Israel: A Personal History [SIGNED]

New York: Funk & Wagnalls/Sabra Books, 1971. Limited first edition. Hardcover. vg to fine. 1/2000. Quarto. xxii, 862pp. Dark blue faux-leather boards, with gilt-stamped Star of Israel and facsimile Ben-Gurion signature on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Housed in a dark blue cloth slipcase as issued. Blue silk endpapers. Signed by David Ben-Gurion under the frontispiece photographic portrait. #348 from a limited edition of 2000 copies, hand-numbered on the verso of the title page. An detailed memoir of David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of the State of Israel, illuminating the history of the Jewish people leading the reader, "after centuries of pioneering," to the establishment of the State of Israel and the years following, including the Suez Crisis, 1956–1957, and the Six-Day War in 1967. Includes two glossy b/w photo sections documenting the founding of Israel. Slipcase with a few light scratches and smudges. Binding and interior both in fine condition, slipcase in very good condition.