Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Three Catalogs of the Levant Fair – 1932, 1934, 1936

Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Three impressive catalogs of the Levant Fair in the 1930s. [Tel-Aviv, 1932-1936]. Hebrew, English and Arabic.
Catalogs of the first (1932), second (1934) and the third (1936) Levant Fair. With detailed lists of participating businesses, greetings from industrialists and politicians, pictures and plans of the pavilions, photomontages and dozens of illustrated advertisements.
Original covers, showing different versions of the Flying Camel (one of the cover-illustrations is signed in the plate: "Lachs" – Oskar Lachs).
Enclosed: an additional copy of the 1934 catalog.
Number of pages varies. Approx. 30.5 cm. Body of booklets in good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Two of the covers are in fair-good condition, with closed and open tears.
British Mandate for Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Israeli War of Independence, the State of Israel
British Mandate for Palestine, Illigal Immigration, British Detention Camps, The Israeli War of Independence, the State of Israel