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Collection of travel books - Eretz Israel, first half of the 20th century

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An important collection of 13 travel books for Eretz Israel, all but one of the first half of the 20th century. Photographs, maps, charts. All except one in English.

* PALESTINE PICTURED by ALFRED T. SCHOFIELD London and Wadenburg, around 1900. Early photographs from Eretz Israel. The leaflet contains a dedication from 1901.

*Eretz Israel and South Syria - Travels Book by Eretz Israel Express Company by Yeshayahu Peres, Benjamin Hertz Jerusalem Publishing [1921], three maps, five plans, two patterns and four artistic pictures by Ephraim Moshe Lilien.

*The AMERICAN COLONY PALESTINE GUID by THE AMERICAN COLONY STORES, PALESTINE 1930 with a map of Eretz Israel in lithographic print, and black and white photographs of important Jewish sites. At the end are advertising pages on behalf of the training department of American Colony. Gilt lettering on cover. Missing spine, few detached leaves.

* Aus der Pflanzenwelt palastinas by Philipp wurst 1930.

*COOK'S TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK TO PALESTINE SYRIA & 'IRAO London 1934. Six folded maps.

* HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE IN BIBLE TIMES by JOSEPH HALPERN, London 1939.

* PALESTINE LAND OF PROMISE by WALTER CLAY LOWDERMILK, London 1944. Early photographs of the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel.
*THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST 1945 At the end of the book are many commercials from Palestine. * PALESTINE MISSION by RICHARD CROSSMAN, New York and London 1947.

*STATISTICAL HANDBOOK OF Jewish Palestine * by A. Gertz Israel 1947.
* IN THE STEPS OF THE MASTER by H.V. MORTON, London 1948. Hardcover with colored paper cover.

* JERUSALEM and its surrounding by K. BAEDEKER Jerusalem, 1973. With a panoramic map of the Old City Wall in Jerusalem.
* The PALESTINE THE REBIRTH OF AN ANCIENT PEOPLE by ALBERT M. HYAMSON, London, 1917. Includes photographs of the Jewish settlement at its inception, Jews from different ethnic groups in traditional garb, various photographs from inside the Bezalel School in its early years, packing groups and more.

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