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(ISRAEL / PALESTINE). The British Consulate in Jerusalem in Relation to the Jews of Palestine, 1838-1914. Edited with an introduction and notes by Albert M[ontefiore] Hyamson. Part I: 1838-1861. Part II: 1862-1914. Two volumes. First Edition. Vol. I: pp. lviii, (2), 294. * Vol. II: pp. (6), lxvii-lxxxvii, (2), 295-592. Previous owner’s Booksplate. Original printed wrappers, spines worn. 4to. London: Edward Goldston Ltd. 1939 and 1941 A collection of historical documents published by the Jewish Historical Society of England on the matter of the British Consulate in Jerusalem’s work on behalf of the Jews of Palestine. Albert Montefiore Hyamson (1875-1954) was a British historian and Chief Immigration Officer of the British Mandate of Palestine from 1921 to 1934. Some of the documents published in this work came from the Consulate’s archives, to which Hyamson had access, and had never before been published. A collection of historical documents published by the Jewish Historical Society of England on the matter of the British Consulate in Jerusalem’s work on behalf of the Jews of Palestine. Albert Montefiore Hyamson (1875-1954) was a British historian and Chief Immigration Officer of the British Mandate of Palestine from 1921 to 1934. Some of the documents published in this work came from the Consulate’s archives, to which Hyamson had access, and had never before been published.