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1970822481970. Autograph letter signed by the founder of modern day Israel and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. It reads "Sdeh. Boker 28. 2. 70 Dear Mr. George P. Viegelmann Jr. I share entirely your view that it is vitally necessary for everyone in the Middle East to live in peace. I am expressing a private view: I would be ready to give up a great Part of the areas which we hold since the six day war if this would bring peace; by peace I mean friendship with our Arab neighbors and cooperation politically economically and culturally but perhaps only Russia can bring this about. I even doubt whether the American Gov. can achieve that. In the future there may be a change in Egypt. David Ben-Gurion." This letter is a very unique piece of history particularly in regards to Israeli-Arab relations and the study of peace in general. While publicly Ben-Gurion was the undoubted leader in Zionism privately at the end of his life he began to have other opinions. He desired peace even if it meant giving up land that they had fought to obtain. Ben-Gurion's thoughts on peace in his latter years is corroborated by the recent documentary Ben-Gurion Epilogue. This movie features footage that was taken in 1968 and only recently discovered. In the footage he explains that Israel's moral compass was inexorably tied to its treatment of the non-Jews living under its rule. Double matted and framed opposite a photograph of Ben-Gurion. The entire piece measures 15 inches by 16.5 inches. David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism which began early in life led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948 he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces. Subsequently he became known as "Israel's founding father." unknown books
192880799New York: Covici-Friede 1928. First Edition. First Edition. <br/><br/>Hecht and MacArthur's most important book and easily the rarest in jacket. A drama that is the basis for three key films: "The Front Page" in 1931 with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien "The Front Page" in 1974 with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and most importantly of all the classic screwball comedy "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940. <br/><br/>A cornerstone film source title by two of the greatest screenwriters of Hollywood's golden era. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Near Fine example of the rare dust jacket. Easily the grandest copy we have ever seen. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. Covici-Friede unknown books
1966492Paris. The Trianon Press. 1966. Folio. Loose within stiff wrappers. 135 xxivpp. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. The illuminated pages were reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil. The frontispiece and title-page are original lithographs with color applied by hand through stencils. The frontispiece is signed by Shahn. This is the first edition of the Haggadah for Passover copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn published in a total edition of 292 copies each bearing the artist's signature and cipher on the frontispiece. This edition is one of 20 copies numbered I to XX and is printed on Arches Grand Velin pure rag paper. It includes an extra set of the color plates on Arches Vergé paper; a set of the plates left uncolored on Arches Vergé; and a proof state of the lithograph frontispiece all contained in separate folders. All contained in a full vellum folding box with brass latches. Fine condition. The Trianon Press books
196610801380 leaves. Paris: The Trianon Press 1966. 80 leaves. Large unbound folio in stiff glassine covered wrappers housed in large vellum box stamped with gilt lettering on front back and spine with double clasp closure but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Includes an extra set of colored plates on Auvergne hand-made paper a set of uncolored plates on Arches Verge paper three each of the original guide sheets and stencils and two proof states of the frontispiece enclosed in paper folders in a linen portfolio with ties. Fine condition. § One of 16 copies numbered K to Z with this being K. Signed and stamped with the artist’s cypher on the frontispiece. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography. He collaborated with Diego Rivera and undertook commissions for the Farm Security Administration. Perhaps his most famous work the Jersey Homesteads Mural has also been linked to the Haggadah and the themes of slavery the struggles of immigrants deliverance and redemption were important throughout his career. The Trianon Press hardcover books
194824454<p>In 1947 as the British mandate over Palestine established by the League of Nations in 1922 was about to expire the United Nations called for partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. Jewish leaders accepted the plan but Arab leaders announced that they would oppose its implementation by force. President Harry Truman had endorsed partition despite opposition within his administration. On March 19 1948 the U.S. shockingly reversed its position supporting partition; instead it called for a temporary United Nations trusteeship.</p><p>David Ben-Gurion as head of the Jewish Agency masterfully worked to contain the damage. Less than two months after writing this letter Ben-Gurion and the recipient of this letter Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Maiman both would help draft and sign Israel's Declaration of Independence.</p> <b>DAVID BEN-GURION.</b>Autograph Letter Signed "<i>D. Ben-Gurion</i>" to Rabbi Yehuda Leib Fishman. March 23 1948 Israel. In Hebrew one page on The Jewish Agency for Palestine stationery. 8.5 x 11 in.<p><b>Translation</b></p><p><i>"Please convey to the Executive </i>of the Jewish Agency for Palestine <i>the following – As I was deprived of the possibility of taking part in the meetings of the Executive I ask to be allowed to appoint a member to be the head of Defence so that I can transfer this work from myself as soon as possible. I wish to point out that because of the remarks that were heard in the discussion of our answers to the American announcement I refer to the remarks of Golda Myerson and Kolotny I am of the opinion that paragraph 'C' should be changed by way of adding a demand for an immediate agreement that a temporary Government be formulated in accordance with the version that I gave to my Secretary Svi Marmion."</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Ben-Gurion responded forcefully to the new American position in a statement to the Tel Aviv Press Club on March 20: "We shall not agree to any kind of trusteeship whether permanent or temporary even for the shortest time. We shall no longer submit to any foreign domination whatever. … The Jewish State exists and will continue to exist because we defend it. … our political program falls under three headings in the order I name them: security; a Jewish State; a Jewish-Arab alliance."</p><p>On March 22 Abba Hillel Silver on behalf of the Jewish Agency indicated that the Agency would not discuss the American proposal for trusteeship as it had not yet been submitted to the Security Council. The next day the Jewish Agency for Palestine and the National Council of Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi issued a joint statement that Israel intended to proceed to independence.</p><p>Ben-Gurion was determined to strengthen their position by shaping his provisional government and making it clear that the Jewish state would come into being with or without international approval. Accordingly on March 25 Moshe Shertok Sharett sent the chairman of the U.N. Palestine Commission an urgent request for the establishment of a provisional government including a list of proposed members.</p><p>The <i>"'paragraph C'"</i> referenced in the present letter undoubtedly corresponds to a passage in either the March 23 or March 25 statements to the U.N. For the full final text of both see Appendices A and B below.</p><p>As noted the final wording was influenced by future Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and by Moshe Kolodny Kol. They may have been advocating for the wording that appeared in the third paragraph of the March 25 statement "the Provisional Council of Government thus designated be empowered in consultation with the United. Nations Commission to co-opt additional members representing groups both Arab and Jewish…" </p><p><b>Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Maiman</b> 1875–1962 the recipient of this letter was born in Bessarabia and emigrated to Palestine in 1913. A renowned author and Talmudic scholar he was a founding member of Mizrachi. He helped draft Israel's Declaration of Independence and became Minister of Religions and War Victims. He served in the First Knesset until 1951.</p><p><b>APPENDIX A</b></p><p>STATEMENT ADOPTED BY THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE</p><p>AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE JEWS OF PALESTINE</p><p>VAAD LEUMI MARCH 23 1948</p><p>The Jewish Agency for Palestine and the Vaad Leumi have learned with regret and astonishment of the attitude adopted by the United States representative in the Security Council concerning the United Nations decisions on Palestine.</p><p>The Jewish Agency and the Vaad Leumi declare:</p><p>1. The Jewish people and the Yichev in Palestine will oppose any proposal designed to prevent or postpone the establishment of the Jewish State.</p><p>2. We categorically reject any plan to set up a trusteeship regime for Palestine even for a short period of time. A trusteeship would necessarily entail a denial of the Jewish right to national independence. It would leave Palestine under a foreign military regime.</p><p>3. The failure and disintegration of the Mandatory administration the continuation of which was unanimously rejected by the United Nations necessitates the early arrival in Palestine of the United Nations Palestine Commission. The Provisional Council of Government of the Jewish State should be recognized without delay by the United Nations Palestine Commission so that authority may be transferred to it as envisaged in the United Nations decisions.</p><p>4. Upon the termination of the Mandatory administration and not later than May 16 next a provisional Jewish government will commence to function in cooperation with the representatives of the United Nations then in Palestine. In the meantime we shall do our utmost to minimize the chaos created by the present government and we shall maintain so far as lies in our power the public services neglected by it.</p><p>5. The Jewish people extends the hand of peace to the Arab people and invites representatives of the Arab population of the Jewish State to take their rightful place in all its organs of government. The Jewish State will be glad to cooperate with the neighboring Arab States and to enter into permanent treaty relations with them to strengthen world peace and to advance the development of all countries of the Near East.</p><p>After a bloody Arab-Israeli conflict following the British withdrawal the State of Israel was proclaimed in May 1948. Ben-Gurion was designated the first Prime Minister a position he held for the majority of the next fifteen years.</p><p><b>APPENDIX B</b></p><p>THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE</p><p>16 East 66th Street</p><p> New York 21 N.Y.</p><p>March 25 1948</p><p>The Chairman</p><p>United Nations Palestine Commission Lake Success New York</p><p>Sir:</p><p>In pursuance of the oral representations made by me to the Commission on March 17 on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and. the National Council of the Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi concerning the appointment of a Provisional Council of Government for the Jewish State I have the honor now as a matter of urgency to reiterate the request that the Provisional Council of the Jewish State should be immediately established and that it be composed as follows:</p><p>Mr. David Ben-Gurion Mr. Itzhak Ben-Zvi</p><p>Mr. Fritz Bernstein Mr. Eliahu Berligne</p><p>Mr. Eliahu Dobkin Mr. Meyer Grabovski</p><p>Rabbi Judah Leib Fishman Mrs. Rachel Kagan</p><p>Rabbi Wolf Gold Mr. Abraham Katznelaon</p><p>Mr. Itzhak Greenbaum Saadia Khuvashi</p><p>Mr. Eliezer Kaplan Dr. Georg Landauer</p><p>Mr. Moshe Kolodni Mr. Evi Lurie</p><p>Mrs. Goldie Meyerson Mr. Nachum Nir</p><p>Mr. Moshe Shapiro Mr. David. Pinkas</p><p>Mr. Moshe Shertok Mr. David Remez</p><p> Mr. Berl Repetur</p><p> Mr. Mordecai Shatner</p><p> Mr. Zorach Warhaftig</p><p>2. The above list comprises all the Palestinian members of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine as well as the fall membership of the National Council of the Jews of Palestine Vaad Leumi. Included are representatives of the following parties and groups:</p><p>Palestine Labor Party Mapay</p><p>General Zionists</p><p>Mizrachi Orthodox Zionists</p><p>Hapoel Hamizrachl</p><p>Hashomer Hatzair</p><p>now merged.</p><p>Achditt Avoda</p><p>Aliya Hadasha</p><p>Wizo</p><p>Yemenites Organization</p><p>3. It is proposed further that the Provisional Council of Government thus designated be empowered in consultation with the United. Nations Commission to co-opt additional members representing groups both Arab and Jewish not at present included in the membership of the Jewish Agency for Palestine or the Vaad Leumi. Negotiations with this object in view have been successfully concluded with some Jewish groups and are still in progress with others.</p><p>4. Upon the appointment of the Provisional Council of Government it is suggested that the United Nations Palestine Commission should instruct the Provisional Council to proceed with the establishment of a central administrative organ of government as indicated in Article 7 of Part I B of the Resolution of the General Assembly.</p><p>5. I venture in conclusion to point out that under Article 4 of Part I B of the Resolution of the Assembly if by 1 April 1948 a Provisional Council of Government has not been set up the United Nations Palestine Commission will be under the obligation to communicate that fact to the Security Council. It is earnestly hoped that the need for the Commission to report failure in this respect will be obviated by the immediate appointment of the Provisional Council of Government of the Jewish State.</p><p>Sincerely yours</p><p>Moshe Shertok</p> books
1945149147Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1945. Draft script for the 1945 film with an additional seven page addendum on pink stock with alternate endings written out in a treatment form. <br/><br/>In addition to containing an alternate ending the date on the script coincides with the takeover of the project by RKO from original producer David O. Selznick in July 1945 making it one of the earliest possible drafts to bear the RKO label. Selznick who was never happy with the film's script or casting sold it to RKO after the disastrous production of "Duel in Sun" began absorbing most of his time and money. <br/><br/>Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Claude Rains.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Brazil with Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden and Santa Anita Park & Racetrack. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers front wrapper dated July 16 1945 and rubber-stamped production No. 1490 credited to both Hecht and Hitchcock. Title page integral with the first page of text. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 160 followed by 7 pages on pink stock numbered A-G and titled "ALTERNATIVE ENDING."<br/><br/>Mimeograph duplication all pages on white and pink onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very God plus with some tiny closed tears bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 137. Ebert l. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
19333623Pete Rice Magazine A very scarce and desirable western title. Pete Rice Magazine was one of several single character hero pulp titles published by Street & Smith. With a cover date of November 1933 for the first issue he appeared just eight months after Doc Savage appeared on the stands and nine months after Nick Carter. The title changed to Pete Rice Western Adventures with the September 1935 issue and continued as such until the end of the run. Austin Gridley was the Street & Smith house author that the Pete Rice stories appeared under however most were written by a pulp author named of Ben Conlon. In "Cheap Thrills" Ron Goulart describes the Pete Rice realm as "built around a cowboy with a coterie of distinctive sidekicks." In his book "The Pulp Western" John Dinan considered Pete Rice more a modern detective than your typical pulp fiction cowboy "as the crimes and circumstances surrounding them were modern and not particularly western e.g. counterfeiting." Nick Carr cites Link Huller as referencing telephones and cars popping up in the stories occasionally. Pete seemed to be stuck somewhere between the old west and the early 20th century. The first 26 issues had nice striking cover art by Walter Baumhofer. Starting with the January 1936 issue R.G. Harris took over and continued until the end of the run with the June 1936 issue. Pete Rice has traditionally been a very difficult run to put together and to obtain all 32 issues can be quite a daunting task. Average condition is about VG/FN with many high grade. $8500.00 Nov 1933 #1 VG Dec 1933 #2 VG sm int tp Jan 1934 #3 VG Feb 1934 FR/G Mar 1934 G int tp April 1934 G May 1934 int. tp. G June 1934 FN/VF July 1934 FN Aug 1934 FN/VF Sept 1934 FN- Oct 1934 FN- Nov 1934 int. tp. G/VG Dec 1934 FN/VF Jan 1935 FN/VF Feb 1935 FN/VF Mar 1935 FN/VF April 1935 VG May 1935 G/VG June 1935 VG- July 1935 int. tp. G Aug 1935 VG Sept 1935 FN/VF Oct 1935 2" tear VG Nov 1935 FR/G Dec 1935 FR/G Jan 1936 FN/VF Feb 1936 VG Mar 1936 FN April 1936 VG/FN May 1936 FN- Jun 1936 FN- Street & Smith books
196322066Nice: Self-Published 1963. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Rare collection of collages editions texts and multiples in printed folder. Created between 1962 and 1963 an early and scarce offering by Vautier sometimes just known as "Ben". Loose pages laid into folder. This copy retains only a small fragment of the 45 rpm record that was part of the edition. Edition size unknown. SIGNED by the artist on a card laid in at rear. This copy has also been hand-addressed by Vautier and mailed to fellow Fluxus artist Jackson Mac Low. Comparing this copy to the one held at Fondazione Bonotto it should be noted that there are several difference. Their copy has sheets not in this example and vice-versa. In fact given the ephemeral nature of this collection of objects it seems likely that there will be some differences in content between any two copies. Sold as-is. Quite rare and early offering from Vautier. <br/><br/> Self-Published unknown books
1965952871965. Autograph letter signed by the founder of modern day Israel and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. Addressed to Dr. Martin Rywell editor of Listen Magazine published in Harriman Tennessee the letter reads "Sdeh. Boker 22.6.65 Dear Dr. Martin Rywell Only the first part of the story you mention in your letter is true. I visited Burma in 1961. I met Prime Minister U Nu. We discussed Buddhism but the story about "a trick" is a pure invention. D. Ben-Gurion." The letter refers to Ben Gurion's two-week sojourn to Burma in 1961 which marked one of the longest official trips abroad for an Israeli prime minister. The first prime minister of Burma known honorifically as U Nu was a major figure among leaders of non-Western countries in the mid 20th century many of which had opposed Israel's establishment. In 1955 U Nu became the first foreign prime minister to visit the Jewish state a highly significant act of support which encouraged a mutually beneficial relationship between the two young governments. Double matted and framed with a photograph of Ben-Gurion. The entire piece measures 18 inches by 15 inches. Rare and desirable. David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism which began early in life led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948 he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces. Subsequently he became known as "Israel's founding father." unknown books
19651048021965. Autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of the founder of modern day Israel and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion. One page text in Hebrew addressed to Eliahu Eliachar a notable Sephardic Zionist and Member of the Knesset the letter reads in full "Greetings We don't need separate political lists - not those of independent Yemenite or Sephardic political parties. Those lists can only distort/falsify the democratic process in our country and the process of integration as well. We need only Israeli lists. Too many small political groups can only affect our stability. The only way to resolve it is to change our voting system from relative voting to local voting. With great respect D. Ben-Gurion." One of Ben-Gurion's most ambitious goals in the first years of statehood was the unrestricted absorption of entire communities of newly-arrived Middle Eastern and North African Jews into the Ashkenazi-dominated Israeli society. Hundreds of thousands of new immigrants fled the inhospitable environment rising in the Islamic countries between 1948 and 1954 in the wake of the burgeoning Arab-Israeli conflict settling in the economically-ravaged war-torn state. Other European Jewish communities from Bulgaria Romania and Poland were also transplanted to the Jewish State where they were forced to reside in transit villages and immigrants camps and became involved in domestic political in-fighting and became vulnerable to enticements from anti-establishment political groupings. Ben-Gurion feared that the plethora of small political parties could potentially destabilize Israel's precarious democracy and advocated for a radical change in Israels electoral system with a two-party governing system as opposed to the European proportional representational system. Above all Ben-Gurion advocated for the swift unification of the numerous ethnic groups and the creation of an integrated singular Israeli identity. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable offering a unique glimpse into the great leader's political thought. David Ben-Gurion was the primary founder of the State of Israel and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism which began early in life led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory Palestine. On 14 May 1948 he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces. Subsequently he became known as "Israel's founding father." unknown books
19184508Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza 1918. First edition thus. First edition thus. Thick folio size. Exquisitely bound by Durvand master French binder in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries known for his elaborate and technically excellent gilt application tooling and design. An impressive and finely gilt-tooled work bound in sumptuous full dark green crushed cape levant. The front and back covers lavishly impressed and tooled in gilt comprising an oval central medallion with red tracery designs within a solid gold background. With recessed cords on spine giving a deep design in relief with one elongated panel of Arabic design incorporating three red onlays and title in Arabic in center. Elaborate gilt dentelles with 5 fillet lines watered green silk panels and flyleaf. Single gilt rule along the edges of the boards. Top edges finely gilt. Signed on the front lower dentelle "Durvand Rel. Relieure or "binder". The book is scarce and one of the finer illustrated books of this genre published in the 20th Century 173pp. No. 622 form an edition 0f 800. Printed with lavish color plates in full color 38 full-page colored plates with lettered tissue guards many illuminated with gold. The illustrations are by E. Dinet and decorations by de Mohammed Racim. Very slight wear to joints. A fine copy of a binding one would expect to find with faults due to its size and weight but this example is amazingly bright and fresh. Housed in a leather-edged French Marble paper slipcase. L'Edition D'Art, H. Piazza unknown books
195624516<p>"<i>I came to recognize that your service as Foreign Minister was not for the good of the country although I did not cease to value your talents and dedication.</i>"</p> <b>DAVID BEN-GURION.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to Moshe Sharett July 28 1956 Mount Carmel Israel. 3 pp. 4½ x 8¼ in.<p>Sharett served as Foreign Minister under Prime Minister Ben-Gurion from 1949 to 1954. He succeeded Ben-Gurion as Prime Minister from January 1954 to December 1955. When Ben-Gurion was reinstated as Prime Minister Sharett returned as Foreign Minister. Within months their relationship had deteriorated and Sharett resigned in protest on June 18 1956.</p><p>In 1952 Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew the Egyptian monarchy and introduced land reform. He became president in June 1956 calling for pan-Arab unity. Moshe Sharett believed that Nasser had delusions of grandeur and similarly that Ben-Gurion viewed himself as a messianic liberator. Ben-Gurion thought Sharett was being too cautious. Sharett believed Ben-Gurion was unwilling to negotiate. The cabinet voted 35 to 7 in favor of Sharett's resignation and he resigned on June 18 1956. Golda Meir succeeded Sharett as Foreign Minister and served until 1966. Three years later she became Israel's fourth Prime Minister. Over the next six weeks their correspondence resulted in this letter.</p><p><b>Complete Transcription</b></p><p><i>Mount Carmel 28 July 1956</i></p><p><i>To Moshe Sharett –peace and blessings</i></p><p><i>I hereby thank you for your detailed reply of 25 July to my letter to you of 8 July. I was pleased by your notification that your questions at the end of the letter were not intended to be given a reply. I do not believe that anyone will derive any benefit from arguments of this sort. However I feel obliged to</i> illegible <i>about two things.</i></p><p><i>A I absolutely reject the interpretation you gave on page 2 paragraph 10 of your letter to my remarks at the party Central Committee on 8 August 1955 as if "the Foreign Minister must serve as a kind of spokesman for the IDF." I did not and could not conceive of such an absurd idea. I said – and this is my considered opinion – that foreign policy needs to serve the needs of security in addition of course to trade agreements and things of that kind these too being within the bounds of its operation.</i></p><p><i>I don't have the stenogram at hand but I haven't any doubt that there is no foundation to the peculiar "interpretation" that you gave to my remarks.</i> <i>Also</i><i> when comrades disagree with one another – it's better for the disagreements not to go beyond the bounds which those in disagreement set for themselves.</i></p><p><i>B I reject the premise upon which question 9 on page 12 of your letter is based. I fear that my clarification will sadden you and as God is my witness I don't have any intention or desire to cause you any sorrow. But I regard it as my comradely duty to apprise you of my opinion in this painful matter. Little by little I came to recognize that your service as Foreign Minister was not for the good of the country although I did not cease to value your talents and dedication as before and all that I said in praise of you at the Knesset in my announcement of your resignation was not said out of courtesy and politeness</i> illegible<i> but rather out of recognition and heartfelt belief.</i></p><p><i>The stupid idea that there is only one person in Israel capable of serving as prime minister never crossed my mind and in</i> my <i>broadcast to the nation on the day of my resignation I warmly quoted Verse 1 in Chapter 131 of the Book of Psalms.</i> <i>And I admit that I'm not of the opinion that there is only a single person in Israel who is allowed to conduct foreign policy. On the contrary it became clear to me without any hesitation and I know that I am capable of error in this matter like anyone who is flesh and blood that the good of the State requires a different management at the Foreign Ministry. I am certain that you will not concur with my opinion and by no means will I try to convince you. One thing I can assure you in good faith: I didn't do what I did out of a "relationship gone awry."</i></p><p>_________</p><p><i>It seems that your letter of 24 August 1955 to Eshkol</i> <i>Beba</i> <i>Kesse</i> <i>and Namir</i> <i>never reached me. I'll look into this matter upon my return to Jerusalem.</i></p><p><i>For my part I'm not at all opposed to you showing these your answers to anyone that you wish.</i></p><p><i>With blessings</i></p><p><i>D. Ben-Gurion </i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p><b>David Ben-Gurion</b> 1886-1973 was born in the Kingdom of Poland then part of the Russian Empire as David Grün and he studied at the University of Warsaw. In 1906 he immigrated to Palestine which was part of the Ottoman Empire. In 1912 he moved to Constantinople to study law and adopted the Hebrew name Ben-Gurion. He supported the Ottoman Empire in World War I but was deported to Egypt and traveled to the United States where he remained for three years. After the Balfour Declaration of 1917 he joined the Jewish Legion of the British Army. He returned to Palestine after the war and became a leader of the Zionist movement. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935 Ben-Gurion was effectively the leader of the Jewish population before there was a nation. He accepted the 1947 partition plan as a compromise that would establish a Jewish state and declared the independence of the state of Israel in May 1948. After leading Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War Ben-Gurion won election as Prime Minister of Israel in 1948 as head of the Labour party in the Knesset. He resigned in December 1953 effective January 26 1954 then resumed office in November 1955 and served as Israeli Prime Minster until 1963. He then moved to Sde Boker a kibbutz in the Negev desert where he lived until his death.</p><p><b>Moshe Sharett</b> 1894-1965 was born in Kherson in the Russian Empire modern Ukraine and emigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1906. In 1910 his family moved to Jaffa and later became one of the founding families of Tel Aviv. He studied law at Istanbul University but left to serve as an interpreter in the Ottoman Army in World War I. From 1922 to 1931 he lived in London and worked as a newspaper editor and journalist. He returned to Mandatory Palestine in 1931 and worked in the Jewish Agency of which he became head in 1933. He signed Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948 and served as the Foreign Minister in the Provisional Government in 1948 and in the first cabinet formed in 1949. When Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion retired from politics in January 1954 Sharett succeeded him as Prime Minister. In the wake of the Lavon Affair Ben-Gurion came out of retirement to resume the office of Prime Minister in November 1955 and Sharett again served as Foreign Minister. He resigned as Foreign Minister in June 1956 in protest of the new government's policies.</p> books
1967107998Folio. Paris: The Trianon Press 1967. Folio 23 ff. Full green crushed morocco over boards. 8 full-page original color lithographs by Shahn. De luxe edition with additional two original prints signed and numbered by Shahn a full set of all 8 plates and 28 progressive states for plate 5 in cloth backed board portfolio with ties. A fine copy in a sunned and lightly worn box with marbled boards and gilt-titled morocco backstrip. § One of 26 deluxe editions on Arches rag paper lettered A-Z this being copy H. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography. His rendition of the Book of Ecclesiasties was a deeply personal undertaking; the beautifully embellished calligraphic text in English and Hebrew is also his work and like the illustrations was reproduced by the Trianon Press by a mixture of collotype and hand-stenciling. The Trianon Press hardcover books
1970202301970. No binding. Fine. Letter Signed to Menasche Elissar. 17 Kislev 5731 December 15 1970. 1 p. 8½ x 11 in. Form letter on ""The World Jewish Bible Society"" letterhead. In Hebrew. Also see item #22355 where Ben Gurion reexamines a Bible story after discussion with the chairman of the World Jewish Bible Society. Partial Translation""Much Shalom!I would invite you to become a member of the council of the Bible House in Jerusalem. The proponents of the Bible House have given consideration to the fact that every spiritual idea for it to exist and exert influence needs a physical structure too a central home. The uniqueness of Jerusalem the city of the prophets and the capital of Israel makes it appropriate that a House be established in it to collect inside every commentary book and creation that has been thought of and created in Judaism through the generations regarding the Book of Books and every creation by the sages of the nations of the world that displays the influence of the Bible. The House with its book collections and educational exhibits will serve as a place of study for the lovers of Torah the youth and adults who will come to it in order to increase their knowledge of the Book of Books and its interpretations. The House will also serve as a gravitational center for residents of this country when they go up to Jerusalem and to tourists from the Diaspora who will be able to absorb in it the spirit of the Book of Books. More details about the House's content and its purpose can be found in the attached brochure which contains things said during the ground breaking ceremony.The initiating committee hopes you will agree to lend a helping hand to the establishment of this cultural center in Jerusalem. We await your reply.BlessingsD. Ben-Gurion SignatureD. Ben GurionPresident of the Israel Society for Biblical Research""Historical Background Building a permanent home for the Israeli Center for Biblical Research was one of Ben-Gurion's favorite projects. He envisioned a compound overlooking Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives with a research library exhibit and museum space and educational facilities. Intended for the study of the Hebrew Bible the research center would be the headquarters for the World Jewish Bible Society. Ground was broken on October 18 1970 but the building was never completed.David Ben-Gurion Israeli politician; proclaimed Israeli independence in 1948 becoming the new independent nation's first Prime Minister after years as the head of the Zionist movement; changed his name from Gryn to Ben-Gurion ""Son of the Lion Cub."" Even in retirement Ben-Gurion's crusade to strengthen and enrich the state and people of Israel did not end. books
1971106902Funk & Wagnalls 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Bound in leather Fine in a Fine slipcase. First Edition. One of 2000 numbered copies bound in full blue padded leather top edge gilt and SIGNED by Israel's first prime minister on the bottom blank margin of the frontispiece photograph. Illustrated with photographs. Funk & Wagnalls hardcover books
1927WB15106New York: John Day Company 1927. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Warmly inscribed by John Steinbeck on verso of half-title page: "John Steinbeck to his estimable elegant and virtuous friend Toby Street this tome presents". Webster "Toby" Street was a college pal and the two remained close friends for many years with their letters collected. Steinbeck's early effort "To a God Unknown" is indebted to a play abandoned by Street; Steinbeck names a drink after Street in Sweet Thursday. Original cloth a bit worn but hard to find flaws with such an outstanding association copy. <br/><br/> John Day Company hardcover books
19632102008Tel Aviv Israel: Massadah 1963. First. hardcover. Very good/Fine. A very good first edition in a fine dust jacket inscribed by Ben Gurion on the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Binding is discolored on the lower section as if from a liquid stain. Massadah unknown books
196921223<p><b>DAVID BEN-GURION.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to Avraham Zvion December 26 1969. 2 pp. in Hebrew on off-white faintly-lined sheets 4⅞ x 8⅜ in. </p><b><br /></b><b>Translation</b><p> <i>26.12.69</i></p><p><i>Sde-Boker</i></p><p><i>Dear Zvion</i></p><p> <i>I'm sorry for writing you things that until recently I hadn't realized that I would be required to. That's because I have admired all these years the work you've done for the Midrasha.</i></p><p> <i>However your actions following our conversation when we both agreed after a long discussion that you won't be leaving the school's management right now but only at the end of this year and meanwhile you'll assist the new person that will be assigned here to prepare the new education program for the Midrasha – initial university studies. You will then take two years off as education leave and afterwards will retrieve the management of the Midrasha.</i></p><p> <i>I wouldn't have believed anyone that you are capable and ready to do this an action that in my opinion may bring the destruction of the Midrasha in Sde-Boker.</i></p><p> <i>But I have had meetings. Several female students that have recently graduated the teacher seminar in the Midrasha and now became fresh teachers all over the country came to me to voice support for your claims. I heard these claims with a great sorrow not because I didn't like it since I'm capable of hearing claims I dislike. I was upset because those claims came from you.</i></p><p> <i>You invited me to Even-Ari in Avdat and I enjoyed your invitation since I heard interesting things about the feasibility of fertilizing the desert without Yarden Yarkon and not through desalination of sea water. But all of this was just a preparation for your claims.</i></p><p> <i>I happened to arrive</i> <2> <i>at the parliament for a few moments and two good acquaintances came to visit me.</i></p><p> <i>One of them is a teacher Levin who is nowadays a member of the parliament and you recruited him to stir up the Teachers' Union against the Negev Committee.</i></p><p> <i>The second person who has earned a respectful position in our modern history is a lawyer Klausner. You summoned him to prosecute the Negev Committee.</i></p><p> <i>Although I honor your activities in the Midrasha and I do not have an authority to intervene in its management as a citizen I feel an obligation to do so since this enterprise that you managed to raise to such a level might be sacrificed in your war against the Negev Committee.</i></p><p> <i>During the last meeting I spoke to you and you came up with three new demands claiming that if they are accepted by the Committee you'll agree to leave for studies at the end of the year.</i></p><p> <i>At the meeting I did not want to acquiesce to these propositions but I could not understand how you came up with them and how it goes along with what should be done with the head of the Teachers' Union and with Mr. Klausner.</i></p><p> <i>I do not know if there is any value in my writing to you nor do I think that my sorrow will change your mind. However as one who cherishes and admires your work in the development of the Midrasha for more than five years I feel an obligation not only towards the Midrasha but also to you to tell what lies on my heart.</i></p><p> <i>Please do not bring the destruction of the Midrasha!</i></p><p> <i>With respect and deep sorrow</i></p><p> <i>D. Ben Gurion</i></p><p><b>Historic Background</b></p><p>Following David Ben-Gurion's vision to build a university in the Negev desert the construction of Midreshet-Ben Gurion began in 1963. The Midrasha was founded as a governmental corporation which owned the campus and ran all municipal affairs. The Negev Committee headed by Ya'akov Ya'akovson operated as the board of directors.</p><p>In 1964 the Negev Committee assigned lieutenant-colonel Avraham Zvion to become the principal of the Midrasha. With heart and soul Zvion built a vigorous community reaching over 1000 members. He started several different specialized schools i.e. high-school teacher seminars and recruited excellent teachers to join and promote the enterprise. Despite his unquestionable achievements Zvion's character was harsh and he did not take well to critics. After a dispute the Negev Committee decided to let him go. Zvion recruited the head of Teachers' Union and a member of the parliament Shalom Levin to sue the Negev Committee utilizing the services of the attorney Klausner. Zvion also had dozens of fresh teachers recently graduating the Midrasha teacher seminar on his side.</p><p>While approached by several of Zvion's supporters and feeling great appreciation for his achievements Ben-Gurion was greatly upset that Zvion's actions against the Committee might destroy the Midrasha. Zvion left the Midrasha in 1970.</p><p>Michael Even-Ari mentioned in the letter is a famous botanist. In 1959 he founded a research farm at the ruins of Avdat an ancient Nabatean city. His work explaining how the Nabataean culture was able to supply thousands of inhabitants in a similar arid climate with early runoff rainwater management was crucial for modern Israeli agriculture.</p> books
1971140937919New York: Funk & Wagnalls / Sabra Books 1971. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition copy #249 of 2000 signed by Ben-Gurion underneath his frontis photo. Bound in publisher's padded blue leather decorated in gilt with gilt topstain housed in plain blue cloth slipcase. A Near Fine copy with faint rubbing at tips slight discoloration to endsheets at edges and corner crease to final two index pages at rear else Fine. In a Very Good slipcase a bit scuffed and with a small speck of blue ink. A signed copy of the founding father and first prime minister of Israel's autobiography. Funk & Wagnalls / Sabra Books unknown books
1971109079New York: Funk and Wagnalls Inc 1971. Signed limited first edition one of 2000 copies. Signed beneath the photographic frontispiece by David Ben-Gurion. Thick quarto original full dark blue morocco watered silk endpapers top edge gilt. Fine in a fine slipcase. David Ben-Gurion's life has been so completely identified with Jewish history that "Israel: A Personal History" amounts to an autobiography. With this book Ben-Gurion joins the small company of great historical figures who have left for posterity a personal record of the events in which they were prime movers. Funk and Wagnalls Inc unknown books
1953140941060Tel Aviv: Ayanot Publishing House 1953. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Signed by David Ben-Gurion on the half-title. 40 pp. with unpaginated photo appendix. Publisher's cream leather with gilt lettering. A Near Fine copy. A photographic portrait of Israel's founder and its first prime minister with an biographical essay on him by Yehuda Erez. Ayanot Publishing House unknown books
1959140938201Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine titles in dark blue. Near Fine with light edge wear and light toning to cloth light insecting to edge of page block. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact though with a small ink notation near price on flap and faint surface indents to front panel else a very lovely example. Scarce signed. The John C. Winston Company unknown books
195466047With an Original Ben Shahn Drawing SHAHN Ben. The Alphabet of Creation: An Ancient Legend from the Zohar. with Drawings by Ben Shahn. New York: Spiral Press for Pantheon 1954. First edition. One of 50 copies printed on Umbria handmade paper signed by Shahn and with an original drawing by him. This copy being number five. Tall octavo 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches; 275 x 170 mm. 44 pages including colophon and numerous Shahn illustrations plus the frontispiece of an original Shahn watercolor of the letter 'Zadhe' signed by him below. Publisher's natural linen cloth with black morocco gilt spine label English and cover label Hebrew. In publisher's cardboard slipcase. Slipcase with a small piece missing from bottom. Overall a fine copy. "The Alphabet of Creation is one of the legends from the Sefer Har-Zohar or Book of Splendor an ancient Gnostic work written in Aramaic by a thirteenth century Spanish scholar named Moses de Leon who presented the work not as his own but as mystic knowledge revealed many centuries earlier to the Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai" colophon. HBS 66047. $1850 Spiral Press for Pantheon hardcover books
196522355<p><b>DAVID BEN GURION.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to Haim Gvaryahu April 8 1965. 1 p. 4¾ x 8½ in. In Hebrew. Gvaryahu was chairman of the World Jewish Bible Society. </p><b>Partial Translation</b><p><i>":…After you commented to me and challenged the point about the equality of the slave and handmaiden I reread the chapter dealing with this matter and I see that it is open to different interpretations and therefore I erased the lines on page 8.beginning with the words <i>'And when a man sets his slave or handmaiden free in the seventh year'</i>.I am sorry I cannot participate today in the conference.And it is good that it is being held in Jerusalem.Conferences should be held in different places throughout the country - but it is fitting that the annual conference of the Society be held in Jerusalem…"</i></p><p><b>David Ben-Gurion </b>1886-1973 became the first prime minister of Israel on May 14 1948 when he proclaimed the birth of the independent State of Israel. Prior to 1948 he had been a leader in the pioneering Labor movement and had headed the struggle for Jewish independence in Palestine. Ben-Gurion resigned from the government in 1953 only to be recalled to serve as defense minister in 1955. By the end of 1955 he was once again serving as prime minister while maintaining his position in the defense ministry. He resigned permanently from the Israeli Parliament in 1970. Ben-Gurion's ideology was staunchly democratic and he was an ardent Zionist.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Very good. On slightly yellowed lined paper. Strong ink.</p> books
199226254No Place: Privately Printed 1992. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Elephant folio. Cloth covered folding portfolio containing twelve original SIGNED black and white photographs of golfer Ben Hogan taken by photographer Jules Alexander. One of supposedly five hundred sets this being #92 but it remains the first one we have seen or handled in twenty years in business. Folded booklet with text by Herbert Warren Wind laid in and signed on the rear panel by the photographer. All elements in fine condition. As a bonus item this portfolio includes an extra signed photograph of Tiger Woods taken from the book Tiger Woods in Black and White by Jules Alexander. All of the photographs are 15 1/2" wide x nearly 20" tall including borders. A scarce and beautiful golf item and of particular interest to Hogan fans and followers. Privately Printed unknown books
