Description
Signed limited edition of Israel: A Personal History by David Ben-Gurion.
Octavo, xxii, 862pp. Dark blue morocco, gilt title on spine, gilt illustration on cover. Top edge gilt, silk endpapers. Faint foxing to silk endpapers. Restoration to rear cover and spine, matching coloration of the blue leather. Housed in the publisher’s dark blue slipcase, light shelf wear, a near fine example.
From a limited edition of 2000 copies signed by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion on frontispiece portrait, this being number 1698.
David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. He was known as Israel’s Founding Father for the role he played in establishing the nation.
