Auction 21
Lot 150:
“Harvest for the Year,” a literary almanac published by Nachum Sokolov. Many Hebrew authors of the period took part in this text. Includes news reports summarizing all the events of 1885/6, special summaries about the situation of the Jewish people in the Diaspora, and the situation of the Land of Israel and the renewed Yishuv. Sections of literature in which prose and poetry sections were published, and sections of history and biographies of famous figures, especially Jews from the literary field. Many of the personalities written about became well-known because of the pictures included in the book, alongside pictures of the Land of Israel. Nachum Sokolov (1859-1936) was the Fifth President of the World Zionist Histadrut, a Zionist leader, author, translator, poet, and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism. | Stamp and listing of ownership. 4 tables of pictures. [1] 55, 772, [4], XII pictures. 22cm. Generally good condition.
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