The present catalogue includes an extensive chapter dedicated to Bezalel artists, including illustrated books, various objects, drawing and paintings. This chapter features numerous original sketches for works by Ze'ev Raban - Raban's sketchbook (lot 318), sketches for illustrations to the Song of Songs (lot 320), sketches of the signs of the Zodiac (lot 327), a large collection of photographs of works by Raban and Meir Gur Aryeh (lot 344), and many other unique items from the estate of Shlomo Kedmi, who succeeded Raban and Gur Aryeh in the Industrial Art Studio.
The chapter dedicated to Hebrew children's books features charming works by prominent writers and illustrators: stories by Benzion Raskin illustrated by Uriel Kahana, Chaim Hanft and Haim Goldberg; poems by Itzhak Katzenelson illustrated by Gertrud Caspari; rhymes by Ya'akov David Kamson illustrated by Else Wenz-Viëtor; children's book published by "Omanut", with color lithograph illustrations by "Chavurat Tsayarim" (Apter, Mutzelmacher, Kravtsov and Higer); pop-up books illustrated by David Gilboa; and other rare books.
The avant-garde chapter features Yiiddish, Hebrew and Russian books, with illustrations and cover-designs by important Russian avant-garde artists such as El Lissitzky, Joseph Chaikov, Issachar Ber Ryback, Mark Epstein and Nathan Altman.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism, bibliophile works, letters, travelogues and maps of Palestine, photographs, postcards, rare Ladino periodicals, works by Safed-based artist Yosef Zvi Geiger, bibliophile works, a chapter dedicated to numismatics, and many more items.
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LOT 29:
Early Palestine Telephone Directory – Jerusalem, 1926 – Rare
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Early Palestine Telephone Directory – Jerusalem, 1926 – Rare
Madrich Sach-Rachok [Telephone Guide], published by the "Palestine Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones." Jerusalem: Jerusalem Press / P. Kornfeld. 1926. Hebrew.
One of the first telephone directories to have been published in Mandatory Palestine. The directory includes hundreds of telephone numbers of government ministries and organizations, banks, businesses and private individuals, in various cities across the country – from Metula in the north to Beersheba in the south.
The introduction comprises rules and instructions for proper use of the telephone device; 20 pages at the end of the directory detail various services offered by the "Palestine Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones, " and list the tariffs of post, telegraph and telephone services.
Many pages of the directory feature advertisements by businesses across the country.
The section of the directory devoted to Jerusalem is headed by the telephone numbers of the British High Commissioner's secretary and staff, followed by the numbers of various governmental ministries.
The directory lists telephone numbers of Zionist leaders and prominent personalities in Mandatory Palestine, including: Meir Dizengoff, Menachem Ussishkin, Judah Leib Gordon, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Daniel Auster, Mordechai Eliash, Nasib Abacrius Bey, and others.
Inked stamps of Yosef Zvi Geiger (1870-1944) of Safed. Ownership inscription of Tobias Ungar of Safed (English) [presumably, rabbi Tuvia Ungar, descendant of rabbi Moshe Ungar (5580- 5658), son-in-law of the "Divrei Chaim" of Sanz, owner of the "Mobiloil" company in Safed.]
VI-XXVI, 37-43, [2], 28-35, [2], 18-27, [2], 16, [1], V, [1] pp., 27.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and blemishes. Inscriptions and stamps. Cover slightly worn; minor tears to spine.
Rare. Directory not listed in OCLC, nor in the NLI catalogue.
