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ZANGWILL, Israel; and others.

Collection of letters and Zionist ephemera.

Collection of letters and Zionist ephemera.

Stock Code 116421

1892-1997.

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A collection of more than 20 items of Zionist and Israeli ephemera, including letters, documents and envelopes.
Notable items in the collection include:
- Autograph letter by Israel Zangwill to Mr Spielmann (presumably Marion H. Spielmann), dated 20.1.1909.
- Notice from the Municipal Corporation of Jerusalem dated 22.8.1937 urging Mr Benjamin Levinsohn to "level, pave, channel and drain the sidewalk" on which his property is situated.
- Autograph letter by G. Agronsky (Gershon Harry Agron - later the Mayor of East Jerusalem, and editor of The Palestine Post at the time), dated 21.7.1938.
- Handwritten autograph letter by the agronom Menashe Meerovitch, dated 1.6.1940.
- Handwritten autograph letter by the historian and Jewish Jewish mysticism researcher S.A. Horodezky.
- Autograph letter by Henry Morgenthau Jr. to William Houseman, one of the editors of Look Magazine, mentioning a feature by Robert Capa on Israel, dated 13.10.1949.
- Autograph letter by Israel Rokach, Mayor of Yel Aviv, dated 25.1.1951.
Additional letters are by Nelson Glueck, Prof. Ben-Zion Dinur, Tuvia Friedman, Gideon Hausner, Sol Liptzin, Sir Martin Gilbert C.B.E. and others.

4to-sized protfolio, various letter sizes, occasional small marginal tears and folding marks.

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