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Third printing.
"The World History of the Jewish People" was conceived as an ambitious and comprehensive 21-volume project, embracing the history of the Jewish people from prehistoric times to the present. It was compiled in Israel by Jewish History Publications (Israel - 1961) Ltd. and each volume was published by Rutgers as it was completed.
This volume describes the ancient Near East as a background for Biblical history. Fine .
The text is in Yiddish. Very good .
First edition.
Scarce. WorldCat locates 8 copies. Good .
First edition.
This is the history/biography of the labor leader N. Chanin. The last hundred or so pages consist of congratulatory letters from friends and associates. The text is in Yiddish. Very good .
First edition. The text is in Yiddish.
Scarce. Very good .
First edition.
The history of Zionism, written from a Zionist point of view. Very good .
At the foot of the title is the following in Polish: "DARKE HALUSZON / Czyli Gramatyke Jezyka hebraysjiego / W. Warszawie 1822 / W Drukarni W. J. Lebenssohna". Very good .
First edition.
A work on the Decalogue in Jewish theology. The text is in German with an index in Hebrew in the rear.
Scarce. Very good .
This account, typed on one side of ten 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheets, describes Israel Shochat's initial interest in agriculture though there was much resistance to Jewish workers in Palestine. Arab and Jewish farmers were often robbed by bandits or troubled by houligans. Shochat's initial interest in protecting the farmers was inspired by the Cherkassian tribe of Arabs "They didn't look like the natives, nor did they dress like the natives. They were small in number, but brave and strong and enjoy great respect from their neighbors..When Chenkin had trouble with any tribe the Cherkessim always came to his help." Forming a group of their own to protect the Jewish farmers, their initial efforts were fraught with trouble caused by the Arab groups which traditionally guarded the fields. "The Arab guards organized the Arab youth in a gang and came together all together to rob the fields that were assigned to the Jewish guards, and to show that they didn't come just to rob for the need of grapes they left bunches and bunches of grapes strewn on the fields.." He later recounts the August 1907 meeting at "Ben Zvi's room" officially forming the Bar Giora. "Our own Sedgera was guarded then by Cherkesim and Beduina. Our first job was to make ourselves fit for the work. We taught out members to shoot. They had to exercise daily after work. Special importance was put on knowledge of the place, the caves, the neighboring tribes, their habits and their fighting strength.."
Always a colorful figure Shochat later went to Constantinople with David Ben Gurion and Yitzhak Ben Zvi to study law. Returning to Eretz Ysrael during the first World War, he suggested the creation of a Jewish brigade to help the Turks defend the country but was deported back to Turkey by the authorities who were suspicious of his motives. In 1925, convinced that the British were the enemies of the Jews, he sought to align his defense group with that of the Soviet Secret Service, though that project failed.
A 9-page account by Igal Portugali, also typed on one side of 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheets, recounts his colorful adventures as a guard and his relationship with the many Arab tribes, and his service as an honor guard during Baron Rothschild's visit to Palestine.
Igal Portugali helped prepare the settlement of Merchavia which Joshua Hankin had purchased on behalf of the Jewish Colonial Association.
A second account by Igal Portugali, entitled "Igals Story of Vacation" is typed on 14 sheets. The first few pages of this narrative vividly portray the Jewish and Arab tribesmen's relationships to their horses, and the pride they took in them and in their guns. His narrative includes accounts of his father and mother's lives.
A final nine pages include narratives by Tova Portugali, Igal's sister who was married to Mendeleh, as well as by Igal's wife, Igal himself, Turner (a student at the University in Tel Aviv) and a paragraph about Becker. Turner's brief narrative includes the following passage: "Your letter didn't find me in Yama. I have been ordered to Mascha --- The work is very hard here. We are surrounded on all sides by many 'friends' -- as you know these tribes are all very tough. We can expect them as guests each night. --- The nights this time of year are wet and black. You find yourself walking along, feeling your way along the walls. In one hand you hold your gun and with the other you feel your way.."
Though the pages are slightly darkened, they are in very good condition, with several corrections and annotations in ink, presumably by Persoff, throughout. A unique item purchased from the widow of Ben Hecht. Very good .
First edition.
Werner Sombart [1863-1941] was a German historical economist who incorporated Marxist principles and Nazi theories in his writings on capitalism. The text is in German. Very good .
First American edition.
From the library of Leonard Charles Van Noppen with his signature dated 1903 on the front endpaper. Van Noppen [1865-1935] was a Dutch-born, American-educated academic, translator and poet, who, as a member of the United States Naval Reserves authored "The Challenge: War Chants of the Allies, Wise and Otherwise". Below Van Noppen's signature, is inscribed in pencil: "Presented to the Editor of the Churchman by the Publisher". Good .
First edition, signed in full by Neil Waldman on the title page and dated "Nov 14, 1999".
Written and illustrated by Neil Waldman. Very good .
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