" (Hebrew), Brothers Salomon printing press, Jerusalem, 1912.
23, [1]; 24, [2] pp, 16 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Creases at corners and margins of leaves. No cover.
1. Sefer HaMinhagim LeAgudat B'nai B'rith [book of customs…], translated by David Yellin. Published by the Jerusalem Chamber; printed by Rabbi Haim Hirshensohn, Jerusalem, 1899.
36 pp, 17 cm. Fair-good condition. Front cover and two first leaves are detached. Tears and creases to corners of leaves and cover (some open tears). Slight stains.
2-3. Sefer HaChukim Asher LeB'nai B'rith [book of regulations], "proofread and corrected at the organization's plenary session in New York on March 1-6, 1885", translated by David Yellin. Bound with: "Sefer HaChukim Lelishkat Yerushalayim mispar 376". "Proofread and corrected in meetings of the chamber members in 1894 by David Yellin" (Hebrew), Brothers Salomon printing press, Jerusalem, 1912.
23, [1]; 24, [2] pp, 16 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Creases at corners and margins of leaves. No cover.
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Eight deeds of sale of property in Palestine, most from the Ottoman period. Jerusalem and other places, late 19th century until the 1930s. Arabic and a little Hebrew.
1-6. Six kushans (Ottoman land deeds) and Ottoman documents for transfer of property: * Document attesting to the transfer of a house in the Ohel Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem from Avraham Efendi, son of Yosef, to Eliyahu Barzani. Signed by witnesses, Mukhtars, officials and the bureau manager. Ca. 1902. * Scribe's authorization of the aforementioned document. * A deed documenting the transfer of an area in the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem from Ya'akov son of Shaya to Chaim son of Yehuda Eisenstein. Ca. 1905. * More.
7-8. "Transfer deed" and "Authorization certificate" by the Committee of the colony Zichron Ya'akov (printed one alongside the other on a large uncut sheet), documenting the sale of property for an engineer named Nachum Y. Vishno to R. Ze'ev Rogin and Moshe Valdenberg. The transfer deed bears the signature and ink-stamp of the seller and the authorization certificate is stamped by the Committee of Zichron Ya'akov and signed by the secretary and the chairman. 1937.
Enclosed: Eight small notes and stubs, handwritten and printed, in Arabic, Hebrew, Russian and English from various years; a permit by the State of Israel for a fruit and vegetable store in Jerusalem in 1952, printed and filled-in by hand. Bearing the stamp and signature of the appointed officials.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair-good condition.
1-6. Six kushans (Ottoman land deeds) and Ottoman documents for transfer of property: * Document attesting to the transfer of a house in the Ohel Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem from Avraham Efendi, son of Yosef, to Eliyahu Barzani. Signed by witnesses, Mukhtars, officials and the bureau manager. Ca. 1902. * Scribe's authorization of the aforementioned document. * A deed documenting the transfer of an area in the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem from Ya'akov son of Shaya to Chaim son of Yehuda Eisenstein. Ca. 1905. * More.
7-8. "Transfer deed" and "Authorization certificate" by the Committee of the colony Zichron Ya'akov (printed one alongside the other on a large uncut sheet), documenting the sale of property for an engineer named Nachum Y. Vishno to R. Ze'ev Rogin and Moshe Valdenberg. The transfer deed bears the signature and ink-stamp of the seller and the authorization certificate is stamped by the Committee of Zichron Ya'akov and signed by the secretary and the chairman. 1937.
Enclosed: Eight small notes and stubs, handwritten and printed, in Arabic, Hebrew, Russian and English from various years; a permit by the State of Israel for a fruit and vegetable store in Jerusalem in 1952, printed and filled-in by hand. Bearing the stamp and signature of the appointed officials.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair-good condition.
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
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Single handwritten leaf from a petition, apparently submitted to the officials of Baron Rothschild, signed by representatives of 10 settlements in Palestine. [Palestine, late 19th century or early 20th century]. French.
Single leaf, written on both sides. Written at the top of the leaf: "Veullez, Monsieur l'inspecteur general, soutenir notre suste demande" ["Please, the general inspector, support our just demand" in French]. Further in the leaf, appear the signatures of representatives of the committees of 10 settlements established during the first Aliya: Hadera, Zichron Ya'akov, Segera (Ilania), Yavniel, Mes'ha (Kfar Tavor), Melachamiya (Menachamiya), Rosh Pina, Mishmar HaYarden, Yesod HaMa'ala and Metula. Ink-stamps of all these settlements appear next to the signatures, with the exception of Mishmar HaYarden and Segera.
[1] leaf (written on both sides), 25.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Folding marks and creases. Tears to margins and along the folding marks (slightly affecting the writing), most reinforced with adhesive tape.
Single leaf, written on both sides. Written at the top of the leaf: "Veullez, Monsieur l'inspecteur general, soutenir notre suste demande" ["Please, the general inspector, support our just demand" in French]. Further in the leaf, appear the signatures of representatives of the committees of 10 settlements established during the first Aliya: Hadera, Zichron Ya'akov, Segera (Ilania), Yavniel, Mes'ha (Kfar Tavor), Melachamiya (Menachamiya), Rosh Pina, Mishmar HaYarden, Yesod HaMa'ala and Metula. Ink-stamps of all these settlements appear next to the signatures, with the exception of Mishmar HaYarden and Segera.
[1] leaf (written on both sides), 25.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Folding marks and creases. Tears to margins and along the folding marks (slightly affecting the writing), most reinforced with adhesive tape.
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
August 14, 2018
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Five single leaves and broadsides concerning mainly the purchase of lands in the Old City of Jerusalem and its surroundings. Jerusalem, 1908-1931.
1. "Kol Barama Nishma" – Appeal by rabbis to purchase lands in the vicinity of Rachel's Tomb. Jerusalem, 1908.
2-4. Three publications by Ramatayim Tzofim Society. Jerusalem, 1924-1931: "Call for Assistance"; "Summary of the Association's Spiritual Regulations"; "Circular Letter" (signed in print by Rabbi Amram Blau). Ramatayim Tzofim Society was founded by Rabbi Akiva Yosef Shlesinger and purchased many lands in north-west Jerusalem.
5. "Building Eretz Israel by Haredim", a detailed memorandum by Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Dsimitrowsky, rabbi in Nachalat Shiva neighborhood.
Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: half a broadside (lacking) announcing sale of plots by the "Tamoha" company, 1920s.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
1. "Kol Barama Nishma" – Appeal by rabbis to purchase lands in the vicinity of Rachel's Tomb. Jerusalem, 1908.
2-4. Three publications by Ramatayim Tzofim Society. Jerusalem, 1924-1931: "Call for Assistance"; "Summary of the Association's Spiritual Regulations"; "Circular Letter" (signed in print by Rabbi Amram Blau). Ramatayim Tzofim Society was founded by Rabbi Akiva Yosef Shlesinger and purchased many lands in north-west Jerusalem.
5. "Building Eretz Israel by Haredim", a detailed memorandum by Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Dsimitrowsky, rabbi in Nachalat Shiva neighborhood.
Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: half a broadside (lacking) announcing sale of plots by the "Tamoha" company, 1920s.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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"Book of regulations for the association of the Me'ah She'arim neighborhood in Jaffa, established on the 5th of Kislev 1912". Printed by Diskin-Steinfeld", Jaffa, 1914.
This booklet was apparently given to a person who purchased a plot in the Me'ah She'arim neighborhood of Tel Aviv (west of Kerem HaTeimanim and north of Menashiya). The neighborhood regulations appear on the first pages (members' property, construction laws, synagogues, assemblies and others), and on the last pages appear the name of the buyer – "The Savitzky Brothers", the payment and signatures of the neighborhood founders: Yitzchak Veisel, Moshe Aharon Pinto, Avraham Yisrael Azulai, Yechezkel Green and Ya'akov Mordechai Malchik. The first and last pages both bear the association's ink-stamp.
A folded map is enclosed at the end of the booklet: "Me'ah She'arim, plan of plots", printed by "the technical department of Hamisrad Haeretz-Israeli", with the area of the neighborhood divided into 100 plots.
9 printed pages + [1] folded map [the booklet contains many blank pages]. Booklet: 18 cm. Map: 32X56.5 cm. Stains and minor defects. The map is in fair-poor condition. Stains, creases, tears to margins and to folding creases. Long tear along the center from the left margins horizontally across the map, and a handwritten inscription at the botton. Damages, wear and rubbing to cover.
This booklet was apparently given to a person who purchased a plot in the Me'ah She'arim neighborhood of Tel Aviv (west of Kerem HaTeimanim and north of Menashiya). The neighborhood regulations appear on the first pages (members' property, construction laws, synagogues, assemblies and others), and on the last pages appear the name of the buyer – "The Savitzky Brothers", the payment and signatures of the neighborhood founders: Yitzchak Veisel, Moshe Aharon Pinto, Avraham Yisrael Azulai, Yechezkel Green and Ya'akov Mordechai Malchik. The first and last pages both bear the association's ink-stamp.
A folded map is enclosed at the end of the booklet: "Me'ah She'arim, plan of plots", printed by "the technical department of Hamisrad Haeretz-Israeli", with the area of the neighborhood divided into 100 plots.
9 printed pages + [1] folded map [the booklet contains many blank pages]. Booklet: 18 cm. Map: 32X56.5 cm. Stains and minor defects. The map is in fair-poor condition. Stains, creases, tears to margins and to folding creases. Long tear along the center from the left margins horizontally across the map, and a handwritten inscription at the botton. Damages, wear and rubbing to cover.
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Two building permits issued by the Municipal Corporation of Jerusalem, three sheets with architectural drawings and nine sheets with statical calculations for building additions to the house of the artist Ya'akov Eisenberg in "Neve Bezalel" neighborhood. Jerusalem, 1938. Hebrew and Arabic.
The "Neve Bezalel" neighborhood was found by Boris Schatz, director of "Bezalel", who was planning to settle the artists active in the school in its vicinity. The neighborhood was founded In 1924 and among its first inhabitants were artists Mordechai Ardon, Ya'akov Eisenberg, Moshe Murro and Yehye Yemini.
1-2. Two building permits issued by the Municipal Corporation of Jerusalem in February 1938; one permit for addition to the existing building and the other – permit for a temporary structure in the house of the artist Ya'akov Eisenberg in "Neve Bezalel" neighborhood in Jerusalem. Tri-lingual forms – Hebrew, English and Arabic – with details in Arabic and Hebrew about the planned changes to the building and the conditions of this permit filled in. Ink-stamped with the City's Engineer's Department stamp, Accounts Section stamp and the Sanitary Department stamp.
40X24 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Open tear to top left corner of the sheets. Filing hole. Creases. Ink is somewhat faded.
3-5. Three sheets with architectural drawings for building additions. The sheets are titled "Chazan-Levin Architects" and "Beit Y. Eisenberg Neve Bezalel, plan of additions" (in Hebrew and English; on one of them this title appears in English only). Stamped "Approved Plan" by the City Engineer's Department. The sheets are stapled together with the sheets appearing as items 6-14 hereunder.
53.5X37.5 cm. Two sheets in fair-good condition. Creases. Tears and open tears. Faded colors. Third sheets in poor condition. Numerous tears and large open tears. Creases. Margins of leaves are almost wholly lacking. Filing holes. Drawings in pen on back of sheets.
6-14. Sheet with mathematical calculations for the plans of additions to Ya'akov Eisenberg's house (stenciled). On the first leaf appears the title "Statical Calculation, House of Mr. Eizenberg, Neve Bezalel, Jerusalem". Ink stamped "Approved s[tatical] calculations" and "Applicant's copy". Sheets are stapled to the drawings in the previous paragraph.
21X34 cm. Fair-poor condition. Significant staining. Tears and open tears. Creases. Filing holes. One sheet is detached from the others.
The documents are inserted in the original folder bearing the titles "Building Permit folder" and "Applicant's Copy".
The "Neve Bezalel" neighborhood was found by Boris Schatz, director of "Bezalel", who was planning to settle the artists active in the school in its vicinity. The neighborhood was founded In 1924 and among its first inhabitants were artists Mordechai Ardon, Ya'akov Eisenberg, Moshe Murro and Yehye Yemini.
1-2. Two building permits issued by the Municipal Corporation of Jerusalem in February 1938; one permit for addition to the existing building and the other – permit for a temporary structure in the house of the artist Ya'akov Eisenberg in "Neve Bezalel" neighborhood in Jerusalem. Tri-lingual forms – Hebrew, English and Arabic – with details in Arabic and Hebrew about the planned changes to the building and the conditions of this permit filled in. Ink-stamped with the City's Engineer's Department stamp, Accounts Section stamp and the Sanitary Department stamp.
40X24 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Open tear to top left corner of the sheets. Filing hole. Creases. Ink is somewhat faded.
3-5. Three sheets with architectural drawings for building additions. The sheets are titled "Chazan-Levin Architects" and "Beit Y. Eisenberg Neve Bezalel, plan of additions" (in Hebrew and English; on one of them this title appears in English only). Stamped "Approved Plan" by the City Engineer's Department. The sheets are stapled together with the sheets appearing as items 6-14 hereunder.
53.5X37.5 cm. Two sheets in fair-good condition. Creases. Tears and open tears. Faded colors. Third sheets in poor condition. Numerous tears and large open tears. Creases. Margins of leaves are almost wholly lacking. Filing holes. Drawings in pen on back of sheets.
6-14. Sheet with mathematical calculations for the plans of additions to Ya'akov Eisenberg's house (stenciled). On the first leaf appears the title "Statical Calculation, House of Mr. Eizenberg, Neve Bezalel, Jerusalem". Ink stamped "Approved s[tatical] calculations" and "Applicant's copy". Sheets are stapled to the drawings in the previous paragraph.
21X34 cm. Fair-poor condition. Significant staining. Tears and open tears. Creases. Filing holes. One sheet is detached from the others.
The documents are inserted in the original folder bearing the titles "Building Permit folder" and "Applicant's Copy".
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Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
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Collection of photographs, postcards, real-photo postcards and printed cards, related to "Maccabi" and "Hapoel" sports clubs, and to sports competitions held in Palestine. Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem and other places, 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s (a number of items might be from the 1910s).
Among the items:
* Postcards with photographs of "Maccabi" conventions in the years 1929 and 1938; in one photograph appears the mayor of Tel Aviv Meir Dizengoff. * Printed cards with photographs from the first national conventions of "Hapoel" in Tel-Aviv, Succot, 1929. * Group photograph of "Maccabi" Tel-Aviv sportsmen. A dedication is printed on the back to the group coach, from 1926. * Postcard published by Moshe Ordmanm – "Maccabi" convention in Tel-Aviv. * Photograph of a football team in Hadera.* Photographs from a bicycle riding competition. * Postcard with a photograph from a football game between Beitar Tel-Aviv and Maccabi Netanya, 1946. And more.
Enclosed: a postcard printed towards the "Maccabi" convention in Czechoslovakia in 1929.The postcard was used and sent by mail.
Total of 35 items. Size and condition vary. Average size: 14X9 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Pen and pencil inscriptions on verso of photographs. Some tears and creases.
Among the items:
* Postcards with photographs of "Maccabi" conventions in the years 1929 and 1938; in one photograph appears the mayor of Tel Aviv Meir Dizengoff. * Printed cards with photographs from the first national conventions of "Hapoel" in Tel-Aviv, Succot, 1929. * Group photograph of "Maccabi" Tel-Aviv sportsmen. A dedication is printed on the back to the group coach, from 1926. * Postcard published by Moshe Ordmanm – "Maccabi" convention in Tel-Aviv. * Photograph of a football team in Hadera.* Photographs from a bicycle riding competition. * Postcard with a photograph from a football game between Beitar Tel-Aviv and Maccabi Netanya, 1946. And more.
Enclosed: a postcard printed towards the "Maccabi" convention in Czechoslovakia in 1929.The postcard was used and sent by mail.
Total of 35 items. Size and condition vary. Average size: 14X9 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Pen and pencil inscriptions on verso of photographs. Some tears and creases.
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Ten paper items printed on behalf of Maccabi Organization. Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem and other places, late 1910 to late 1940s.
Among the items:
* Maccabi, illustrated periodical for Physical Education matters, published four times a year, edited by Y. [Ya'akov] Wassermann. Published by "Merkaz ha'Maccabi' beRussia" [Maccabi in Russai], Odessa, [1918]. First year, booklet 1 (no additional booklets have been printed). Numerous illustrations and photographs.
* Regulations of the Maccabi Association in Palestine. M. Shoham press, Jaffa, [1927?]. A booklet with 99 regulations concerning the operations of the Maccabi organization in Palestine: name of the association, motto, duties and rights of members, finances, committee meetings and other subjects.
* "Hed HaMaccabi", a one-time publication (published by the Association for Gymnastics and Sports Maccabi, Palestine, with the support of "Brit Vatike 'HaMaccabi' Palestine"), edited by Yitzchak Korland. Tel-Aviv, [1934]. A booklet published on the occasion of the return of the Jewish delegation from the Western Asiatic Games in New Delhi – a competition sponsored by the Olympic Committee, with the participation of representatives from Afghanistan, India, Palestine, Persia and Ceylon (Sri-Lanka).
* Three member cards – Maccabi organization in Palestine: Card from 1927, in the name of Bunim Hezroni, football and handball player in Afula; card from 1928 in the name of Yitzchak Ziesling, one of Maccabi founders, chairman of Maccabi Israel and one of the Maccabiah organizers; card from 1938 in the name of Moshe Kassel, teacher and educator, founder of the first Volleyball team in Haifa.
* Three more issues of periodicals and a calendar for 1947, printed on behalf of Maccabi movement.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases and damage (mostly slight). Professionally restored tears to covers and to margins of some pages of the regulation brooklet and the "Maccabi, illustrated periodical" booklet.
Bottom margins of first leaf of "Hed HaMaccabi" are trimmed (slightly affecting text).
Among the items:
* Maccabi, illustrated periodical for Physical Education matters, published four times a year, edited by Y. [Ya'akov] Wassermann. Published by "Merkaz ha'Maccabi' beRussia" [Maccabi in Russai], Odessa, [1918]. First year, booklet 1 (no additional booklets have been printed). Numerous illustrations and photographs.
* Regulations of the Maccabi Association in Palestine. M. Shoham press, Jaffa, [1927?]. A booklet with 99 regulations concerning the operations of the Maccabi organization in Palestine: name of the association, motto, duties and rights of members, finances, committee meetings and other subjects.
* "Hed HaMaccabi", a one-time publication (published by the Association for Gymnastics and Sports Maccabi, Palestine, with the support of "Brit Vatike 'HaMaccabi' Palestine"), edited by Yitzchak Korland. Tel-Aviv, [1934]. A booklet published on the occasion of the return of the Jewish delegation from the Western Asiatic Games in New Delhi – a competition sponsored by the Olympic Committee, with the participation of representatives from Afghanistan, India, Palestine, Persia and Ceylon (Sri-Lanka).
* Three member cards – Maccabi organization in Palestine: Card from 1927, in the name of Bunim Hezroni, football and handball player in Afula; card from 1928 in the name of Yitzchak Ziesling, one of Maccabi founders, chairman of Maccabi Israel and one of the Maccabiah organizers; card from 1938 in the name of Moshe Kassel, teacher and educator, founder of the first Volleyball team in Haifa.
* Three more issues of periodicals and a calendar for 1947, printed on behalf of Maccabi movement.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Stains, creases and damage (mostly slight). Professionally restored tears to covers and to margins of some pages of the regulation brooklet and the "Maccabi, illustrated periodical" booklet.
Bottom margins of first leaf of "Hed HaMaccabi" are trimmed (slightly affecting text).
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About 100 letters, drafts, photographs, notebooks and paper items which belonged to the couple Yehiel and Chaya Gruenfeld, a physician and a nurse in "Hadassah" organization and in clinics in Jerusalem. Jerusalem and other places in Palestine and Europe, 1920s through 1950s. Polish, German, Hebrew and other languages.
Among others, the collection includes:
* Arm band for volunteers in "Hadassah". A blue fabric band with an embroidered red Star of David and "Yael [Yad Ezra LaChole] Hadassah".
* Certificate dated 4.1.1926, typewritten on official letterhead of Hadassah Medical Organization, indicating that "Yehiel Gruenfeld works in Rothschild hospital as a volunteer". Ink-stamped with the hospital's stamp.
* Three student cards in the name of Yehiel' Gruenfeld's, from his studies in Karl Franzens Universität, from the years 1919-1921 (different certificates). On each appears a photograph and personal details (behind one of the photographs appears a folded note with a poem handwritten in Hebrew).
* About 45 letters and drafts, most of them written by hand, sent to and from the Gruenfelds in different periods: four letters from physicians and directors in "Hadassah" hospital, on official stationery of "District Health Office, Jerusalem", concerning the work of Chaya Gruenfeld as a chief nurse in "Etzion" immigrants camp in 1950; draft of a telegram dated 7.7.1949 sent by Yehiel Gruenfeld to David Ben-Gurion "on behalf of Tobiansky-Gruenfeld families" in appreciation for "rehabilitating the name and honor of the commander Meir Tobianki" (Tobianski was executed after being found guilty of treason during the Independence War and was exonerated a few months later, with the support of David Ben-Gurion); tens of letters from family members and acquaintances (mostly in Polish and German, from the 1920s and 1930s), sent from different towns in Europe: Lublin, Zielona Góra, Radom, Warsaw and other places; more letters.
* Postcards, handwritten notes, about 25 photographs (most of them from the 1950s), ten bank notes and other items. Original envelopes are enclosed with some of the letters.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Among others, the collection includes:
* Arm band for volunteers in "Hadassah". A blue fabric band with an embroidered red Star of David and "Yael [Yad Ezra LaChole] Hadassah".
* Certificate dated 4.1.1926, typewritten on official letterhead of Hadassah Medical Organization, indicating that "Yehiel Gruenfeld works in Rothschild hospital as a volunteer". Ink-stamped with the hospital's stamp.
* Three student cards in the name of Yehiel' Gruenfeld's, from his studies in Karl Franzens Universität, from the years 1919-1921 (different certificates). On each appears a photograph and personal details (behind one of the photographs appears a folded note with a poem handwritten in Hebrew).
* About 45 letters and drafts, most of them written by hand, sent to and from the Gruenfelds in different periods: four letters from physicians and directors in "Hadassah" hospital, on official stationery of "District Health Office, Jerusalem", concerning the work of Chaya Gruenfeld as a chief nurse in "Etzion" immigrants camp in 1950; draft of a telegram dated 7.7.1949 sent by Yehiel Gruenfeld to David Ben-Gurion "on behalf of Tobiansky-Gruenfeld families" in appreciation for "rehabilitating the name and honor of the commander Meir Tobianki" (Tobianski was executed after being found guilty of treason during the Independence War and was exonerated a few months later, with the support of David Ben-Gurion); tens of letters from family members and acquaintances (mostly in Polish and German, from the 1920s and 1930s), sent from different towns in Europe: Lublin, Zielona Góra, Radom, Warsaw and other places; more letters.
* Postcards, handwritten notes, about 25 photographs (most of them from the 1950s), ten bank notes and other items. Original envelopes are enclosed with some of the letters.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
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Blue Box the Bold. Text and illustrations by Mordechai Wahrhaft, English translation by Lawrence Weston. Jerusalem: Reuven Mass, [1940s]. English.
Rhymed story by Mordechai (Amitai) Warhaft, translated from Hebrew to English, about the journeys of "Kufson Ben-Chayil" (JNF Blue Box character) in Palestine. Lithographic printing ("Grafika") in blue and orange.
22 pp, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains and slight damage to cover. Bound with a string.
Rhymed story by Mordechai (Amitai) Warhaft, translated from Hebrew to English, about the journeys of "Kufson Ben-Chayil" (JNF Blue Box character) in Palestine. Lithographic printing ("Grafika") in blue and orange.
22 pp, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains and slight damage to cover. Bound with a string.
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– Two editions – Palestine, 1940s
1. Palestine Directory, the Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine. Published by "The Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine", Tel Aviv, (1946). Hebrew and English.
24 pp, 351 columns, XXXV pp, [1] leaf, 372 columns, [1] leaf, 30 pp, VIII pp, 23.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears and open tears at margins of leaves. Detached leaves. Fragile paper. Scribbles in pen. Lacking spine. Margins of binding a worn and lacking. Sticker on the front binding.
2. Palestine Directory, Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine, Palestine address book. Published by "The Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine", Tel Aviv, (1948). Hebrew and English.
[4] leaves, 46 pp, 552 columns, XVI pp, [1] leaf, 5766 columns, 42 pp, VIII pp, [1] folded leaf, 23.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Spine mostly detached. Margins of binding are worn.
The books list companies, workshops, plants, professionals, societies and businesses in Palestine, in two parallel parts in Hebrew and English, with advertisements for companies in Palestine and abroad. The partition map – "Map of the Jewish State Following the UN Decision of 29.11.47" appears in the beginning of the 1948 edition (in both Hebrew and English parts) with an introduction on behalf of the Jewish Agency, praising the initiative of publishing this book and its importance for a country which leads a proper economic life.
1. Palestine Directory, the Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine. Published by "The Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine", Tel Aviv, (1946). Hebrew and English.
24 pp, 351 columns, XXXV pp, [1] leaf, 372 columns, [1] leaf, 30 pp, VIII pp, 23.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Tears and open tears at margins of leaves. Detached leaves. Fragile paper. Scribbles in pen. Lacking spine. Margins of binding a worn and lacking. Sticker on the front binding.
2. Palestine Directory, Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine, Palestine address book. Published by "The Register of Commerce and Industry in Palestine", Tel Aviv, (1948). Hebrew and English.
[4] leaves, 46 pp, 552 columns, XVI pp, [1] leaf, 5766 columns, 42 pp, VIII pp, [1] folded leaf, 23.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Spine mostly detached. Margins of binding are worn.
The books list companies, workshops, plants, professionals, societies and businesses in Palestine, in two parallel parts in Hebrew and English, with advertisements for companies in Palestine and abroad. The partition map – "Map of the Jewish State Following the UN Decision of 29.11.47" appears in the beginning of the 1948 edition (in both Hebrew and English parts) with an introduction on behalf of the Jewish Agency, praising the initiative of publishing this book and its importance for a country which leads a proper economic life.
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Fifteen books, calendars, compositions and periodicals about Palestine and its history. 1859-1950.
1. Yerushalayma! By Ludwig August Frankl. Vienna: Descendants of Israel Knopfflmacher bookstore press, [1859].
2. Yerushalayim, essays by Avraham Moshe Lunz. Vienna: Avraham Moshe Lunz, [1882].
3-7. Lu'ach Eretz Israel (Hebrew), calendars for the years 1895, 1896, 1905, 1911, 1913. Published by Avraham Moshe Lunz, Jerusalem.
8. Hachayim VeHateva, (Hebrew), by Dr. Y. L. Metmann. Published by Nature Society in Eretz Israel, Jaffa, [1909].
9. Akko, (Hebrew), Monograph by Aharon Ahronson. Hayishuv publishing, Tel-Aviv, [1925].
10. Yerushalayim, (Hebrew), Palestine Exploration Society, in memory of R' Avraham Moshe Lunz, edited by A. L. Sukenik and I. Peres. Published by "Darom" publishing house and bookstore, Jerusalem, [1928].
11. Edut BiYehosef, (Hebrew) expedition to Palestine in the years 1760-1762, by R' Yosef Sofer. Published by "Darom", Jerusalem, [1933].
12. Yerushalayim, (Hebrew), quarterly for the research of Jerusalem and its history, bound volume of issues. Published by Harav Kook Institute and the Palestine Institute for Folklore and Ethnology, Jerusalem, [1948].
13. Kivrei Avot, (Hebrew), the study of Jewish graves in Eretz Israel, by Dr. Michael Ben Ish Shalom. Published by Harav Kook Institute of World Mizrahi and the Eretz Israeli Institute for Folklore and Ethnology, Jerusalem, 1948.
14. Some principal Muslim religious buildings in Israel (Hebrew), by L. A. Meir, I. Pinkerfeld, H. Z. Hirsheberg, I. L. Maimon. Published by the Committee for the Preservation of Muslim Religious Buildings in the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Jerusalem, [1950]. Hebrew, Arabic and English.
15. Palestine 10 Pictures, painted by Ze'ev Raban. "Bezalel" Jerusalem. Tel-Aviv: "Sinai", [ca.1950]. Dedication handwritten by Raban, dated 1953.
15 books, size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Books were not thoroughly examined and are sold AS IS.
1. Yerushalayma! By Ludwig August Frankl. Vienna: Descendants of Israel Knopfflmacher bookstore press, [1859].
2. Yerushalayim, essays by Avraham Moshe Lunz. Vienna: Avraham Moshe Lunz, [1882].
3-7. Lu'ach Eretz Israel (Hebrew), calendars for the years 1895, 1896, 1905, 1911, 1913. Published by Avraham Moshe Lunz, Jerusalem.
8. Hachayim VeHateva, (Hebrew), by Dr. Y. L. Metmann. Published by Nature Society in Eretz Israel, Jaffa, [1909].
9. Akko, (Hebrew), Monograph by Aharon Ahronson. Hayishuv publishing, Tel-Aviv, [1925].
10. Yerushalayim, (Hebrew), Palestine Exploration Society, in memory of R' Avraham Moshe Lunz, edited by A. L. Sukenik and I. Peres. Published by "Darom" publishing house and bookstore, Jerusalem, [1928].
11. Edut BiYehosef, (Hebrew) expedition to Palestine in the years 1760-1762, by R' Yosef Sofer. Published by "Darom", Jerusalem, [1933].
12. Yerushalayim, (Hebrew), quarterly for the research of Jerusalem and its history, bound volume of issues. Published by Harav Kook Institute and the Palestine Institute for Folklore and Ethnology, Jerusalem, [1948].
13. Kivrei Avot, (Hebrew), the study of Jewish graves in Eretz Israel, by Dr. Michael Ben Ish Shalom. Published by Harav Kook Institute of World Mizrahi and the Eretz Israeli Institute for Folklore and Ethnology, Jerusalem, 1948.
14. Some principal Muslim religious buildings in Israel (Hebrew), by L. A. Meir, I. Pinkerfeld, H. Z. Hirsheberg, I. L. Maimon. Published by the Committee for the Preservation of Muslim Religious Buildings in the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Jerusalem, [1950]. Hebrew, Arabic and English.
15. Palestine 10 Pictures, painted by Ze'ev Raban. "Bezalel" Jerusalem. Tel-Aviv: "Sinai", [ca.1950]. Dedication handwritten by Raban, dated 1953.
15 books, size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Books were not thoroughly examined and are sold AS IS.
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