Israel: A Personal History
New York: Funk & Wagnalls / Sabra Books, 1971.
Limited issue first edition, copy #426 of 2000. Signed by Ben-Gurion under his frontis photo. xxii, [ii], 862pp, black and white photo illustrations. Bound in publisher's padded dark blue leather stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, pale blue watered silk endpapers. Near Fine. Spot of soiling near head of spine. Housed in a dark blue cloth slipcase with light soiling and rubbing. David Ben-Gurion is regarded as the founding father of Israel. He delivered the country's declaration of independence in 1948 and served as its first Prime Minister. He retired from politics in 1970 and wrote this memoir in Sde-Boqer, a kibbutz in the Negev.
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