COMMEMORATIVE FIRST EDITION OF ISRAEL, A PERSONAL HISTORY, SIGNED BY DAVID BEN-GURION

BEN-GURION, David. Israel: A Personal History. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, (1971). Thick quarto, original blue cloth, original slipcase. $3800.

United Jewish Appeal commemorative first edition, boldly signed by Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister. With typed letter signed by Moshe Dayan, Israel's Minister of Defense, dated 1973, laid in.

"Foremost among the founding fathers of modern Israel," David Ben-Gurion drafted Israel's Declaration of Independence, serving afterwards as the new nation's first Prime Minister and subsequently as Minister of Defense (Encyclopedia Judaica). A signed limited edition in full morocco and a trade edition in cloth were released in the same year. Illustrated with over 140 black-and-white photographs and six maps. With "United Jewish Appeal Commemorative Edition" on spine; slipcase with label "Presented to Participants in the United Jewish Appeal 1972 Study Conference." Dayan's typed letter signed, addressed to a U.S. citizen living in Florida, solicits a contribution to a foundation for scholarships for Israel Defense Forces veterans.

A fine and desirable signed copy.