"Unpublished Letters of Herzl, Introduced and Translated by Israel Cohen" – A Translation of Herz's Letters to ...

"Unpublished Letters of Herzl, Introduced and Translated by Israel Cohen" – A Translation of Herz's Letters to Joseph Cowen – Draft for Publication – England, 1955
"Unpublished Letters of Herzl, introduced and translated by Israel Cohen", draft of the translation of twenty eight letters sent by Theodor Herzl to Joseph Cowen during the years 1900-1902. Prepared by the secretary of the World Zionist Organization Israel Cohen, presumably, towards first publication. [England?, ca. 1955]. English.
The draft (mimeographed typescript) contains an interesting documentation of the diplomatic, financial and journalistic activity Herzl participated in to promote his ambitious plan – obtaining a charter from the Turkish government enabling Jewish settlement in Palestine. The letters refer to Herzl's connections with Baron Rothschild, Zionist and anti-Zionist members of the British parliament, the efforts to meet with the Turkish Sultan, a letter announcing Herzl's historical meeting with the Sultan (this letter was sent before the meeting, with an accompanying instruction not to open it before receiving a telegraph notice), and more. In a short introduction by the translator of the letters, it is noted that Herzl did not make copies of the letters and except for a few references, did not mention or quote them in his diaries.
The recipient of the letters, Joseph Cowen (1868-1932), was one of the founders of the Zionist movement in England, a delegate to the First Zionist Congress and a member of the Zionist Commission to Palestine. In 1902, he accompanied Herzl on his journey to Constantinople; the translator, Israel Cohen (1879-1961), was an English Zionist leader, journalist and writer. In 1921 he was appointed secretary of the World Zionist Organization.
Presumably, this translation was never published.
21 pp (typewritten on separate leaves), 25.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and small tears to margins. Long tears to two of the leaves. Several handwritten corrections.