Auction 4
Lot 119:
3 of the books authored by Israel Zangwill, with colorful illustrations and engravings. Children of the Ghetto, The King of Schnorrers, the Mantle of Elijah. 1000 copies of this edition were printed, this is #590. In addition he signed his name by hand in the first volume. The books are bound in red binding, gilded with the Star of David. With his book of thoughts on Zionism and Judaism, called The Voice of Jerusalem, 1921. Israel Zangwill lived 1864-1926 and was a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, and was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. He later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland in Palestine and became the prime thinker behind the territorial movement. Very good condition.
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