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(xt/mw) Nussenblatt, Tulo (editor) : THEODOR HERZL JAHRBUCH [INSCRIBED BY EDITOR, A HERZL-ASSOCIATED WARSAW-GHETTO MARTYR]

Wien, H. Glanz, 1937

First edition. Original blue boards with gold font with beautiful original dust jacket. 8vo. 336 pages; 24 cm. Hitler-era publication, written in German with additional Hebrew title page. Includes a 9 word inscription written and signed by the author to Shalom Spiegel, renowned scholar and professor of Hebrew literature at JTS, in August 1937, just before the start of the war. Dr. Tulo Nussenblatt was a famous Zionist scholar and historian before WWII. During the war, Nussenblatt housed many people in his bunker in the Warsaw ghetto. He died in the uprising, still clutching his briefcase full of book materials about Theodor Herzl, about whom he wrote this book. A biography of Herzl divided into 4 sections with smaller divisions within each. Includes several black-and-white photographs of Herzl, his colleagues, and his possessions, as well as facsimiles of important letters, documents, and objects from his life. SUBJECT (S) : Theodor Herzl, Zionism. OCLC lists 21 copies worldwide. Library markings on spine of book, but not on dust jacket which is very clean. Slight toning. Fading on cover boards on spine and edges. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Good condition in Very Good Jacket. A beautiful inscribed copy. (zion-12-39)

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