Assortment of Booklets About the Settlement in Israel – Rare and Extremely Rare – First Half of the 20th Century

a. "for sale-land on the way to Nablus and on the way to Beit Lechem…also in Migrash Antiochus…and also by Jaffa Gate…" 'Land For Sale' Jerusalem 1922. A beautiful and extremely rare item.
An advertisement of the Israel Land Development Company Ltd. London – Jerusalem. The advertisement details the list of land which the company owns and is selling. Amongst other things, on the list appears land in Kalandia, near the Bezalel School, Migrash Antiochus, next to Jaffa Gate, and more. Lots of description and detail. Priced in Egyptian lira.
A rare and interesting document!
Folded page, 4 pages.
Condition: good – very good. Filing holes.
b. "Hagalila" (to the Galilee!), Karneinu, Jerusalem, March 1938, with photographs.
An edition of the Jewish National Fund journal "Karneinu", which deals solely with the Jewish settlement in the Galilee. On the front cover is a black and white photograph of a famer with the hills of the galilee in the background. The journal contains many articles about the settlement in the Galilee, and is accompanied by photographs from the area. On the back cover is a map of the Galilee with the Jewish settlement points in it.
48 pages.
Condition: very good.
c. Kiryat Anavim 1920 – 1950, 30th anniversary of the establishment of the kibbutz, Tel Aviv 1950, and a rare stencil page in honor of the 30th anniversary celebrations.
A booklet that was published in honor of the 30th birthday of the Kibbutz, and contains historical information about it. On the cover of the booklet is a black and white photograph of the statue fashioned by the sculptor Ze'ev Ben-Zvi, which is placed in Gan Tzila in the Kibbutz.
15 pages.
Included is a stenciled page with the program of the celebrations of the kibbutz's 30 birthday. The page gives a feeling of the atmosphere of the period and the happiness which permeated the kibbutz in honor of the event.
Condition: very good.
d. "Register of the Jewish Agriculture September 1936", Jerusalem 1937, extremely rare.
The booklet was printed in a typewriter. It is in addition to the Baliyotin which was published in the same year. It contains the list of all of the agricultural spots and a detailed census of all of their inhabitants – up to date for 1936.
6 pages.
Not found in libraries in Israel!
Condition: good. Cover is detached.
e. "Twenty Years – Keren HaYesod", Tel Aviv 1941, booklet of photographs. Rare.
The booklet was published in honor of 20 years since the founding of Keren HaYesod (the United Israel Appeal), and contains many moving photographs from the settling of the land of Israel by Keren HaYesod. Amongst other things, it contains pictures of various different settlers, Jewish scientists, farmers, and sportsmen. The many photographs in the booklet give a glimpse to the experience of settling Israel in the period of the Mandate.
16 pages.
A rare and important booklet!
Condition: very good.
f. "The city of Tiberius on the Lake of Galilee and its Hot Springs", Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kasher, Jerusalem 1934.
A booklet written by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895 – 1983), author of the "Chumash Torah Shleima". In this booklet Rabbi Kasher brings a collection of sources from the early Hebrew literature, and from Jewish sources, the Tannaim (sages of the Mishna) and Amoraim (sages of the Gemara) which deal with Tiberius and its hot springs.
12 pages.
A rare and interesting booklet!
Condition: very good.
g. "The Palestine Land Development Company ltd – 25 Years of Activity 1908-1933", Israel Land Development Company, Jerusalem 1937.
The booklet deals with financial aspects of the Jewish settlement in Israel.
The booklet was written by David Horowitz (1899 – 1979), the director of the financial department of the Jewish Agency, and later the first governor of the Bank of Israel.
53 pages.
Condition: very good.
h. First Fruits - Leaves from the Journal of Ein HaShofet", the Jewish National Fund, Jerusalem 1938, with many photographs.
The booklet recounts the story of the kibbutz Ein HaShofet, from the kibbutz diary.
In the booklet are many photographs of the kibbutz and its members, and photographs of the kibbutz members who were killed.
54 pages.
Condition: very good.
i. "BILUIM – Pioneers of Zionist Colonization", Samuel Corland, U.S.A, 1934.
The booklet was published by "hechalutz (the pioneer) organization in the U.S.A", and brings the stories of the Biluim, the pioneers of the Zionist settlement in Israel.
78 pages.
Condition: very good.
j. Bulletin of the Palestine Economic Society – July 1927", Yitzhak Elazari-Volcani (Wilkanski), Tel Aviv 1927.
This booklet is the second issue of the journal. The journal deals with "the communist settlements of the Jewish colonization of Palestine". The journal was written by Yitzchak Elazari-Volcani (1880 – 1955), a member of the second Aliyah, and a pioneer of agricultural research in Israel, the innovator of Moshav Ha'ovdim (workers' moshav).
142 pages.
Condition: very good.
k. "Glimpses of Jewish Settlement History", Jerusalem 1945, with photographs.
Edited by Ben Zion Luria (1905-2002), the booklet brings the story of the establishment and history of the settlements Ramim (Menara), Kfar Blum, Ayalon, Kfar Itim, Ein Gev and Ma'oz Chaim. This is the first booklet in the series of booklets edited by Luria about settlements in Israel. In the booklet are many photographs of the settlements, which give a feel for the atmosphere of the period and its inhabitants, and also a map with the settlements marked on it. On the cover is a typical picture of a Kibbutz.
59 pages.
Condition: very good.
l. Co-operative Colonization in Palestine, Dr Franz Oppenheimer, the Jewish National Fund, New York, 1913.
The booklet deals with the co-operative settlements in Israel, with photographs of the kibbutzim and views of Israel. The booklet was written by the well-known Jewish-German economist, the innovator of the social-liberal idea, Professor Franz Oppenheimer, who even laid the foundations of the co-operative settlement in Merchavia.
16 pages.
Condition: Very good.
m. Communitarian Rural Settlements in Palestine, Harry Viteles, London 1939.
The booklet deals with the kibbutz and its ideology.
20 pages.
Condition: very good.
n. Scheme of Settlement - of Families with Means at Wadi-el-Hawareth, the Jewish Agency, London 1931.
The booklet deals with the plan to settle Jewish families in Wadi-el-Hawareth, on land which was purchased by the Jewish Agency.
12 pages.
Condition: good. The front and back covers are detached from the booklet.
o. Merchavia - a Jewish Co-operative Settlement in Palestine Dr Franz Oppenheimer, Jewish National Fund, New York 1914.
The booklet deals with Kibbutz Merchavia and the ideology behind it.
33 pages.
Condition: very good.