[Palestine Content] – Luke, Harry Charles / Keith-Roach, Edward.

The Handbook of Palestine. Edited by Harry Charles Luke and Edward Keith-Roach. With an Introduction By The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel. Issued under the Authority of the Government of Palestine.

First Edition. [This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. London, Macmillan And Co., Ltd., 1922. 19 cm x 13 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 295 pages, (14) pages. With the stunning “Railway Map of Palestine & Transjordania” (64 cm wide x 54 cm high) folded in the pocket to the rear pastedown (stapled to the Map a corrigenda regarding “Kefr Jinnis”). Original Hardcover. Harry Luke’s (Lukach) personal copy. Fading to boards and spine. Otherwise in good condition.

Includes a Map of Palestine in the pocket of the rear board.

Published just after the Jaffa-Riots, this is one of the rarest publications of early jewish settlements in Palestine. This publication would later go through new editions and be published under the Title: “The Handbook Of Palestine And Trans-Jordan”.

• Keywords: British Colonial Administration · British Colonial History · British Foreign Office · British Foreign Policy · Colonial administrators · Colonial History · Colonial History – Rare · Government of Palestine (British Colonial Government 1922) · Harry Luke – Palestine I (1920 – 1924) · Luke, Sir Harry · Mediterranean · Middle East · Middle Eastern History · Middle Eastern History – Rare · Palestine · Palestine – Content / Sir Harry Luke Collection · Palestine Content (Printed Chapters) · Railway – Rare · Railway in Palestine · Railway in Transjordan · Sir Harry Luke · Sir Harry Luke – Personal Archive of Books and Correspondence · Sir Harry Luke Collection · Trans-Jordan · Transjordan
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 30184AB

EUR 275.000,--