The Exiled and the Redeemed
by Ben-Zvi, Itzhak [Signed]; Abbady, Isaac A. [Translator]; Werblowsky, R.J.Z
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- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/Fair
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Second English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Ben-Zvi atop front free endpaper, beneath an inscription dated 11/4/1963 which may or may not have been written by the author who passed away 23 April of the same year. First printed in English in 1957. Translated from the Hebrew. "An intimate and loving report on the process of 'the ingathering of the exiles' into the State [Israel] over which the author has presided since 1952." - dust jacket. xv, 285 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates illustrate the broad range of physical appearances of members of the many scattered Jewish communities the author sought to bring together. Brilliant gilt lettering and signature upon red cloth. Binding tight. Bump and one-inch opening to cloth at bottom of back board. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy signed by its distinguished author who served three consecutive terms as President of Israel, 1952-1963. EMANUEL p.49..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 545H4022
- Title
- The Exiled and the Redeemed
- Author
- Ben-Zvi, Itzhak [Signed]; Abbady, Isaac A. [Translator]; Werblowsky, R.J.Z
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Second English Edition
- Publisher
- The Jewish Publication Society of America
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Jews, Tribes, Vanishing Tribes, Karaites, History, Jewish ethnology, Israel, Ishmaelite Diaspora, Morocco, Yemen, Habani, Bukharan Jews, Kurdish Jews, Persian Jews, Handramaut Jews, Sabbatai-Zvi, President of Israel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica; Signed;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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