First Yiddish edition of the utopian novel by Herzl, in which he describes his vision of a Jewish state founded in Palestine.

The novel Altneuland (The Old New Land) was published a few years after the publication of Herzl's The Jewish State and after his visit to Palestine. Herzl wrote the novel in the years 1899-1902, giving the manuscript the title 'New Zion'. Later, he changed the manuscript's title to 'Altneuland', after the name of the Prague synagogue, 'Altneuschul'. The first edition was published in 1902, with Yiddish and Hebrew editions published the same year. The Hebrew translation was titled 'Tel-Aviv' (literally: 'mound of spring'), the title chosen by the translator, Nahum Sokolow. This name was later adopted as the name of the first Hebrew city. Within less than a year Altneuland was translated to six more languages. Printed on the title page is the famous motto, 'If You Will It, It Is No Dream' (in Yiddish in this edition). The Yiddish edition is dedicated to Herzl's deceased sister Pauline, while the German edition was dedicated to both Herzl's sister and their father Jacob Herzl.

First Yiddish edition; 8vo; modern marbled cloth-backed boards with gilt Yiddish title to spine; previous owner's signature to dedication page in old blue ink; slight staining to some leaves, small tears professionally repaired to few of the first and last leaves; slight worming to the bottom margin of the last few leaves, text in Yiddish; 488 pp.