Auction 021 Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jan 14, 2020 (Your local time)
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 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 42:

"Jerusalem Guide" – Addresses and Telephone Numbers of Businesses and Craftsmen in Jerusalem, 1948

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"Jerusalem Guide", [edited by Yom Tov Hel-Or]. Jerusalem: The "Jerusalem Guide", 1948.
A guide with addresses and telephone numbers of stores, factories and businesses in Jerusalem; a list of the various national and public institutions in the town; "a guide for the Old and New City of Jerusalem"; and a chapter introducing short reviews of the educational institutions and aid organizations active in the city. The guide also contains several advertisements for various businesses.
The guide was edited by Yom Tov Hel-Or (1908-2008). In 2015, the guide was reprinted at the initiative of Hel-Or's sons, with a preface in which it is told that the printing house where the first guide was printed was bombed in 1948 and therefore, the guide was nor distributed.
10, 80 pp, approx. 24.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Creases and minor blemishes to margins. Small wormholes. Stained and damaged cover, with tears to spine (partly detached).

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