Israel: A Personal History.
"Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence": Signed Limited Edition of Israel: A personal History, one of 2000 numbered copies Signed by David Ben Gurion and with the rare original publisher’s cardboard box
Israel: A Personal History.
BEN-GURION, David.
$2,250.00
Item Number: 146980
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, Inc., 1971.
Signed limited edition of Ben Gurion’s history of Israel, one of 2000 numbered copies signed beneath the photographic frontispiece by David Ben-Gurion. Thick quarto, original full dark blue morocco, watered silk endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated. Fine in a fine slipcase. Also includes the rare original publisher’s cardboard box.
David Ben-Gurion's life has been so completely identified with Jewish history that "Israel: A Personal History" amounts to an autobiography. With this book, Ben-Gurion joins the small company of great historical figures who have left for posterity a personal record of the events in which they were prime movers.
