Out of Darkness into Light: Life Story of Arthur U. Michelson
Los Angeles, CA: Jewish Hope Pub. House, [197-?]. 21 cm, 127, wraps, illus., facsimiles, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Los Angeles, CA: Jewish Hope Pub. House, [197-?]. 21 cm, 127, wraps, illus., facsimiles, some wear and soiling to covers. More
London: Wingate, 1950. First? Edition. First? Printing. 160, illus., glossary, DJ worn, soiled, torn, and chipped, pencil erasure and some foxing on front endpaper. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, [1955]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 148, selected readings, index, DJ worn and torn. Introduction by Abba Eban. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. 581, illus., appendix, index, slight discoloration inside boards, DJ worn: small tears, several small pieces missing. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. 581, illus., appendix, index, slight discoloration inside boardsJames Forrestal's diaries begin in 1944, shortly after he became Secretary of the Navy, and end with his resignation in March 1949 as America's first Secretary of Defense. More
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2015. Third Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 400, [2] pages. Autographed sticker on DJ. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Includes Author's Note. Topics covered include Family, Maine, The Senate Years, Northern Ireland, No Time for Retirement, The Art of Negotiation. Also includes Notes, Statement by the President, Acknowledgments, Illustration Credits, and Index. Reflections on an American Life from Maine to the U.S. Senate, from Baseball to Disney, from Northern Ireland to the Middle East. George Mitchell rose from modest small-town origins to become one of the most respected and accomplished leaders in America--a man whose integrity and skills as a problem solver have been sought in politics, business, and even by Major League Baseball. George Mitchell, as the Senate majority leader, and Bob Dole, the Senate Minority Leader, established one of the most productive bipartisan relationships in recent Senate history. More
London: Leo Cooper Ltd., 1969. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 140, illus., music, some soiling and edge wear to DJ, small tears to DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper, errata slip laid in. More
New York, N.Y. The New American Library [A Signet Book], 1959. First Printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. 508, [4] pages. Some cover wear and page browning. Includes Illustrations. Maps. Foreword and Index, as well as chapters on Boyhood Days; My Early Life in the Army; Between the Wars; Britain Goes to War in 1939; The Army in England after Dunkirk; My Doctrine of Command; Eighth Army; The Battle of Alam Halfa; The Battle of Alamein; Alamein to Tunis; The Campaign in Sicily; The Campaign in Italy; In England before Do-Day; The Battle of Normandy; Allied Strategy North of the Seine; The Battle of Arnhem; Prelude to the Ardennes; The Battle of the Ardennes; The End of the War in Europe; The German Surrender; Some Thoughts n High Command in War; The Control of Post-War Germany: The First Steps; Difficulties with the Russians Begin; The Struggle to Rehabilitate Germany; Last Days in Germany; Prelude to Whitehall; Beginnings in Whitehalll; Overseas Tours in 1947; Storm Clouds over Palestine; I make myself a nuisance in Whitehall, Beginnings of Defence Co-operation in Europe; The Unity of the West; Second thought; and Index. The Hero of El Alamein's outspoken autobiography--a great leader's explosive analysis of the triumphs and blunders of World War II. A Great Leader's explosive analysis of the triumphs and blunders of World War II. More
Washington, DC: Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, 1971. First edition. First edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 224 p. 22 cm. Illustrations, Portraits. Index. More
New Orleans, LA: Red Bass Productions, Inc., 1987. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 70 pages., wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers, mailing label and ink notation on rear cover. Pages 17/18 neatly cut away (losing the last portion of the interview with Noam Chomsky). Contributors to this issue on Palestine include James Abourezk, Noam Chomsky, Etel Adnan, Jean Genet and Edward Said, among many others. Among the topics covered are: Interview with Edward Said, Interview with Noam Chomsky, Interview Labib Zudhi Terzi, Shatila, J. Edgar Hoover, Political Violence, Hate Violence, Siege of Beirut, Peace in Palestine, Documentary, Vanunu, and Michael Warschawsky. More
South Brunswick: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1973. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 242 pages. More
New York: Random House, c1977. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 269, remainder mark on bottom edge. Introduction by Congressman Jonathan B. Bingham. More
The Executive Committee of the General Federation of Jewish Labour in Palestine and the Jewish National Workers; Alliance in U.S.A., Tel-Aviv (Palestine). Third Edition, Presumed first edition in Yiddish. Hardcover. 320 pages and folding-map. DJ is worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Endpapers discolored. Volume I ONLY. This edition in Yiddish follows two previous published in Hebrew (1946 and 1947) and contains certain additions and revisions. In 1933, thousand of German Jews fled to Palestine. Golda Meir was appointed to the executive committee of the General Federation of Jewish Labor in Palestine. This was a very powerful organization, so Golda was on the inner circle of Jewish leadership. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. Fourth Printing. 798, wraps, illus., notes, bibliography, chronological table, glossary, index, covers somewhat worn/soiled. More
Washington, DC: Potomac Books, Inc, 2005. 2nd edition, Revised. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Trade paperback Glued binding. viii, 229, [3]. Course syllabus. Index. More
Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1976. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 269, illus., usual library markings. More
London/Glasgow: Thomas Nelson/House of Grant, 1952-1961. First Edition. 1046 total, 3 vols., illus. (some color), maps, apps, biblio, index, foxing to fore-edge v.1&2, ink name inside front boards all 3 vols. More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. First edition [stated], Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. [8], 147, [5] pages. Signed by the author with comment ("Shalom") in the fep. From a great and true voice of our time (Washington Post Book World), comes this story of Proffy, a twelve-year-old living in Palestine in 1947. When Proffy befriends a member of the occupying British forces who shares his love of language and the Bible, he is accused of treason by his friends and learns the true nature of loyalty and betrayal. Amos Oz (born Amos Klausner; 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He was the author of 40 books, including novels, short story collections, children's books, and essays, and his work has been published in 45 languages, more than that of any other Israeli writer. He was the recipient of many honors and awards, among them the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels, the Legion of Honour of France, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature, the Heinrich Heine Prize, and the Franz Kafka Prize. Oz is regarded as one of "Israel's most prolific writers and respected intellectuals", as The New York Times worded it in an obituary. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1983. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 442 pages. illustrations. Notes and Sources. Index. Signed and inscribed by the author; inscription signed "Lew." Minor edge tear to front dust jacket. More
London: T. Nelson, [1949]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 134, illus., maps, several tears at DJ edges repaired with tape, erasure residue fr endpaper, edges soiled, DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: Philosophical Library, 1950. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 256 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, index. More
Israel: Israel Prime Minister's Office, The Department for Landscaping and the Preservation of Historic Sites. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Pamphlet. Format is approximately 6.5 inches by 4.5 inches. Unpaginated [16 pages plus covers]. Decorative cover. Illustrations. Map/plan inside back cover. Captions in red. Moshe Pearlman (1911 – 5 April 1986), born Maurice Pearlman, was an Israeli writer. He studied at the London School of Economics and was a student of Harold Laski. He first worked as a journalist and emigrated to Israel. During World War ii he served in the British army in North Africa and Greece, attaining the rank of major. Concurrent with his army service and after it, he was involved in the organization of 'illegal' immigration, Aliyah Bet. In the War of Independence he was in charge of the Israel army press liaison unit and served as the army's chief spokesman. He remained head of the Press Unit until 1952 and during the same time period was the organizer and first director of the Government Press Office. From 1952 to 1956 he was the director of the Israel Broadcasting Service, Kol Yisrael. In 1960 he retired and devoted himself to literary activity. He was sent as an ambassador on a special mission to Zaire (then the Belgian Congo) in 1960 and in 1967 served as special assistant to Defense Minister Moshe Dayan during the period of the Six-Day War. More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965. 260, index, some soiling to flyleaves, library stamp inside rear flyleaf (only library marking), DJ torn and pieces missing. More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, c1943. 32 cm, 100, wraps, illus., maps, covers worn with small tears and small pieces missing, front cover weak. More
New York: Random House, 1995. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. x, 350, illus., Inscribed by hand by the author (Shimon Peres) on the front free endpaper. Shimon Peres (born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the ninth President of Israel (2007–2014), the Prime Minister of Israel (twice), and the Interim Prime Minister, in the 1970s to the 1990s. He was a member of twelve cabinets and represented five political parties in a political career spanning 70 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November He was chosen as a protégé by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founding father. He began his political career in the late 1940s, holding several diplomatic and military positions during and directly after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. His first high-level government position was as Deputy Director-General of Defense in 1952 which he attained at the age of 28, and Director-General from 1953 until 1959. In 1956, he took part in the historic negotiations on the Protocol of Sèvres. In 1963, he held negotiations with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, which resulted in the sale of Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel, the first sale of U.S. military equipment to Israel. Peres represented Mapai, Rafi, the Alignment, Labor and Kadima in the Knesset, and led Alignment and Labor. Peres first succeeded Yitzhak Rabin as Acting Prime Minister briefly during 1977, before becoming Prime Minister from 1984 to 1986. As Foreign Minister, Peres engineered the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty, and won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Rabin and Yasser Arafat for the Oslo Accords peace talks with the Palestinian leadership. More