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ISRAEL'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, SIGNED BY DAVID BEN GURION

(ISRAEL) BEN-GURION, David. Proclamation of Israel's Independence. No place, No date.

Bilingual, near-contemporary printing of Israel's Declaration of Independence, with parallel text in English and Hebrew, signed by David Ben Gurion. $35,000.

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OF EXCEPTIONAL RARITY: 1814 FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST HEBREW BIBLE PUBLISHED IN AMERICA

HEBREW BIBLE. Biblia Hebraica. Philadelphia, 1814. Two volumes.

Very rare first edition of the first Hebrew Bible published in America, of major importance in the field of American Judaica, handsomely bound. $28,000.

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FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF FREUD'S INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON PSYCHOANALYSIS, WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY FREUD TO HIS COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND RUDOLF REITLER, THE FIRST PRACTITIONER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AFTER FREUD

FREUD, Sigm[und], Prof. Dr. Vorlesungen zur Einfuhrung in die Psychoanalyse. Leipzig und Wien, 1916-17. Three volumes.

First edition in original wrappers of all three volumes of one of Freud's most popular works, the Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, inscribed in Volume II on the front wrapper to Rudolf Reitler, a friend and colleague of Freud who was instrumental in the development of psychoanalysis as a discipline and the first person after Freud himself to perform analysis on patients: "Herr Dr. R. Reitler mit herzlichen Gruss. Verf[asser]" [Dr. R. Reitler with warm regards. The Author.]. $25,000.

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STRIKING ORIGINAL PAINTING, “WAR ORPHANS” BY ARTHUR SZYK

SZYK, Arthur. War Orphans. London, 1940.

Extraordinary signed original watercolor and gouache painting of two young Jewish refugees, huddled together, by anti-Nazi caricaturist Arthur Szyk, whose wartime portrayals of brutality, heroism and suffering strongly influenced American attitudes toward the war effort. $18,500.

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"BUT JERUSALEM IS NOT ONLY THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF JEWISH HISTORY—A HISTORY FULL OF SUFFERING AND FAILURES, BUT, IN ITS ESSENCE, THE HISTORY OF THE VICTORY OF THE SPIRIT AND THE FAITH OVER THE PHYSICAL FORCE TRYING TO DESTROY IT"

DAYAN, Moshe. Typed letter signed. Tel-Aviv, August 3, 1967.

Typed letter signed by Moshe Dayan, written less than two months after forces led by Dayan during the Six-Day War captured East Jerusalem, thanking his correspondent for a gift, describing the centrality of Jerusalem to Jewish history, and discussing his interest in archaeology. $17,500.

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“NATIONAL WEEKLY FOR THE SURVIVING REMNANT”

(JUDAICA) (HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS). Unser Welt (Our World) Periodical. Munich and Paris, 1946-51.

Scarce, nearly complete run of the earliest issues of the Zionist newspaper Unser Welt, “Our World,” the “National Weekly for Jewry in Europe,” published in Munich just after World War II and the Holocaust. $15,000.

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SIGNED BY DAVID BEN GURION

(BEN GURION, David). 28th Zionist Congress. Israel, 1967-73.

Rare commemorative album celebrating Israeli statehood and the 28th Zionist Congress, comprising a booklet explaining the congress, book excerpts from the book, "Three Days," describing the declaration of statehood, two sheets of Israeli first day covers, a photograph of Ben Gurion on the same sheet as two Israeli historical stamps, and a facsimile of the Independence Scroll signed in pen by Ben Gurion. $15,000.

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A RARE LANDMARK IN BIBLICAL PRINTING

HEBREW BIBLE. Biblia Hebraica Sine Punctis. Oxford, 1750. Two volumes bound as one.

First separate Hebrew Bible printed in England, very rare, preceded only by its appearance as part of the London Polyglot (1655-57). Large-paper copy, printed on thick paper and in a beautiful elaborate contemporary calf binding. $15,000.

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"ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY LAND"

(HOLY LAND) FULLER, Thomas. Pisgah-Sight of Palestine. London, 1650.

First edition of this classic work, with engraved title page, engraved armorial plate, large detailed folding map of Palestine on two sheets, 20 double-page engraved maps—including one of Jerusalem—and seven double-page engraved plates. $12,500.

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