Emanuel ben gorion ed (1 risultati)

First Edition. First printings. Three large octavo volumes (24cm); red cloth spines over ivory linen; lxv, 537; xviii, 542-1031; xvi, 1036-1553pp. Neat ownership signature to front endpaper of each volume, else fine and fresh, with minimal evidence of use. In the publisher's slipcase, lightly rubbed and soiled, still Very Good or better. The first translation into English of Bin Gorion's monumental collection of vernacular Jewish folk tales, first published in Tel Aviv from 1939-1945. Includes a substantial biographical profile of Bin Gorion by Emanuel Ben Gorion, and a critical introduction to the text by Dan Ben-Amos.…