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Churchill, Colonel Charles Henry (1807-1869) Mount Lebanon, a Ten Years' Residence from 1842 to 1852. London: Saunders and Otley, 1853. First edition, three octavo volumes, illustrated, unopened, bound in full contemporary purple cloth, tooled in blind, spines faded, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (3)
Colonel Churchill created the first political plan for Zionism and the creation of the state of Israel in the region of Ottoman Palestine.
Estimate $300-500
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Charles Henry, Churchill, London, Israel, Palestinian TerritoriesJohn Dorfman
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