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Jerusalem – The New City: The Earliest Photographs of Modern Jerusalem | Edited by Eli Schiller | Rare Photo Album, 1979 - A fascinating historical photo book documenting Jerusalem beyond the Old City walls — the birth of the modern city, through early and rare photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book captures streets, neighborhoods, architecture, daily life, and people during a formative period in Jerusalem’s urban development. Edited by Eli Schiller, one of the most important scholars of Jerusalem and the Land of Israel, with scholarly commentary, historical captions, and urban context accompanying the photographs. Details:  • Title: Jerusalem – The New City: The Earliest Photographs of Modern Jerusalem  • Editor: Eli Schiller  • Publisher: Ariel Publishing, Jerusalem, 1979  • Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket  • Pages: 204  • Language: Hebrew  • Size: approx. 22.5 × 28 cm  • Condition: Very good (light wear and creasing to dust jacket; interior clean and well preserved) Ideal for:  • Collectors of historical photography  • Jerusalem and Holy Land collectors  • Researchers of early urban development in Palestine/Israel  • Libraries and Israeliana collections A visually powerful and historically important volume — an excellent collector’s copy of a classic Jerusalem photo book.