JEWISH CULTURE IN PALESTINE: LITERATURE
New York; Education Department, Zionist Organization Of America, 1938. Item #35668
Original Wraps. 8vo. 12 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Nazi-era publication on the revival of Hebrew and a survey of Hebrew literature and the press. Discusses specialized areas of study in history, biography, literary criticism, reprinting medieval classics, translations; the specialties of Hebrew writers (terror and gloom, romanticism) . Contains three tables displaying the number of Hebrew books sold in Palestine and exported elsewhere. Subjects: Literature. Hebrew literature - Israel. OCLC lists 4 copies (NYPL, Natl Libr Israel, Harvard, HUC) . Light soiling to wraps. Previous owners name and stamp on front wrap, otherwise clean and fresh. Good + condition. (ZION-8-22) xx.
Price: $110.00