A letter and two booklets of the Hovevei Zion Association in England. London, 1880s-1890s. Hebrew and English.
A letter handwritten on the official stationery of the Hovevei Zion Association in London, "To the leaders of the community and to its rabbis". London, [1880s]. Hebrew.
The letter calls the leaders of the communities of England to establish associations of Hovevei Zion and support the settlers of Palestine: "And hereby we have come to ask you too, our honorable brothers, to awaken to the calling voice and establish in your city a Hovevei Zion association. And every man will donate money to the treasury of the association every year as his heart prompts him".
The letter was presumably written in proximity to the Katowice Conference (1884), where it was decided, among other things, to establish a central committee of all Hovevei Zion Associations which was to be named "Mazkeret Moshe". The letter refers to the members of Hovevei Zion Association in London, among them Kalman Wollrauch, who was the representative of the London Association to the Katowice Conference.
The lower part of the second page of the letter is cut out and missing (on it appeared, presumably, the signature of its senders).
[1] A folded leaf (two written pages. Part of the second page is missing), approx. 20x25cm. Good condition. Creases and stains (a large stain on the first page).
2. Eastern Palestine, A lecture delivered for the western tent of the Chovevi Zion Association by Claude Reignier Conder. London, Chovevei Zion Association, 1892. English.
A booklet containing the text of a lecture about Palestine delivered by the scholar Claude Reignier Conder to the Hovevei Zion Association of London in 1892.
Claude Reignier Conder (1848-1910) was a British soldier and explorer. During the 1870s, he headed a research expedition of the Palestine Exploration Fund which surveyed Palestine west to the Jordan River.
36 pp, 22cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to the cover.
3. Issue no. 9 of Palestina – the Chovevei Zion Quarterly. London: Chovevei Zion Association, September 1894. English.
The issue contains articles about the settlement of Palestine and about Hovevi Zion in Russia, quarterly reports, and more.
32 pp, 21cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears at the edges of several leaves. Creases, stains and tears to the cover.

MiMizrach… [From the East (First letter about Zionism)], by Yitzchak Ya'akov Reines – a printed pamphlet. Lida (Belarus), Kislev 1908.
An open letter by the chairman of the "HaMizrachi" movement, Yitzchak Ya'akov Reines, calling to increase the activity of the movement. In the letter, Reines summarizes his ideological conception, according to which religion and Zionism are interconnected. He emphasizes the two holy duties of the "HaMizrachi" movement: the first, "to disseminate Judaism among the Hebrew nation in general and its youth in particular"; and the second, "to make the best efforts to buy land in Palestine and make preparations for its settlement".
Yitzchak Ya'akov Reines (1839-1915), a Lithuanian rabbi, established the "Torah and Science" yeshiva which combined general studies with religious ones. He was an enthusiastic Chovev Zion (lover of Zion) and one of the founders of "HaMizrachi" movement. He was deeply affected by the Zionist-religious doctrine of Rabbi Zvi Kalischer and Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever.
[1] leaf (4 printed pages), 46x34.5cm. Good condition. Many stains. Fold lines. Creases and tears.

Eight postcards with pictures and illustrations related to Theodor Herzl. Various publishers, [the first decades of the 20th century].
1. Photographed postcard. The photograph depicts a woman wearing a cloak with a picture of Herzl alongside a procession of immigrants to Palestine and a headdress with the Hebrew inscription "If I forget thee Jerusalem may my right be forgotten". On verso, a stamp of the studio in Antwerp – "Kunst Photo Emile Closjans Antwerpen", and a letter from 1925.
2. A postcard published by the head office of the JNF in Köln, Germany – a profile portrait of Herzl, beside his composition "Der Judenstaat", and in the background a painting by S. Rouchomovsky depicting the daughter of Zion released from her chains, leading the Jewish nation to its country.
3. Undivided commemorative postcard, with Herzl's portrait and a quote from his speech at the Fourth Zionist Congress that took place in London.
4-6. Three undivided postcards published by "Zion", Vienna. Two of them depict Herzl and one depicts his study.
7. Die Kinder Dr. Theodor Herzl's, Hans, Pauline, Gertrude, a postcard with a picture of Herzl's children, with their Hebrew names: Shimon, Tirtzah and Frumah.
8. "Shanah Tovah" greeting postcard with Herzl's portrait.
Average size: 9x14cm. Condition varies.