Description
Signed copy of My Life by Prime Minister Golda Meir.
Octavo, 480pp. Light blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “first American edition” on copyright page, but with Book Club Edition blind stamp on rear panel. Text block sound, faint toning along top edge of text block. In a book club edition dust jacket, near fine, light wear at spine, otherwise a fine example. Signed on the front free endpaper: “To Ruth Berryman, With best wishes. Golda Meir. Jan. 8, 1976.”
Golda Meir (1898-1978) served as the 4th Prime Minister of Israel. She remains the only woman elected as Prime Minister of Israel. She served from 1969-1974, resigning after the Yom Kippur War. She was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin.