Collection of reliefs depicting Herzl. [5], 20th century. * Relief “L’Zecher Herzl” [in Herzl’s memory], Boris Schatz, Jerusalem, 1920s. 5.5×7.5 cm. Casted bronze with silver plating. Framed. * Large bronze plate with a bust of Herzl, designed by SORS, c. 1920. 20×15 cm. * Copper plate with a bust of Herzl, repoussé work. Primitive text: הרצל. 13.5×8.5 cm. * Metal plate with a bust of Herzl framed within a Star of David. 11×10 cm. * Small round plate, bakelite?, bust of Herzl. 5 cm. diameter. Overall very fine condition.
Original engraving of Theodore Herzl by Herman Struck, Switzerland-Israel, end of the 1940s. 50 cm. tall, 40 cm. wide. Soft-ground etching (vernis mou). Famed bust of Herzl, made by Herman Struck (signed in the plate), still seen today as a symbol of the State of Israel. The engraving was made after Struck’s meeting with Herzl in Vienna in May, 1903. Hebrew and French text were added underneath the frame, “Theodore Herzl visionary and creator of the State of Israel”. It was apparently printed in Switzerland soon after Israel was established. Very fine condition.
Large Poster of Herzl, Seer of State of Israel. Published by Tozeret HaAretz – Moshe Chalutz. Tel Aviv, approximately 1950. 50 x 70 cm. Large poster in black and white with a picture of an image of Herzl and the writing Binyamin Zeev Herzl, Seer of State of Israel. This poster was published by Tozeret HaAretz, under the management of Moshe Chalutz. For more information relating to Moshe Chalutz, please refer to the Hebrew text. In very good condition.
3 small silver forks. Israel. The handle grips of each fork are wide and cast, three different casts. Profile of Herzl and his name in English, Beer Sheba Museum and a Haifa Institution. The forks are decorated with a Star of David and a Menorah. In good condition.
Der Jüdischer Kongress in Basel by Dr. M. Mandelstam, translated by Shalom Aleichem. Warsaw, 1897. 30 pages, 19.5 cm. Jacket title page. Yiddish. Composition about the First Zionist Congress. Written by Dr. Max Mandelstam, one of the founders of the Chibat Tzion movement and later Herzl’s prominent assistant. Herzl assumed that Mandelstam would be the first president of the Jewish state. Shalom Aleichem edited and translated the work into Yiddish in his florid and succulent style. One of the early publications of Shalom Aleichem. Written on the title page that it will be distributed in all batei midrash in Kiev. Especially rare. Original binding. Aging stains. Tear on title page with no loss of text. Fine condition.
The second letter of the Federation He”Chalutz” in Little Poland, Lvov. (1925). Large format, height 34 cm, width 21.5 cm. 4 pages (not cut). This is the second letter which was issued in Lvov in the month of Adar, 5685, regarding the ideology of the HeChalutz movement and the kibbutz. Including letters from the members Mathilda Ehrenpreis from Pashmishel, Gavriel Lindenberg from Horodonka, Yeshayahu Feratz and A. Samet. The headquarters of the HeChalutz Movement in the 1920s was in Warsaw and it managed the Hachshara Groups. From there was also issued the official copy of the HeChalutz newspaper. It is possible that this newspaper is a smaller annex that was issued for HeChalutz in “Little Poland” in parallel with the main newspaper in Warsaw. It was printed by typewriter in a limited number of copies and is therefore rare. It is not found in the National Library. Light tears with nothing missing. In good condition.
Reports and affidavits of the United Nations and the policy of the Israeli Government, 1967-1977. [1] 9 pages of the official affidavit of the Prime Minister’s Office intended for ambassadors, about the foreign policy of Israel relating to the attitude to the Territories of Judea and Samaria. The declaration was issued in the month of December 1977. Following the dramatic change of government, (the Begin government) these reports explain the policy of the government: that the territories are not occupied; the area should not be called by the name “West Bank” but “Judea and Samaria;” and that the law of the State of Israel applies to them. [6] Journalist intended declarations of the United Nations from the time of the Six Day War, amongst them the call to the Emergency Meeting after the end of the War on June 14, 1967. There is no copy in the National Library. General condition is good.
Manhig HaDor with a jacket embroidered by female Etzel and Lechi members imprisoned in Bethlehem, 1947 [2]. 8 cm. tall; 13 cm. wide. Unique, historic piece. Testimony to the imprisonment of female Etzel and Lechi members in Bethlehem before the state was established. Two prisoners, Penina and Yehudis, prepared this birthday gift for ‘Little Shula’ [שולל’ה הקטנה]; a hand-embroidered wrapper for the book Manhig HaDor about Zeev Jabotinsky (only edition, published in 1946). The book is bound in dark-blue material (a bedsheet?) with an embroidery of the book’s name, a picture of Jerusalem and the Israeli flag. Very fine condition. Along with the book B’Ma’atzar Beit Lechem with an autograph by the author Tzila Amidror (Heller) that helps identify the name of the women who prepared this gift.
The Flag by Mordechai Nimza-Bi. Tel Aviv, 5708 [1948]. Height 25 cm. 65 pages. Pictures and illustrations in color and black and white. The book was published before the enactment of the Law of the Flag, the Symbol and Anthem of the State which discusses suggestions concerning its form, colors and also rules which are required for handling it out of comparison to the related custom in other countries. Mordechai Nimza-Bi (Nimzavitzki) (1903-1949) was born into a Zionist home in Pinsk, in White Russia. He emigrated to Israel in 1924 after he was imprisoned for his Zionist activity. He set-up the Hag’a alignment (Civil Defense) in Israel. He managed on behalf of the Vaad HaLeumi the matter of assimilating the Hebrew name in Israel and published the book Bachar Lecha Shem Ivri (Choose Yourself a Hebrew Name). Dust cover binding with minute tears. In good-very good condition.
Certificate of honor and blessings for aliyah to Israel from the heads of the Zionist Institutions in Lomza, Poland, 1935. [1] leaf. 35 x 56 cm. On the occasion of his aliyah to Israel, Yitzchak Kotoniski was awarded this certificate on the 15th of Adar 2 (Shushan Purim) [3.20.1935] by the Va’ad HaIroni dealing with the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet LeYisrael) in Lomza in recognition of his Zionistic activities in the city. The certificate contains many signatures and stamps of the prominent Zionist organizations and personalities of the city (men and women), among them the Jewish National Fund Committee. Placed in an old wooden frame with glass, staining, fine condition.
