Israel: A Personal History
New York: Funk & Wagnalls / Sabra Books, 1971.
First edition, limited issue, copy #1780 of 2000 signed by David Ben-Gurion. Bound in publisher's padded dark blue leather stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, pale blue watered silk endpapers. Near Fine with light soiling to covers, foxing to textblock edges, slight fading to endsheets at hinges. Housed in publisher's dark blue cloth slipcase with light soiling, light interior wear. 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.
Price: $3,000