I Sang My Song of Zion by Jaffe,L. Satten,Sylvia (translated by) - 1936

Tel Aviv,, 1936. First Edition. Hardback.. Calf slightly faded, spine worn, corners bumped, else content clean. Very good.. 8vo. pp 43. Publisher's brown calf lettered gilt at front. Inscribed by the author at blank verso: ""To Mr. Trevor Cox, wish best wishes, L. Jaffe, 21.ix.1938.""

Tel Aviv: Palestine Publishing Co, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. 43, [1]pp. Original full calf with gold lettering on front cover. Striking collection of 26 poems by Leib Jaffe (1876-1948) a Russian Zionist leader, writer and poet, whose literary work was devoted to the renascence of the Jewish people and to the love of Erez Israel. Age wear on binding with spine rubbed and partly missing, and abrasion along edges of covers. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in very good condition.

Tel Aviv: Palestine Publishing Co., 1936. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. 43, [1]pp. Original half blue cloth over decorative paper covered boards. Inside of fly leaf inscribed and signed by L. Jaffe to Mr. Israel M. Sieff,* and dated Jerusalem 30 XII 1936. Title page in red and black lettering. Exquisite collection of 26 poems in which the author voices the lament that he had to give expression to his thoughts of Zion, of the Jewish revival, of the regeneration of Palestine, in a language other than Hebrew. Spine and edges slightly sunned. Lower front corner slightly bumped (not affecting pages). Minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding and interior in overall good+ condition. * Israel Moses Sieff, Baron Sieff (1889-1972) was an English businessman and the son of Ephraim Sieff. He was president of the Political and Economic Planning think-tank from its foundation in 1931 and its chairman until 1939. Sieff was chairman of the British retailer Marks & Spencer from 1964 to 1967. In 1966 he… Read More