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Fink, Reuben (editor) . AMERICA AND PALESTINE
NY 1944 American Zionist Emergency Council. The attitude of official America and of the American people toward the rebulding of Palestine as a free and Democratic Jewish Commonwealth. 8vo., 522pp., index. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a11773)
$22.00 Jerusalem . PICTORIAL PLAN (MAP) 1930
Zinc. Pikovsky. Copyright by S. Spiyridon, Jerusalem. Printed by Goldberg's Press, Jerusalem. Opens to 12x15 icnhes. Map folded up into paper wraps cover. Printed in yellow, green and black. Verso of map has facts about history, population, hotels, stores, services, etc. in Jerusalem. Fine in VG cover. (a12230)
$40.00 Ziman, Joshua . REVIVAL OF PALESTINE
NY 1946 Sharon. Small octavo, 192pp., charts, tables, maps on endpapers, hardcover. Good, leaves a bit browned, light wear, no DJ. (a12825)
$23.00 Feuer, Leon . WHY A JEWISH STATE (SIGNED)
NY 1942 1st Richard R. Smith. Intrduction by Abba Hillel Silver. Octavo, 94pp., red cloth hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Feuer. VG, no DJ. (a12826)
$30.00 Rothenberg, Beno . LAND OF ISRAEL
Jerusalem 1962 2nd Schoken. 4to., 144 photo illus., 16 full color plates. VG in worn, torn DJ. (a12929)
$35.00 Preiss, Ludwig and Paul Rohrbach . PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDANIA
NY 1926 (1925) Macmillan. 4to., 214 photogravures with 21 colored plates. Orbis Terrerum type presentation with full page plates and titles in French German and English beneath each image. Institution bookplate, numbers on spine removed (slight residue). VG, light cover wear. no DJ. (a12952)
$110.00 Glaser, Leon S. . FROM MOSCOW TO JERUSALEM THE MORALE PERISHES, LIFE-STORY (in Hebrew)
NY 1938 2nd Max Jankowitz. Translated from German by Isaac Singer. In Hebrew. A captivating narrative, a gripping true story...(of) the Russian Revolution in which the author took an active part. His evolution from a military commander in the Red Army to an ardent believer in the upbuilding of Palestine as a Jewish National Home. Octavo, photo illustrations, hardcover. VG in Good DJ, some wrinkling and fraying of top edge. Orange pictorial jacket by David Freidlander. (a13037)
$49.00 Casparius, Hans . DAS PALASTINA-BILDER-BUCH
Leipzig 1934 Tal. Vorwort und Text zu den Bildern von Arthur Rundt. In German. Large octavo, 96 photographien by Casparius, paper covered boards with cloth spine. Good, cover stained, somewhat worn. (a13038)
$42.00 Reboul, Antoine . THOU SHALT NOT KILL
Phillips NY 1969. 157pp. VG-fine, DJ has 1/2" chip on top of spine.Novel of 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Winner Grand Prize of the Salon de L'Enfance, 1968. Translated by Stephanie Craig. (a16474)
$30.00 (caricature and cartooning) . CARICATURES FROM THE WORLD PRESS: OIL. ARAB TERROR, DETENTE; CARTOONS FROM THE WORLD PRESS: ARAB TEROR, PEACEMAKING,OIL
1974 Israel Information Center. 2 volumes. 4to., 31pp. 21pp., wraps. Fine. 2 volumes. (a17404)
$35.00 Viteles, Harry and Khalil Totah (editors) . PALESTINE A DECADE OF DEVELOPMENT
NY 1932 The Annnals of American Academy of Political and Social Science. Vol. 164. 8vo., 283pp., index, wraps. Good, some chipping, tearing and wear on cover. (a18635)
$35.00 Sadka, Tova Murad . NO WAY BACK
1984 1st Exposition Press of Florida. Fiction about the downfall of a Jewish communist in the Arab world. Hardcover. Octavo, 180pp., cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a18762)
$23.00 Hobman, J. B. (editor) . PALESTINE'S ECONOMIC FUTURE A REVIEW OF PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS
London 1946 Percy Lund Humphreys. Sm4to., 310pp. plus advertisements, many photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, a bit shaken, minor wear, no DJ. (a18885)
$36.00 Lazar, Chaim . DESPITE IT ALL
NY 1984 Shengold. ISBN 0-88400-106-7. History of illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine. Octavo, hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a19439)
$48.00 Prittie, Hon. Terence and Bernard Dineen . THE DOUBLE EXODUS A STUDY OF ARAB AND JEWISH REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Kent, England no date (c.1970 from text) Goodhart Press. Foreword by Philip Goodhart. Wraps. VG. (a19945)
$40.00 Mundlak, Yair . LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN ISRAEL- VOL 1: GENERAL VIEW AND SUMMARY
Jerusalem 1964 Falk Project. "With Projections of Population and Income" by Nadav Halevi. 224pp., index. Fine in Fair DJ, large chip on front. (a20367)
$30.00 Palestine Almanac . MOLEDETH PALESTINE ALMANAC 1946/7
Tel Aviv 5707 Lion. Edited by I. Tchernovitz; English editor Sylvia Satten. 12mo., 127pp., wraps. Good, minor wear. (a21239)
$26.00 Palestine . PALESTINE ECONOMIQUE 1936
Paris 1936. Numero Special des Cahiers Juifs. In French. Natural resources, kibbutz, labor, tourism, agriculture, industry. Octavo, 444pp., photos, foldout map, wraps. A few library stamps in text. VG, light wear. (a22018)
$55.00 Stein, Leonard . MEMORANDUM ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON THE PALESTINIAN DISTURBANCES OF AUGUST 1929
London 1930 The Jewish Agency for Palestine. 8vo., 111pp., wraps. VG, minor fading, soiling. (a24118)
$120.00 (zionism) . MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PERMANENT MANDATES COMMISSION
London 1924. A full report by the Zionist Organisation of its work to date, undertaken as the Mandates Commision was about to review the situation in Palestine. 4to., 24pp., wraps. VG, minor wear. (a24119)
$220.00 (zionism) . PALESTINE AN AUTHORITATIVE SURVEY
London 1936 League Against Imperialism. Soviet front group, proposes the Birobidjan solution to the Jewish Question and an Arab-Jewish Worker's State in Palestine with restricted immigration. 8vo., 27pp., wraps. VG, right margin of front sunned. (a24136)
$45.00 Landau, Jacob M. . THE ARABS IN ISRAEL A POLITICAL STUDY
London 1970 Oxford. 300pp., map, index. Fine in VG DJ. (a25314)
$50.00 Nimrod, Dan . PEACE NOW: BLUEPRINT FOR NATIONAL SUICIDE
Quebec 1984 Dawn Collector's Library. 'A Jewish response to Peace Now, an Israeli based anti-government organization.' 8vo., 302pp., wraps. Bookplate torn out from inside front cover leaving rubbed area. Near VG, light soiling on rear cover. (a27606)
$29.00 Canaan, Gershon E. . REBUILDING THE LAND OF ISRAEL
NY 1954 Architectural Book Co. 4to., 205pp., photo illus., index. Good, slight water wrinkling on lower edge of all text pages, no DJ.G (a27914)
$30.00 Bartlett, Professor S.C. . THE EXODUS OF ISRAEL
NY 1880. in The North American Review, July 1880, at pp. 26-43. The Exodus from a scientific point of view. Whole issue comprises pp.1-88. 8vo., wraps. VG, minor wear. (a29062b)
$50.00 Hart, W. E. . DEFENCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST
London n.d (c.1947) Printed for the Author. Military strategy, urges reliance on Jews for Britsh defense of Middle East. 12mo., 16pp., stiff wraps. Good, slight browning of pages, verical fold on front. (a30314)
$45.00 (israel) . TORAH AND LIFE IN MODERN ISRAEL
Tel Aviv 1958. Limited Edition. 4to., 125pp., photo illus., spiral bound with red velvet exterior. Gift inscription, signed and dated on the opening blank. Good, velvet split about 3 inches along outer hinge, a few stains on front. (a30317)
$40.00 Glikson, Artur . PLANNED REGIONAL SETTLEMENT PROJECTS COMPARATIVE STUDY: BACKGROUND, EXPERIENCE, NEW TRENDS
Jerusalem 1970. Regional development in Crete. Hardcover. 4to., 209pp. in English, 49pp. in Hebrerw, photo illustrations, foldout table, 49pp. in Hebrew, cloth. Laid in is an original photograph of Spina Longa, Crete - photograph is ***inscribed, dated (1964) and signed by Glikson. VG in Fair DJ, worn, torn. (a31950)
$44.00 Federici, Tomasso . ISRAELE VIVO
Turen 1962. Quaderni Missionari. In Italian. 8vo., 190pp., wraps. Good, a bit soiled, light wear. (a33090)
$40.00 Dunner, Joseph . THE REPUBLIC OF ISRAEL ITS HISTORY AND ITS PROMISE (signed)
NY 1950 McGraw. Octavo, 269pp., wraps. **Inscribed presentation copy from Dunner. Good. (a34019)
$28.00 Weisgal, Meyer W. (editor) . CHAIM WEIZMANN
NY 1944 Dial. 8vo., 340pp. Inscribed and signed by Weisgal. Good, a bit shaken, no DJ. (a34021)
$30.00 Ewald, Heinrich . THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL
London 1869-1886. Edited with preface and appendix by Russell Martineau. 8 matching maroon cloth hardcover volumes. octavo, about 400pp. per volume. Ex-college library, with usual spine numbers, stamps, bookplates and pockets. Good, wear to cloth; backstrips faded, spine ends worn; internally text is VG plus, clean and binding secure. (a34049)
$365.00 (israel) . WHO ARE THE TERRORISTS? ASPECTS OF ZIONIST AND ISRAELI TERRORISM
Beirut 1972. 8vo., 74pp., wraps. VG, light soiling. (a36700)
$30.00 Schachter, Rabbi Herschel . LAND FOR PEACE A HALACHIC PERSPECTIVE
Staten Island 1988. in the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Number XVI at pp. 72-95. Whole issue has several articles. VG. (a39137b)
$35.00 Jansen, G. H. . ZIONISM , ISRAEL AND ASIA NATIONALISM
Beirut 1971 Institute for Palestine Studies. 8vo., 347pp., boards. VG, light cover wear.Scarce. (a39454)
$55.00 Soloway, Arnold M. . THE ROLE OF ARAB POLITICAL CULTURE AND HISTORY IN THE CONFLICT WITH ISRAEL
NY 1985. Problems of Middle East Peace Making Study Paper No. 1. 8vo., 48pp., maps, wraps. Good, rear wrap cover a bit water wrinkled. (a39466)
$30.00 (jerusalem) . DATA AND PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE JERUSALEM CONFERENCE
Jerusalem 1953. Lg.8vo., 226pp., illus., maps in rear pocket. Good, spine chipped, wraps worn and soiled, light wrinkling along lower margin of pages. (a39485)
$30.00 Niv, David . THE IRGUN ZVAI LEUMI PART FIVE (IN HEBREW)
Tel Aviv 1976. In Hebrew. Lg.8vo., 415pp., illus., boards. Good, new endpapers, in Good DJ, some wear. (a40081)
$45.00 Stockman-Shomron, Israel (editor) . ISRAEL THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE GREAT POWERS
Jerusalem 1984 1st Shikmona. Studies in the Contemporary History and Politics of the Middle East and the Arab-Israel Conflict. 8vo., 389pp., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ. (a40559)
$25.00 Atkinson, Dr. Henry A. (et al) . SECURITY AND THE MIDDLE EAST THE PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL, 1954
NY 1954. 8vo., 159pp., wraps. VG. (a40560)
$50.00 (palestinians) . DEPORTATION OF PALESTINIANS FROM THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND THE MASS DEPORTATION OF DECEMBER 1992
Jerusalem 1993 B'Tselem. 8vo., 151pp., wraps. Fine. (a40563)
$35.00 Almogi, Yosef . TOTAL COMMITMENT
NY 1982 Cornwall. Translated from the Hebrew. 8vo., 318pp., hardcover. Signed by Almogi. VG in Good DJ, some chipping. (a40565)
$35.00 Carr, Katherine et al . CONTROVERSY IN THE MIDDLE EAST U.N .RESOLUTION 242 AND THE OCTOBER WAR
NY 1974. Documents and analysis prepared by the Arab-Israeli Research and Relations Project. IDOC No. 59. 4to., 89pp., wraps. Good, wraps a bit soiled. (a41177)
$45.00 Arian, Asher and Michael Shamir . THE ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL 1992
Albany 1995 SUNY. 8vo., 326pp., index, printed boards. VG, small scuff on front, no DJ. (a41274)
$30.00 Ruedy, John; Abu-Lughod, Janet . DYNAMICS OF LAND ALIENATION (IN PALESTINE); THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSFORMATION OF PALESTINE
Evanston 1971. Two articles from the Transformation of Palestine, bound in one offprint. 8vo., pp.119-163, wraps. Good, lightly wrinkled throughout, small light stain on front. (a41282)
$35.00 (zionism) . REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL (JEWISH NATIONAL FUND) FOR THE PERIOD 5700-5706 (OCTOBER, 1939 TO SEPTEMBER, 1946)
Jerusalem 1946. Submitted to the 22nd Zionist Congress, Basle Switzerland, December 9th, 1946. In English. Octavo, 127pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, light wear. (a41688)
$85.00 (zionism) . SESSION OF THE ZIONIST GENERAL COUNCIL THIRD SESSION AFTER THE 25TH ZIONIST CONGRESS ADDRESSES, DEBATES, RESOLUTIONS
Jerusalem 1962. 8vo., 346pp., wraps. VG, backstrip worn. (a41694)
$45.00 Ben-Zevie, I. . THE MOSLEM WORLD AND THE ARAB WORLD
Jerusalem 1937. 8vo., 30pp., wraps. Good, a few chips on wraps, some pencil lines in margins. (a41741)
$40.00 (zionims) . THE ROLE AND THE FUNCTION OF THE ZIONIST CONGRESS
Jerusalem 1951 Keren Hayesod. 12mo., 19pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a41752)
$28.00 Weizmann, Dr. Chaim . THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND PALESTINE
Jerusalem 1936. Statement made before the Palestine Royal Commission in Jerusalem on Nvemeber 25th 1936. Lg.8vo., 30pp., wraps. Good, a few chips on wraps. (a41755)
$45.00 Katzenelson-Rubashow, Rachel . THE PLOUGH WOMAN RECORDS OF THE PIONEER WOMEN OF PALESTINE
NY 1932 Brown. Translated to English by Maurice samuel. 8vo., 306pp., monochrome photo illus., mounted spine label, hardcover. Signed and dated (Tel Aviv, July 28, 1938) by Rubashow. VG, spine label a bit chipped, light wear, no DJ. (a41793)
$75.00 Sykes Christopher . TWO STUDIES IN VIRTUE
London 1953 Collins. A study of the religious movements of the 19th century and a study of the origins of the Balfour Declaration of 1917. 8vo., 256pp., photo illus., hardcover. Good, spine ends and corners worn, no DJ. (a41816)
$35.00 Herzl, Theodor . EL ESTADO JUDIO
Buenos Aires 1944. Prologo Dr. Chaim Weizmann. In Spanish. 8vo., 116p., originial decorated dust jacket on original wraps. Gooid, some fraying on all edges of wraps. (a42068)
$65.00 Edmunds, June . THE LEFT AND ISRAEL PARTY-POLICY CHANGE AND INTERNAL DEMOCRACY
2000 1st Macmillan. 8vo., 221pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a42342)
$45.00 Spiro, George . ON THE DEFENSE OF THE JEWS OF ISRAEL (A LETTER TO CHARLES KINBAR)
NY 1980. 8vo., 24pp., wraps. Fine. (k1148)
$30.00 (zionism) . FORUM FOR THE PROBLEMS OF ZIONISM, WORLD JEWRY AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL VOLUME 1 DECEMBER 1953
Jerusalem 1953 World Zionist Organization. Lg.8vo., 201pp., wraps. Good, light wear and chipping on spine, owner name partly erased on front. (a46221)
$45.00 (israel) . THE ATLANTIC. ISRAEL A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
Bsoton 1961. This is a single monthly issue of The Atlantic, which includes a 66 page special supplement on Israel. VG. (a51163)
$40.00 Herzl, Theodore . THEODOR HERZLS TAGEBUCHER: 1895 - 1904. TWO VOLUMES (OF 3). ERSTER BAND ; ZWEITE BAND
Berlin 1922, 1923 Judischer Verlag. 2 volumes of 3. In German. Large octavos, 647pp., frontis portrait, 619pp., frontis portrait, uniformly bound in 1/2 vellum and marbled boards. Good, corners a bit worn, small dent on edge of volume 1, some old dry damp wrinkling on final few leaves and light stain on rear blank and rear cover of volume 2. Two volumes (of 3). (a51338)
$185.00 (middle east) . THE MIDDLE EAST NEWSLETTER 1973-1974 (6 ISSUES)
Beirut 1973, 1974. The Americans for Justice in the Middle East an anti-Israel, anti-Zionist group. Volume VII, Nos 1, 2, 3 ,4. Volume VIII, Nos. 1, 2. Covers the Yom-Kippur war, and various terrorist attacks and the Israeli response. Threats of suicide bombing using commercial airliners. 4to., original covers, bound in buckram. Institution stamp on fore-edges, and on covers. VG. (a53417)
$75.00 Krout, John (editor) . INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
1952. Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science Vol. XXIV. 8vo., 133pp., wraps. VG. (a57103)
$35.00 Gruber, Ruth . DESTINATION PALESTINE THE STORY OF THE HAGANAH SHIP EXODUS 1947
NY 1948 1st Current. 8vo.,, 128pp., monochrome photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, cover faded and spottedm no DJ. (a57753)
$20.00 Voss, Carl Hermann . THE PALESTINE PROBLEM TODAY; ISRAEL AND ITS NEIGHBORS
Boston 1953 The Beacon Press. 8vo., 64pp., original decorated hardcover. inscribed and signed by Voss on the front free blank. Good, a bit soiled, head of spine lightly worn, no DJ. (a58391)
$30.00 Glick, Edward B. . LATIN AMERICA AND THE PALESTINE PROBLEM
NY 1958 1st Herzl Foundation. Hardcover. Octavo., 199pp., index, hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a58467)
$50.00 Jung, Leo (editor) . ISRAEL OF TOMORROW
NY 1046 Herald Square. Lg.8vo., 501pp., hardcover. Inscribed and signed Jung on the front free blank. VG, spine lettering faded, no DJ, (a58568)
$90.00 (zionism) . ZIONIST NEWSLETTER - VOLUME III JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1951 (ISSUES 9-27)
Jerusalem 1951. 19 issues bound in one volumes. Octavo, buckram hardcover. A few pages have pencil underlining or margin checks. Good, leaves browned but not brittle. (a63542)
$125.00 Kurland, Samuel . BILUIM PIONEERS OF ZIONIST COLONIZATION
NY 1943 Hechalutz Organization of America. Small octavo, 78pp., original printed wraps. Good, light wear and light soiling. (a74876)
$75.00 (palestine) . PALESTINE LABOUR'S CASE BEFORE THE ROYAL COMMISSION
London 1937 Palestine labour Studies Group. 12mo., 124pp., original wraps. VG. (a74915)
$45.00 (zionism) . FICTION AND TRUTH A REPLY TO THE ATTACKS OF THE JEWISH BUNDISTS ON THE JEWISH CONFERENCE AND ZIONISM
NY no date (1940s) Proletarian Thought. In Yiddish with Hebrew script. 12mo. 93p., wraps. wraps. VG. (a74917)
$50.00 (zionism) . THE LAST STAND JEWISH RESISTANCE IN NAZI EUROPE AND THE ROLE OF THE LABOR ZIONIST MOVEMENT
April 1944 Poale Zion Organization of America. Small octavo, 43pp., original wraps. Good plus, cover faded and toned, light bumping of a few corners. (a74919)
$43.00 Locker, Berl . THE JEWS AND PALESTINE HISTORICAL CONNECTION AND HISTORIC RIGHT
London 1938. Translated from Yiddish by joseph Leftwich. 12mo., 31pp., wraps. VG. Scarce. (a74920)
$89.00 Liebenstein, E . THE TRUTH ABOUT REVISIONISM INCLUDING A REVISIONIST SELF-PORTRAIT BY ITS OWN LEADERSHIP
NY 1935 1st Zionist Socialist Party (Poale Zion). Octavo, 54pp., wraps. VG. (a74921)
$55.00 (palestine) . A MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED BY THE ARAB HIGHER COMMITTEE TO THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON JANUARY 11th 1937
Jerusalem 1937 Modern Press. Octavo, 13pp., original wraps. VG. (a74934)
$80.00 (zionism) . POLICY IN PALESTINE DESPATCH ...1937..FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR PALESTINE
London 1938 HMO. Octavo, 12pp., wraps. VG. (a74935)
$45.00 Sidebotham, Herbert . BRITISH INTEREST IN PALESTINE
London 1934 1st London Caledonian Press Limited. Octavo, 44pp., original printed blue wraps. Good, front cover chipped, rear cover worn. (a76428)
$150.00 Granovsky, A . LAND AND THE JEWISH RECONSTRUCTION IN PALESTINE
Jerusalem 1931 1st Palestine and Near East Publications. 12mo., 202pp., two foldout charts: Acquisitions of Land by the Kren Kayemeth and Divisiion of Land Holdings, original wraps. Good, a bit toned overall. (a81221)
$88.00