"Tel Aviv" – First Hebrew Translation of "Altneuland" by Theodor Herzl

Tel Aviv, a Story, by Theodor Herzl. Hebrew translation by N. S. [Nahum Sokolow]. Published by the Russian Zionist Organization, "HaTsfira" printing press, Warsaw 1902 [on the back of the title page appears a censorship approval from 1903].
First Hebrew translation of Theodor Herzl's utopian novel "Altneuland", published in German in the same year.
319 pp, 21 cm. Paper cover is lacking. Fair-good condition. Numerous stains, some dark. Slight creases and damage. Tears, open tears and defects to title page (paper is pasted on back of the leaf for restoration). Pen inscriptions on a number of leaves. Trimmed margins and a long tear, restored with adhesive tape, to one of the leaves. Bound in a new binding, without the original wrappers.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.