Auction 6 Part 1 Herzel, Zionism, antisemitism and holocaust... autographs, Hagadot, books, stamps, art
Apr 12, 2016 (Your local time)
Israel
 Harav Maimon 2, Jerusalem
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LOT 149:

Report about the Work of the Committee of Inquiry of the 1929 Palestine Riots - Full Volume including Pictures - ...

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Report about the Work of the Committee of Inquiry of the 1929 Palestine Riots - Full Volume including Pictures - Tel Aviv, 1929-1930
A full report about the work of the parliamentary committee of inquiry in Jerusalem, starting from October 24 1929. ("according to the minutes of the newspapers "Davar", "Do'ar ha'Yom", "Ha'Aretz", and the "Palestine Bulletin", including documents, descriptions and impressions". A volume that contains part 1-7. Tel Aviv. Ephraim Strod and Sons Printing Press.
First edition, extremely rare. During the years 1929-1930, several other editions have been published, with certain changes. The one before us is the rarest among them. Does not appear in the National Library.
A rare copy that includes the booklet of pictures, which is missing from many other copies.
The booklet of "pictures of the committee of inquiry" appears at the beginning of the volume and includes 18 impressive pictures of the work of the committee. Among others, Rabbi Avraham Yitchak Ha'Coehn Kook, whose speech before the committee about the rights of the Jews to the Temple Mount and the Western wall was published around the world, can be seen in one of the pictures.
In some of the copies, the pictures are at the end of part 6; in the copy befoe us, however, they are at the beginnibg of the book.
[8] tables-pictures. 100; 68; 92; 109; 96; 120; 175 [1] pp.
Condition: good-Very Good.

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