Category: 20th Century Judaica

1950s SUPER, ORIGINAL EARLY STATE OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES TRAINING NOTE BOOKS MAKING FOR AN UNUSUAL AND UNIQUE HISTORY OF WEAPONRY AND ARMS THE YOUNG STATE HAD TO SCAVENGE FROM POST WAR EUROPE

Price: $5,255.99

Publisher: ISRAEL, : 1950

Seller ID: 0008196

Condition: Fair

On offer are three [3] manuscript notebooks in Hebrew handwritten in 1950s by Abraham Greenberger with notes on use of various types of weapons used by the fledgling IDF, Israeli Defence Forces. They are regular 24-page school notebooks measuring 8.2' x 6.5', and 100%, 45%, and 12% complete. The pages are yellowed, covers of two notebooks are torn and detached, half of the last page in one of the notebooks is torn out and missing. The handwriting is very legible. It seems from the context that he probably was taking a course for firearm instructors - two of the books have the structure of less...
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1966 ORIGINAL HAND DRAWN POSTCARD WITH HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NOTE TO DEAR ELSIE

By: ARNOLD DAGHANI

Price: $549.99

Publisher: SUSSEX ENGLAND ROMANIA ISRAEL, : 1966

Seller ID: 000933

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an original Arnold Daghani 4 x 5.5 inch postcard style hand drawn work of art on paper with a handwritten English language note to "Dear Elsie" and being a birthday greeting to an intimate friend dated January 31st, 1966. Signed 'Daghani' in block letters on the front top edge of the artwork. VG.; English; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; ART, ARTISTS, ROMANIA, HUNGARY, HOLOCAUST, SURVIVOR, PRISONER, AUTOGRAPH, JEWISH, HEBREW, YIDDISH, JUDAICA, AUTHOR, WRITER, HOLOGRAPH, SIGNED, POETRY, POET, Hand Written, Personal, Memoir, Handwritten, hand written, autograph, autographs, signed, lette...
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c1950s HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL, SKETCHBOOK AND PERSONAL DIARY OF NOTED ARTIST, POET, AUTHOR AND SURVIVOR OF THE HOLOCAUST INCLUDING TWO [2] SELF PORTRAITS

By: ARNOLD DAGHANI

Price: $5,549.99

Publisher: SUSSEX ENGLAND ROMANIA ISRAEL, : 1955

Seller ID: 000924

Condition: Good+ in Good dust jacket

On offer is a remarkable original handwritten personal diary, workbook and artist sketch book of Arnold Daghani. The green leather book is written in long hand English and contains original literary works; poems, short stories, musings and references to his works plus much, much more with most of them dated 1955 through 1958. At the end a story titled "Noodles and Buttons in Cakes of Soap", it says this story was in 1946 awarded the one and only prize for stories then under the title of the "Yellow Bridge". On the two first pages there is an ink self portrait of a young Daghani...
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c1950s ORIGINAL HAND DRAWN ART WITH HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NOTE ON THE REVERSE

By: ARNOLD DAGHANI

Price: $949.99

Publisher: SUSSEX ENGLAND ROMANIA ISRAEL, : 1955

Seller ID: 000930

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an original undated Arnold Daghani 8 x 5.5 inches hand drawn work of art on paper with a German language note to a friend requesting in part that he make a charitable donation of 25 pounds in Daghani's name when he is in Cambridge verso. Signed 'Daghani'. VG.
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ISRAEL UND SEIN LAND with Facsimile Holograph Forward By Albert Einstein

By: CHAIM WEIZMANN

Price: $89.99

Publisher: London England, Keren Hajessod : 1924

Seller ID: 0001009

Condition: Good

Israel und sein Land. Reden und Ansprachen. Mit einem Geleitwort von Albert Einstein. General signs of ageing and some dingage and rubbing to the edges. Otherwise G+.; German Language; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Judaica, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, Manuscrito,
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c1970s ARCHIVE OF TYPED LETTERS SIGNED, EPHEMERA AND GREETINGS FROM FAMED GERMAN PHILOSOPHER TO FAMED RABBI AND GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST FREDERICK SOLOMON

By: HANS MARGOLIUS

Price: $985.99

Publisher: : 1970

Seller ID: 0MV484

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Very Good

HANS MARGOLIUS [1902-1984] German philosopher. On offer is an archive of five [5] TLS circa 1970s; 4 signed Jewish Passover cards; plus some printed material by or about Margolius [in German]. The letters are in German but mailed from Florida. To Frederick Solomon [1899-1980] Rabbi German Expressionist artist. Included is 1958 exhibition catalog of Solomon's exhibition at the Museo Nacional in Cuba. Very rare.
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DER RABBI VON BACHERACH

By: HEINE, Heinrich

Price: $6,995.99

Publisher: Berlin, Propyläen-Verlag : 1923

Seller ID: 000435

Binding: Leather Spine, Tips

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

A MASTERPIECE OF BOOK DESIGN, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FINE PRESS BOOKS, AND A HIGH POINT OF GERMAN AND FRENCH LITERARY AND ARTISTIC TRADITIONS Number 117 of 400. No copies in 30 years in the American auction records. 17 Original Lithographs, signed twice by Max Liebermann and numbered. Book: HEINE, Heinrich. DER RABBI VON BACHERACH. Propyläen-Verlag, Berlin, 1923. Folio. With 17 ORIGINAL Lithographs by Max Liebermann. 1/2 Black Morocco and boards. This copy SIGNED TWICE, as usual on limitation, and additionally (not in all copies) on frontispiece lithograph. Minor spotting and soiling to bei...
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1998-2008 ARCHIVE OF EIGHT [8] HANDWRITTEN AND TYPED LETTERS AND POSTCARD FROM THREE [3] NOTED CANADIAN POETS TO POLISH-CANADIAN POET AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SAM SIMCOVITCH - SUPER CANADIAN POETRY CONTENT

By: KEN SHERMAN, RAYMOND SOUSTER, JAMES DEAHL

Price: $859.99

Publisher: TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA, : 1998

Seller ID: 000918

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a super archive of correspondence all sent to Samuel Simcovitch, noted Polish-Canadian author, poet, translator, Yiddish revivalist and Holocaust survivor. Three of his friends, all noted Canadian poets in their own right send personal letters of intimate content, familial and relating to their shared art and talent of writing. Inventory as follows: James Deahl: TLS dated 1.3.99, 2pp, signed 'James'; TLS dated 1.30.98 1 pp signed 'James'; TLS dated 3.24.08 1 pp signed 'James; Ken Sherman: TLS undated 1 pp signed 'Ken"; oversized postcard signed 'Ken': Ray Souster TLS dated 5.29...
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1987 ORIGINAL HAND DRAWN RAOUL WALLENBERG MEMORIAL COVER SIGNED BY MENACHEM BEGIN HERO AND FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL

By: MENACHEM BEGIN

Price: $659.99

Publisher: New York NY, : 1987

Seller ID: 00MV184

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an original 1987 hand-colored Raoul Wallenberg event cover signed 'M. Begin' by Menachem Begin [1913-1992] Israeli politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the first Likud Prime Minister of Israel. Prior to the organization's dissolution at the founding of the State of Israel, he was also head of the Zionist underground group Irgun. VG.
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Image for 1936 ORIGINAL PRE STATE OF ISRAEL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND SCHOOL NOTEBOOKS [3] HANDWRITTEN BY DAVID BEN GURION, THE FOUNDING FATHER OF ISRAEL'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER

1936 ORIGINAL PRE STATE OF ISRAEL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND SCHOOL NOTEBOOKS [3] HANDWRITTEN BY DAVID BEN GURION, THE FOUNDING FATHER OF ISRAEL'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER

By: RENANA BEN GURION [LESHEM]

Price: $6,455.99

Publisher: TEL AVIV JERUSALEM SDE BOKER, : 1936

Seller ID: 0002435

Condition: Good+

On offer is a super group of four [4] original pre State of Israel notebooks three [3] for school; history, chemistry, religious studies and a personal 14 page 8 x 6 inch diary [1] handwritten by 10 year old Renana Ben Gurion beloved youngest daughter to the hero of Israel's Independence David Ben Gurion. The books offer an unusual insight to both this young girl's early life and the state of education in the pioneer era. Historians and researchers will also recognize the diary as an unparalleled look into this young girl's life; what appears to be an idyllic life of carefree times with the ba...
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1940 SUPER, ORIGINAL PRE-STATE OF ISRAEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG IMMIGRANT GIRL DETAILING A FULL AND COMPLETE LIFE IN THE HOLY LAND WHILE THE DARK, DESTRUCTIVE BACK DROP OF WWII LOOMS

By: RUTH ASCHNER

Price: $5,855.99

Publisher: HAIFA, ISRAEL, : 1936

Seller ID: 0008193

Condition: Good

On offer is a notebook and diary In Hebrew authored by Ruth Aschner, a daughter of German refugees who came to Israel in mid-1930s. The notebook measures 8,1' x 6,2', contains 138 pages, and is 90% complete. The pages are slightly yellowed, and there are some scribbles on the cover, and some pages, but otherwise the condition is good and the handwriting is very legible. On the 41st page there is text: "General notebook of Ruth Aschner, Carmel Mountain, Ben-Zion Neighborhood, Aschner House", followed by a record dated 1937 with rules of a ball game rules. Though cursory search did not ...
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OR GADOL - "GREAT LIGHT"

By: Shlomo Bilfurti and Haviri

Price: $429.99

Publisher: LIVORNO, Marfikus Vemokhrei Kafris : 1921

Seller ID: 000670

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Fair

OR GADOL - "GREAT LIGHT" FIVE VOLUMES OF THE TORAH: "Behold anew the great and the terrible, so that every reader young or old shall absorb the mind-wizening, suitable letters. Crystal and ram'ot. The likes of whom never existed in all aspects of perfection. With FIVE SCROLLS AND HAFTARAHOT (plural of Haftarah, a Jewish ritual). Sections from the writings of the prophets, read on Sabbaths and festivals after the reading from the Torah) - fulfilled all year round with melodies and joyful times." DEUTERONOMY, LIVORNO YA"A (Yishmor Aleikha Elohim - G-d save you), Year 1921, B...
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1919 SUPERB, SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HAND WRITTEN BY A YOUNG JEWISH LEGION MEMBER, LIKELY FROM HOLLAND, DETAILING THE ASPIRATIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS OF A ZIONIST ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THE MOST UNSETTLED AND CONFLICTED POST WWI AREAS ON EARTH

By: SHLOMO [a JEWISH LEGION MEMBER]

Price: $6,855.99

Publisher: DAMASCUS PRE SYRIA POST OTTOMAN EMPIRE, : 1919

Seller ID: 0008194

Condition: Fair

On offer is a powerful poignant letter written by an early Zionist and volunteer of the Jewish Legion in Damascus immediately after the end of WW1. The letter contains 2 double-sided sheets measuring 9' x 5.8', and an envelope measuring 5.9' x 4.9'. The envelope has no inscriptions or stamps, except a round sticker with bookseller's name - "Coles", the sheets are yellowed and torn in half at folds, but it does not affect the text, which is perfectly legible. The letter is written in Hebrew, addressed to Shimon and signed by Shlomo (Solomon). It seems from the context that they are ver...
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NOBEL LECTURE - DOUBLE AUTOGRAPH - ENGLISH AND HEBREW

By: SiNGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS

Price: $379.99

Publisher: New York NY, Farrar Strauss Giroux : 1978

Seller ID: 000489

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Very scarce copy of "Nobel Lecture" by Isaac Bashevis Singer, double signed by the author on opposing fep beginning the different language text of English and Yiddish. Very good copy save for some edgewear and general light surface smudginess to the glossy cover.; Yiddish, English; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; NOBEL PRIZE, AUTOGRAPH, JEWISH, HEBREW, YIDDISH, JUDAICA, AUTHOR, WRITER, HOLOGRAPH, SIGNED,
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1946 RELIC OF WORLD WAR II AND THE HOLOCAUST: KIBBUTZ BUCHENWALD - ORIGINAL FOUNDER'S PIN COMMEMORATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR'S KIBBUTZ

By: UNKNOWN

Price: $1,185.99

Publisher: KIBBUTZ BUCHENWALD [LATER KIBBUTZ NETZOR] ISRAEL, : 1946

Seller ID: 000788

Condition: Good+

In 1945 newly freed survivors of concentration camp Buchenwald were grouped into a farm/training center on the grounds of the death factory by American soldiers trying to rehabilitate the former inmates. Moved a little later on to Geringshof, ultimately the survivors made aliyah to the land of Israel and began rebuilding their lives together by building a kibbutz - KIBBUTZ BUCHENWALD. Eventually the name changed to Kibbutz Netzor. In 1946 the founding members made these pins in Israel, of which this is one, as a means of commemorating the establishement. Stamped on the back of the Star of Davi...
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1947 SIGNIFICANT, ORIGINAL HEBREW MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOCAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER DETAILING THE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND VIOLENT MONTHS AND WEEKS IN JERUSALEM BEFORE THE NATION OF ISRAEL WAS REBORN

By: VA'AD HAKEHILA

Price: $22,855.99

Publisher: Jerusalem, Israel [British Mandated Palestine], : 1947

Seller ID: 0008116

Condition: Good

On offer is a unique historically significant journal handwritten during the final days of British Mandated Palestine, most entries made immediately prior to the Declaration of Independence. This is a one-year page a day journal for the Jewish year of 5708 (September 1947 to October 1948), has about 50 entries, with most entries made between September 1947 and December 1947, and few brief records scattered over the next few months - the last one is dated June 7. It measures 7' by 5', the hardcover is slightly soiled, but otherwise the journal is in very good condition. The text is in Hebrew, t...
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DOSSIER SOLANGE: exemplaire no. 2

By: ZWY MILSHTEIN [sometimes ZIVY]

Price: $4,485.99

Publisher: Paris FRANCE, Author Published : 1967

Seller ID: 0001018

Condition: Good+

On offer is 'Dossier Solange' by Zwy Milshtein includes two original signed pen and ink drawings. This is a very extraordinary rare set of handmade engravings being the second signed original proofs set ["exemplaire no.2"] dated 1967 which was never offered for commercial sale together with two original pen and ink drawings both signed and dated 1967 by the artist. The Dossier is comprised of: an outer sleeve/box with hand drawn title treatment and graphic; inner hard cover title shell handwritten and drawn which is a duplicate of the outer hard cover; two original pen and ink drawings...
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Category: 20th Century Judaica