PALESTINE

Mimeographed copy of sermon to the British Eighth Army, headed 'CHRISTMAS 1942. | SERVICE BROADCAST FROM BETHLEHEM | "Of His Kingdom there shall be no end." St. Luke, I, v.33.'

Author: 
[Frederick Llewelyn Hughes (1894-1967), Archdeacon of the Forces and Dean of Ripon, 1961-1967; General Montgomery of Alamein; British Eighth Army]
Publication details: 
[British Eighth Army, Bethlehem, Palestine.] Christmas 1942.
£280.00

2pp., foolscap 8vo. On two leaves stapled together. In good condition, on lightly aged and creased paper. This item is discussed in M. F. Snape's 'God and the British Soldier: Religion and the British Soldier in the First and Second World Wars' (London: Routledge, 2005). Montgomery described Hughes as 'the ideal of what an Army padre should be', and according to Snape: 'A major theme which seemed to emerge from the collaboration of Montgomery and Hughes in 1942 was the notion of the consecration of British arms to a higher purpose.

2 ALSs, one TLS, 5pp. total, one letter folio, others 8vo,2 APCSs, to Mrs Roscoe, President of the Society of Women Journalists

Author: 
Ronald Storrs
Publication details: 
1944-1947.
£195.00

Near Eastern expert (1881-1955). ( Easter, 1944, 2pp., fol.)) He asks her to choose between Lawrence and Palestine as subjects for his talk, or"Atlantic to Gulf" (REVERSE: one page of extenssively corrected manuscript of an article about Palestine in 1918, Allenby, effect of the Balfour Declaration, Military Administration - Storrs being present); (April 1944) He suggests a talk entitled "From Portugal to Persia in War"; (1946) He is unable to accept a luncheon appointment. The most substantial letter is sl. damaged, marginally affecting text. 5 items,

Autograph Letter Signed ('H B Swete') by the English biblical scholar Henry Barclay Swete, giving detailed advice 'to an intending fellow traveller in the Holy Land', with a description of his 'own route'.

Publication details: 
On letterhead of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. 2 February 1873.
£280.00

4pp., 12mo. On two bifoliums. Good, on lightly-aged paper. To an unknown recipient. The letter begins: 'Dear Sir | I shall be glad to be of any service to an intending fellow traveller in the Holy Land.' In eight numbered paragraphs, discussing: dragomans ('I was fortunate enough to secure a trustworthy native servant at Jaffa, who had all the knowledge & experience of a dragoman, without the insolence & extravagance which is common to the class. His name was Abdullah of Bethlehem. [...] He charged me on an average £1.

Autograph Letter Signed ('Walter Besant M.A. | Secretary') from Sir Walter Besant, as Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund, to an unnamed male correspondent.

Author: 
Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), Secretary, Palestine Exploration Fund, 1868-1885
Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), Secretary, Palestine Exploration Fund, 1868-1885
Publication details: 
1 August 1870; 9 Pall Mall East, on letterhead of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
£130.00
Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), Secretary, Palestine Exploration Fund, 1868-1885

4 pp, 12mo. Bifolium. 51 lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. The General Committe have asked Besant to thank the recipient for his 'kind assistance during the last year, and to express their hopes that your sympathy with the objects which they have at heart will still continue'.

Mimeographed typescript, in German and English, of 'Jewish Tales from Jerusalem', including stories told by Ascher Horowitz and T. Holpern, and an English translation of 'King Artus'.

Author: 
Ascher Horowitz; T. Holpern [Jewish tales; Judaism; Hebrew; Jerusalem; Israel; Palestine]
Jewish Tales from Jerusalem
Publication details: 
Undated (1920s?) and with place not stated.
£650.00
Jewish Tales from Jerusalem

4to, 71 pp, with one 12mo page at end. In poor condition, damp damaged and detached from green cloth covers, but with texts legible and complete. Manuscript table of contents on recto of first leaf describes nine tales in German, told by Ascher Horowitz and T.

Manuscript account, by an Englishman, of a visit to Palestine and the Holy Land in 1923.

Author: 
Journal of a voyage to Palestine and the Holy Land, 1923 [by 'Jock' Fraser or his wife Grace?]
Journal of a voyage to Palestine and the Holy Land, 1923
Publication details: 
One section dated from 23 to 28 February 1923
£125.00
Journal of a voyage to Palestine and the Holy Land, 1923

In three parts. Part One: Journal dated from 23 to 28 February 1923. 4to, 20 pp on rectos, with 4 pp of notes on versos. Describing a visit to the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Mount of Olives) with an emphasis on its history (but also a visit to Jaffa), from the point of view of a devout Christian. Begins 'We left Cairo at 6.15 PM on the night of Thursday 22nd Feby and travelled by train to . We arrived here about 10.30 o'clock. we interviewed the Customs people here as we had to cross the Suez Canal from Egypt into Palestine.

43 Autograph Letters Signed and 84 Typed Letters Signed from Wing Commander H. J. Lucie-Smith, RAF, to his mother, the majority written between 1941 and 1949 from the Middle East (Aden, Seiyun, Palestine, Lebanon). With personal photographs.

Author: 
Wing Commander H. J. Lucie-Smith [Hugh Lucie-Smith], of the Royal Air Force [Middle East; Aden; Seiyun; Palestine; Lebanon]
Publication details: 
Letters: 1930 to 1956, from various locations (mostly the Middle East: Aden, Seiyun, Palestine, Lebanon).
£350.00

A total of 127 letters, all but 11 dating from the period of his service in the Middle East, 1941 to 1949 (none from 1942). All letters closely-written and typed, and quite lengthy (he describes one as a 'massive missive'). In a variety of formats (around half Air Mail). The collection in good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with the texts of all items clear and complete, except for 8 from 1945 which have had postage stamps removed, with slight loss of text, and a couple of letters with wear and loss at extremities.

Autograph Letter Signed ('W Ebor') to Stratford Canning, by whom it is docketed with a draft of his reply.

Author: 
William Thomson (1819-1890, Archbishop of York [Stratford Canning (1786-1880), 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe]
Publication details: 
17 May 1865; on letterhead of 41 Portman Square, W. [London]
£56.00

12mo, 1 p. On bifolium, with Stratford Canning's docketing on the reverse of the second leaf. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with thin strip of stub from mounting adhering to one edge. A 'strong wish is entertained' that Stratford Canning's name 'be added to the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund'. He is enclosing a paper 'which will show its nature'. Canning notes that the letter was 'Ansd. 18 | No objection to be a member of the Committee provided I incur no responsibility beyond that of throwing an occasional mite into the subscription fund.'

[International Studies.] Israel. Documents, Facts and Figures. [with map]

Author: 
[The State of Israel, 1950; The Diplomatic Press and Publishing Co.; Jewish; Judaism; Palestine]
Publication details: 
London: The Diplomatic Press and Publishing Co. 13, Cotswold Gardens, N.W.2.
£95.00

12mo: 48 pp. Fold-out map of Israel at rear. In original grey printed wraps. Advertisements. Pro-Israeli pamphlet, aimed at British Jews (see advertisements for the Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Review, the Zionist Review, El Al, the Anglo-Israel Association). Divided into five sections: 'A People's Destiny', 'Basic Outline of the Coalition Government Programme', 'Jerusalem and the Holy Places', 'Israel Today', 'Defence' and 'Chronology'. Uncommon: COPAC only lists copies at the BL and LSE.

Islamic News [became The Muslim Standard] WITH: Muslim Outlook.

Author: 
[Muslim Newspaper; Islam]
Publication details: 
London, Nov. 1920 - July 1921
£650.00

Islamic News [Second Year of publication] Nos. 3, 19-24 inc., 28-38 inc.; as The Musliim Standard Nos.1-5 [39-43] inc., total 22 issues. A little staining, some edges dusty, some minor damage, mainly good. Subjects: "Strangling of Palestine, Muslim persecuted in India; letters; Palestine; Jews; Turkey; Turkey and Greece at War; Afghanistan; British attitudes; Khyber Railway; Anatolia; assassinations; India; Curzon v. Tchitcherin. WITH: "Muslim Outlook" no. 51 ONLY, London, 7 Oct. 1920, published by the Islamic Information Bureau (perhaps more hardline that the former, eg.

Printed ticket of invitation to 'a presentation of New Life in Palestine (A Film showing Palestine before and after the Riots)'.

Author: 
Jewish Agency for Palestine (British Section) [Harry Gosling; Mrs I. M. Sieff; Morris Myer; Zionism; Israel; the Rivoli Cinema, Whitechapel, London E1; British Mandate of Palestine; riots of 1929]
Publication details: 
Sunday 23 February [1930].
£45.00

On one side of a piece of green card, 9 x 11 cm. Perforated section at left, for name and address, 9 x 2.5 cm. Very good. Reads 'JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE | (British Section) | EAST LONDON COMMITTEES. | You are cordially invited to attend a presentation of NEW LIFE IN PALESTINE (A Film showing Palestine before and after the Riots) at the RIVOLI CINEMA, WHITECHAPEL, E.1 on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, AT 2.30 P.M. Speakers: HARRY GOSLING, Esq., M.P., Mrs. I. M. SIEFF, (President, Federation of Women Zionists) Mr. MORRIS MYER will preside. Doors open, 2 p.m. ADMIT TWO. M.

Typed Letter Signed ('Juliette') to 'Dick' [Frank Richard Cowell, b.1897], together with carbon of typed reply.

Author: 
Juliette Huxley [Lady Marie Juliette Baillot] (1896-1994), wife of the English scientist Julian Huxley (1887-1975) [Frank Richard Cowell]
Publication details: 
Letter, 27 January 1966; on letterhead 31, Pond Street, Hampstead, N.W.3. Reply, 29 January 1966.
£125.00

Juliette Huxley's letter is 4to: 2 pp. Good, though lightly creased and attached to the other items by a paperclip. The correspondence mainly concerns a book by Cowell's eventually published under the title 'The garden as a fine art: from antiquity to modern times' (1978). She begins by describing Mary Wellesley: 'quite a character [...] lives in a small house off St. James's Palace, and entertains by candlelight.

Autograph Letter Signed ('Herbert Samuel') to unnamed male correspondent.

Author: 
Herbert Louis Samuel (1870-1963), 1st Viscount Samuel [GOLF; GOLFING]
Publication details: 
15 July 1898; High Cliff, Felixstowe [on cancelled letterhead 49 Palace Court. W.].
£56.00

Two pages, 12mo. On aged and somewhat grubby paper, with a few closed tears to extremities. Text clear and entire. The recipients 'account for clubs' supplied to Samuel in June 1896 'has not been presented between that date and now'. Samuel thinks he paid the amount at the time'. '[O]n my return to town I will look through my receipts and communicate with you further.'

Arab News Bulletin.

Author: 
The Arab Office
Publication details: 
A fortnightly publication issued by The Arab Office, 92, Eaton Place, London, S.W.1)', no. 68, 30 July 1948.
£25.00

Four pages, quarto. Unbound. Grubby and creased. 'Editorial' ('Arabs' distrust of UNO', 'Arab conditions for the truce'); 'North Africa' ('Morocco', 'Algeria', 'Tunisia', 'Libya'); 'Holy places damaged by Zionists'; 'Stop press' (beginning 'We learn as we go to press that the Four Power Commission on the former Italian Colonies has decided that Libya is not fit for self-government.')

Handbook of the Jewish Communal Villages in Palestine 1938.

Author: 
Anon. [British Mandate of Palestine; Keren Kayemeth Leisrael; Keren Hayesod]
Publication details: 
Published by The Head Offices of the Keren Kayemeth Leisrael and Keren Hayesod, Jerusalem. 1938. Printed in Eretz Israel (Palestine) by The Jerusalem Press Ltd., Jerusalem.
£56.00

Octavo: pages [viii] + [64]. Plates of 'Typical Members of a Kvutza' and 'Aerial View of Geva, Valley of Jezreel'; fold-out table of 'statistics of cost of settlement of the Jewish communal villages'; fold-out 'Bird's-eye view of the lay-out of Massada - Jordan Valley'. 'Map of the Jewish communal villages in Palestine' on verso of last leaf. Errata slip. In original blue printed card wraps. Good, on aged high-acidity paper. Wraps worn and a tad creased. No copy in British Library, and only four copies on COPAC.

Two Typed Letters Signed to Myer Jack Landa.

Author: 
Herbert Samuel [Herbert Lewis, 1st Viscount Samuel]
Publication details: 
8 and 27 August 1932; both on letterhead of the Home Secretary.
£75.00

English Liberal politician (1870-1963). Both letters are 1 page, 8vo. Both are dusty but otherwise in good condition. In the first letter he says he has 'only now had time to read the proofs of your book on Palestine, and have read them with interest and pleasure.' He says he will be 'glad to write an introduction, as you were kind enough to ask me to do; no doubt you will not desire it to be more than a quite brief one.

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