In 1947, the UJA sought to raise $170,000,000 for the Joint Distribution Committe, the United Palestine Appeal and the United Service for New Americans. Ismar David’s entry won fourth place in the competition for a poster design.
A parchment folder with a metal appliqué of the initials of the Keren Kayemet, The Jewish National Fund, as used on the sixth volume of its Golden Book, Gate for the Redemption of the Country.
Author photographer Ellen Thorbecke lived in Lebanon in 1945, working on a project about Beirut that was never published.1Suermondt, Rik, Photolexicon, volume 16, nr. 32 (November 1999) (en) According to his passport, Ismar David spent time in Lebanon and environs in 1945. It might have been Damascus, where he saw a magnificent private collection of antique glass.
In 1947, Ellen Thorbecke’s, The Promised Land, New York:Harper & Brothers, appeared, with illustrations and design by Ismar David.
וזאת לתעודה
מעיר___
במדינת ___
נמנה בשנת תשי״א
על העוסקים באמונה
ובמסירות בצרכי
המגבית המאוחדת
למען ישראל ובנינה
תשי״א
יו״ר המגבית המאוחדת ישראל
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The Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal
Palestine Stories. Jerusalem: Tarshish Books, 1942, 12 x18.3 cm. Paperback cover design.
Dummy for a paper back binding, when paged from right to left.
Cover of a concept dummy, when paged from left to right.
Concept dummy for a punch hole binding and slipcase for the Book of Jonah, circa 1990.
Binding cover, when paged from left to right.
The Book of Jonah. Drawings and design by Ismar David; with an introduction by Chaim Potok. Southbury, CT: Chiswick Book Shop, 1991. xii, 17 p., 31 cm. Book and binding design; illustration.
Binding cover, when paged from right to left.
The Book of Jonah. Drawings and design by Ismar David; with an introduction by Chaim Potok. Southbury, CT: Chiswick Book Shop, 1991. xii, 17 p., 31 cm. Book and binding design; illustration.