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Ben-Gurion: The Burning Ground, 1886-1948
by Teveth, Shabtai
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Full blue morocco rebinding, stamped in gilt on spine, spine sunned, fully gilt fore edges, marbled endpapers
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. First edition, specially rebound dedication copy, inscribed. xix, 967 pp. 8vo. Full blue morocco rebinding, stamped in gilt on spine, spine sunned, fully gilt fore edges, marbled endpapers. First edition, specially rebound dedication copy, inscribed. xix, 967 pp. 8vo. Inscribed Dedication Copy. A specially rebound, comprehensive biography of the primary founder and first prime minister of the modern State of Israel, from his birth to the nation's establishment in 1948. Inscribed by the author to the dedicatee, Raphael Recanati, on the dedication page.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 367500
- Title
- Ben-Gurion: The Burning Ground, 1886-1948
- Author
- Teveth, Shabtai
- Format/Binding
- Xix, 967 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Full blue morocco rebinding, stamped in gilt on spine, spine sunned, fully gilt fore edges, marbled endpapers
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, specially rebound dedication copy, inscribed
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1987
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About James Cummins Bookseller
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Dedication Copy
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