(BEN GURION, DAVID).

Estimate: $2,000–$2,500
Hammer price: $4,250

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printer

Massadah Publishing Co. Ltd.

Place

Tel Aviv-Jerusalem

Publication

(1958)

Description

Israel. Edited by Ab. Harman and Yigael Yadin. Preface by David Ben-Gurion. Inscribed and signed by Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion to United States President Harry S. Truman: “To Harry S. Truman in admiration and friendship. D. Ben-Gurion Jerusalem 21.5.58.”

summary

Eleven minutes after Israel proclaimed its independence, American President Harry Truman signed an executive order granting de-facto recognition to the new Jewish State. This album of photographs recording the development of the modern State of Israel was presented by its first Prime Minister to President Truman at the time of the tenth anniversary of Israel’s independence.

Original dust-jacket. Sm. folio.

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