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This is a scarce, first edition copy of "About Zionism - Speeches and Letters" by ALBERT EINSTEIN. 1931 1st American edition, 1st printing (February); The Macmillan Company; New York. Translated and edited with an Introduction by Leon Simon. The contents are as follows: Introduction; Assimilation and Nationalism; The Jews in Palestine; Jew and Arab; Select Biography.Condition:There are a couple of very small, light stains near the bottom-right corner of the front cover. Bright gilt lettering on the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are lightly age-toned but clean with no issues found. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. (Note - on page 32, which is the blank page preceding the beginning of the "Assimilation and Nationalism" chapter, there is a dark, pea-sized spot - upon close inspection, this spot appears to be paper pulp, and not a stain...please see photo.)
About Zionism: Speeches and Letters. by Einstein, Albert. Introduction by Leon Simon - 1931
by Einstein, Albert. Introduction by Leon Simon
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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1931. First edition of this volume of Einstein's speeches and letters concerning his views on Zionism. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket which is in near fine condition. Einstein was a prominent supporter of both Labor Zionism and efforts to encourage Jewish-Arab cooperation. He supported the creation of a Jewish national homeland in the British mandate of Palestine but was opposed to the idea of a Jewish state "with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power." In a letter to Jawaharlal Nehru dated June 13, 1947, he asserted, "Long before the emergence of Hitler I made the cause of Zionism mine because through it I saw a means of correcting a flagrant wrong....The Jewish people alone has for centuries been in the anomalous position of being victimized and hounded as a people, though bereft of all the rights and protections which even the smallest people normally has...Zionism offered the means of ending this discrimination." Einstein's speeches, lectures, and letters concerning Zionism were first published in 1930 by The Soncino Press and eleven of these essays were later collected in The World as I See It, published in 1933, which Einstein dedicated "to the Jews of Germany".
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- Publisher The MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1931
- Keywords About Zionism: Speeches and Letters by Professor Albert Einstein First Edition, albert einstein first edition
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London: The Soncino Press, 1930. First British edition (which precedes the American edition by one year) of this volume of Einstein's speeches and letters concerning his views on Zionism. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in the scarce original dust jacket which is lacking the spine. Einstein was a prominent supporter of both Labor Zionism and efforts to encourage Jewish-Arab cooperation. He supported the creation of a Jewish national homeland in the British mandate of Palestine but was opposed to the idea of a Jewish state "with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power." In a letter to Jawaharlal Nehru dated June 13, 1947, he asserted, "Long before the emergence of Hitler I made the cause of Zionism mine because through it I saw a means of correcting a flagrant wrong....The Jewish people alone has for centuries been in the anomalous position of being victimized and hounded as a people, though bereft of all the rights and protections which even the smallest people normally…
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