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ELIEL LÔFGREN (1872-1940), CHARLES BARDE AND C.J. VAN KEMPEN
Report of the Commission appointed by His Majesty's Government ... with the approval of the Council of the League of Nations, to determine the rights and claims of Moslems and Jews in connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem. London: HMSO, 1931. 8° (243 x 155mm). 75pp., 3 maps, 2 of which folding. Original green printed wrappers (extremities faintly rubbed, one small stain to upper cover). [With:] CUST, L.G.A. The Status Quo in the Holy Places ... with an annexe on the Status Quo in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, by Abdullah Effendi Kardus, M.B.E. [London:] HMSO for the Government of Palestine, [1929-1930]. 8° (243 x 155mm). 70pp. Leaf of corrigenda and addendum tipped onto bank p.vi before p.1. (Short marginal tear to title, Original grey printed wrappers (staples rusted, light marginal creasing and short tear to upper wrapper). [With:] STEIN, Leonard. Memorandum on the "Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August 1929." London: The Jewish Agency for Palestine, May 1930. 8° (243 x 155mm). 111pp. (Last 16pp. heavily creased, title soiled.) Original stapled wrappers (rubbed, soiled and creased, lower portion of spine defective). [And:] HERTZ, J.R. The History and Significance of the Western Wall. [London:] October [1929]. Bifolium, 4pp. (Soiled.)
LEAGUE OF NATIONS REPORT ESTABLISHING OWNERSHIP OF THE WESTERN WALL, and the religious observances permitted there. Accompanying this report is AN EXTREMELY RARE PAMPHLET MARKED 'CONFIDENTIAL'. In it, Cust, the former District Officer of Jerusalem, describes in detail the religious practices of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Sanctuary of the Ascension, the Tomb of the Virgin at Gethsemane, the Church of the Nativity, the Wailing Wall, and Rachel's Tomb. The publication was printed in December 1929, but the important addendum leaf was printed in April 1930. The addendum details the emergency provisional instructions for observances issued by the High Commissioner in the light of the 1929 riots, and notes that the League of Nations committee is about to be appointed. ONLY A SINGLE COPY OF CUST'S WORK CAN BE TRACED IN INSTITUTIONS (Israeli State Archive). Khalidi & Khaddurri 1851 (first named work only).
Report of the Commission appointed by His Majesty's Government ... with the approval of the Council of the League of Nations, to determine the rights and claims of Moslems and Jews in connection with the Western or Wailing Wall at Jerusalem. London: HMSO, 1931. 8° (243 x 155mm). 75pp., 3 maps, 2 of which folding. Original green printed wrappers (extremities faintly rubbed, one small stain to upper cover). [With:] CUST, L.G.A. The Status Quo in the Holy Places ... with an annexe on the Status Quo in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, by Abdullah Effendi Kardus, M.B.E. [London:] HMSO for the Government of Palestine, [1929-1930]. 8° (243 x 155mm). 70pp. Leaf of corrigenda and addendum tipped onto bank p.vi before p.1. (Short marginal tear to title, Original grey printed wrappers (staples rusted, light marginal creasing and short tear to upper wrapper). [With:] STEIN, Leonard. Memorandum on the "Report of the Commission on the Palestine Disturbances of August 1929." London: The Jewish Agency for Palestine, May 1930. 8° (243 x 155mm). 111pp. (Last 16pp. heavily creased, title soiled.) Original stapled wrappers (rubbed, soiled and creased, lower portion of spine defective). [And:] HERTZ, J.R. The History and Significance of the Western Wall. [London:] October [1929]. Bifolium, 4pp. (Soiled.)
LEAGUE OF NATIONS REPORT ESTABLISHING OWNERSHIP OF THE WESTERN WALL, and the religious observances permitted there. Accompanying this report is AN EXTREMELY RARE PAMPHLET MARKED 'CONFIDENTIAL'. In it, Cust, the former District Officer of Jerusalem, describes in detail the religious practices of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Sanctuary of the Ascension, the Tomb of the Virgin at Gethsemane, the Church of the Nativity, the Wailing Wall, and Rachel's Tomb. The publication was printed in December 1929, but the important addendum leaf was printed in April 1930. The addendum details the emergency provisional instructions for observances issued by the High Commissioner in the light of the 1929 riots, and notes that the League of Nations committee is about to be appointed. ONLY A SINGLE COPY OF CUST'S WORK CAN BE TRACED IN INSTITUTIONS (Israeli State Archive). Khalidi & Khaddurri 1851 (first named work only).
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