Israel: A Personal History

1971. First Edition. Signed. BEN-GURION, David. Israel: A Personal History. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, (1971). Thick quarto, original blue cloth, original slipcase. $3500.United Jewish Appeal commemorative first edition, boldly signed by Ben-Gurion, IsraelÕs first Prime Minister.""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."" A fine copy in a mildly toned slipcase.