Guide to Palestine by Zev Vilnay – First Edition, with Dedication to Ze'ev Jabotinsky Handwritten by the Publisher ...

Guide to Palestine by Zev Vilnay – First Edition, with Dedication to Ze'ev Jabotinsky Handwritten by the Publisher, Yechezkel Steimatzky
Guide to Palestine by Zev Vilnay, with the assistance of Dr. Alfred Bonne. Jerusalem: Steimatzky, 1935.
The guide includes dozens of maps, diagrams, and photographs. Inscribed to "Mr. Z. Jabotinsky" – Ze'ev Jabotinsky – by Yechezkel Steimatzky, founder of the eponymous publishing house, on the front flyleaf. The inscription is dated February 2, 1935, with the place given as "Jerusalem." Yechezkel Steimatzky, founder of the Steimatzky bookstore chain and publishing house, first met Ze'ev Jabotinsky when he was working for a German publisher named Ullstein. In those years, Jabotinsky was deeply involved in the task of compiling the world's first Hebrew-language atlas (the "Jabotinsky Atlas," published in London, 1925). For this purpose, he availed himself of Steimatzky's wide-ranging knowledge in the fields of printing and publishing. Ten years later, when Steimatzky produced a Hebrew guide to Palestine, published by the press he himself had established, he presented Jabotinsky with the current copy.
Eleven plates are missing at the end of the book: Five maps, three legends, a train schedule, and two bus schedules.
111, 346, [4] pp., approx. 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Binding and flyleaves partly detached. Abrasions and wear to binding.