93 Signed By David Ben-Gurion 114 BEN-GURION, David. Israel: A Personal History. New York, 1971. Thick quarto, original full dark blue morocco gilt. $3500 Signed limited first edition, one of 2000 copies (this copy unnumbered) signed beneath the photographic frontispiece in blue ink by Ben-Gurion, the modern state of Israel’s founding father and first Prime Minister. “Considered one of the most scholarly heads of state in human history,” Ben-Gurion was also a prolific author; few were better qualified to write a “personal history” of Israel (New Jewish Encyclopedia, 48). With over 140 black-and-white photographic illustrations and six maps; without scarce slipcase. About-fine. Inscribed By John Glenn 115 CARPENTER, M. Scott, COOPER, L., et al. We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves. New York, 1962. Octavo, original black cloth, dust jacket. $2900 First edition of this comprehensive and engaging first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program, richly illustrated with photographs, inscribed “To J— John Glenn.” This volume offers a cohesive chronicle of the beginnings of American manned space exploration from the perspectives of the those who pioneered it, with each member of Project Mercury contributing at least three essay-length sections. Fine. Inscribed By Eleanor Roosevelt 116ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. You Learn by Living. New York, 1960. Octavo, original half black cloth, dust jacket. $2800 First edition of the beloved former First Lady and UN Human Rights ambassador’s heartfelt work on how to discover life’s lessons, inscribed, “To E—- with love & good wishes from Eleanor Roosevelt. —- 1960.” “The philosophy she offers us here comes from this experience.… Her victory over fear and emergence into the world coincided with that of a whole generation of women. Mrs. Roosevelt, in short, is a child of her time, the first modern American woman” (New York Times). Near-fine. Signed By Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis And Lee Radziwill 117 BOUVIER, Jacqueline and BOUVIER, Lee. One Special Summer. New York, 1974. Folio, original marbled blue paper boards. $3200 Signed limited first edition, one of only 500 copies, signed by Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and Lee Bouvier Radziwill. A delightful book by the two Bouvier sisters about their summer traveling through Europe in 1951, when Jackie was 22 and Lee 17. Entirely hand-written by the two women, and illustrated on almost every page by Jackie, who was a skilled caricaturist, the book conveys their girlish innocence and delight in being abroad together for the first time. Both sisters have signed this book with their maiden names, something they rarely did after their marriages. Fine.
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