Der idenshtat [the Jewish State], by Theodor Herzl. New York: M. Yankevich, no note of printing date.
Yiddish translation of the book "The Jewish State", the revolutionary book by Herzl, in which he draws his Zionist vision for a productive Jewish state in Palestine, and expresses his views about the future state.
Herzl's portrait is printed on the front cover, within a square frame, flanked by the flag of Israel, the flag of the United States and two Stars of David.
94 pp, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Slight defects. Hard cover, with original wrappers, tears and damage to binding. Last leaf and back cover are partly detached. Binding and front cover are slightly loose.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.

Postcard with photo of the synagogue in Posen and with the portraits of Herzl and David Wolfson. Published by J. Themal, Posen, [ca. 1920].
A postcard with a high-quality photo of the façade of the Posen synagogue. Printed on its top margins are portraits of David Wolfson and of Theodore Herzl (an unusual portrait). Sent from Posen in 1926.
9X14 cm. Small tear and few stains.

Four items with the portrait of Theodor Herzl.
1. Herzl's portrait, stencil print on board, Tel-Aviv, [first half of the 20th century]. Signed on the back with an ink-stamp "'Miniberg's Institute of Palestine Art, Tel-Aviv".
13.5X13 cm. Good condition. Defects to the paint and to the wood.
2. Herzl's Portrait, wood openwork [Israel, second half of the 20th century]. The work is placed on black background and attached to a wooden board also attached to a larger wooden board. Thick paper is mounted on the base board.
52.5X43 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Defects. Small breaks. Paper is peeling off the board.
3. Silhouettes for cutting. Published by Benjamin Barlevy, Tel-Aviv [ca. 1950s]. A sheet with two silhouette portraits for cutting – Theodor Herzl and Shaul Tchernichovsky. Instructions printed between the portraits: "place a black background (cloth or paper) under the picture ".
49.5X33 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears at margins of leaf.
4. "Hazon HaDorot, Mischak History". Illustrated packaging label for a game published by B. Barlevy, Tel-Aviv, [1950s]. Illustrated on the label are different Zionist motifs: Portrait of Theodor Herzl, Olim, Map of Israel and a woman flying the flag of Israel.
44X33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Slight tears at margins of sheet. Creases.

The United States of Israel. Poster designed by Studio Daf. Israel, [late 20th century]. English.
Poster designed like a dollar bill, with a portrait of Theodor Herzl in the center. Printed on top: "The United States of Israel, Including the Liberated (Occupied) Territories".
28.5X65 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears and pinholes. Open tears to bottom corners. Folding marks and creases. Stains.

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.