The Library of Congress reports that over 1,000 titles were published in Israel during 1951. The report notes that the number of copies of each edition was limited on account of the severe paper shortage.
Fifty Hebrew monographic titles published in Israel during 1951 are being exhibited in the main building of the Library of Congress. The books on display are a cross section of Israel’s literary production in the year just closed. In their selection special attention was given to problems of printing and format, make-up, binding design and type of book manufacture. The development of Hebrew scripts and typography, their relation to older Semitic and Egyptian prototypes, their diffusion and influence are stressed through charts, title-pages and book jackets.
“Of particular interest to scholars overseas are the essays and studies on Semitic and Hebrew linguistics on Bible and archeology, Palestinography and the Middle East,” the library report says. “Works on the ideology, works and projects of the Hebrew labor movement are of high quality and deserve special mention. The increasing number of encyclopedias of both a general and specialized nature is very striking and understandable in view of the rapid Hebraization of the younger elements. Textbooks were in short supply, so were juvenilia, and very expensive.”
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