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New York and Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. xiv + 574 pages with bibliography, indexes and a map. 5.25 x 8 inches. Volume I I of two volume set. Contains Part IV of the original one-volume edition. Clean and unmarked white wraps with gold and blue titles, whisper of wear to corners; binding tight, solid and square. Pages quite clean, no marks of any kind, no creases. A brilliant, definitive study about the religion of ancient Israel which permeated the entire social life of the nation. It covers every aspect of Israelite life in Old Testament times. An indispensable reference work for scholars but written primarily for the non-specialist, providing a fascinating and readable account of the society that was ancient Israel. 1965, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York and Toronto.

New Britian, Connecticut, U.S.A: Lexington Books/D.C.Health and Co, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Archival protective cover. Clean and unmarked, with a bump and nick on the bottom edge of the front board and a nick on the bottom edge of the rear board. No other marks; tight and solid. Internals are also clean and unmarked, no creasing. Jacket with a touch of edgewear. Includes Maps of Beirut and Lebanon. Pintak's account, after five years in the Middle East beginning the summer of 1980, of Lebanon's bloodshed, turmoil, and Byzantine politics and also the story of America's mistakes that sowed seeds of terrorism that now plagues the US. He traces the escalating religious and political hostilities, and American naivete, that gradually transformed U.S.good intentions into disaster. 347 pages including chapter notes, index, short author biographies. 6.5… Read More

U.S.A: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First US Printing. Hardcover Book in FINE Condition with a VG Jacket. Six Maps. Moshe Dayan, as foreign minister in Menachem Begin's government, recounts the historic and dramatic events that culminated in the establishment of a peace agreement (1978) between Egypt and Israel, and discusses the international consequences. Binding of ivory quarter cloth w/gilt titles, red cloth boards, clean and unmarked; tight and solid. Rough cut. Jacket clean, unclipped, slight corner wear and wear to spine head. Illustration of Moshe Dayan on cream cover. 368 pages including Appendices: The Camp David Accord (September 22, 1978); The Peace Treaty with Egypt (March 26, 1979); Memoranda of Agreement; Self-Rule for Palestinian Arabs, Residents of Judaea, Samaria and the Gaza District; and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1981.

New York: Stein and Day, 1981. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First US Printing. Hardcover in Very Good Condition with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. . White cloth backed, gilt titled, with burnt-orange boards, very clean, slight rubbing of lower front corner, upper front corner bumped and lightly scuffed. Tight and solid. Internals in Fine Condition, clean and completely unmarked. Clean blue and white jacket with edgewear. 403 pages. 8vo. 1981, Stein and Day, New York

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Hardback Seventh Printing of First Edition. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Archival protective cover. A detailed and reliable history of Israeli intelligence. Photographic illustrations. Clean, solid volume, pale stain on top edge of text block otherwise unmarked. Binding solid, tight and square. 466 pages with notes, bibliography and index. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA USA 1990.

New York: Beaufort Books, 2010. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Beaufort Books, 2010. Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked, solid, square book. Maps by Sara Gates. Foreword by Walter Brueggeman. New Afterword by the author. The author shows how the Jewish quest for safety and empowerment and the Christian effort to atone for centuries of antisemitism have combined to suppress the conversations necessary to bring about peace. He delivers a message to Jews and Christians alike: it is not antisemitic to stand up for justice for the Palestinian people. A provocative perspective on one of the most controversial issues of our times. ISBN10: 0825306760, ISBN13: 9780825306761

New York: Doubleday, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. This edition updated, with a new chapter. A most intelligent and comprehensive account of the present and future of the Middle East. This is a controversial and important book. Friedman won two Pulitzer Prizes for his New York Times dispatches from Beirut and Jerusalem in the 1980s. Very clean and unmarked card cover, no edgewear. Internals are very clean and unmarked. 558 pages with Index. 5.2 x 8 inches. Doubleday Publishing, New York, 1995.

New York: Doubleday, 1990. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. A most intelligent and comprehensive account of the present and future of the Middle East. This is a controversial and important book. Friedman won two Pulitzer Prizes for his New York Times dispatches from Beirut and Jerusalem in the 1980s. Very clean and unmarked, slight edgewear to cover, tight and solid binding. Internals are very clean and unmarked. 541 pages with Index. 8 x 5". Doubleday Publishing, New York, 1990.

New York: Doubleday, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. This edition updated, with a new chapter. A most intelligent and comprehensive account of the present and future of the Middle East. This is a controversial and important book. Friedman won two Pulitzer Prizes for his New York Times dispatches from Beirut and Jerusalem in the 1980s. Very clean and unmarked wraps; no edgewear. Pages evenly toned, clean and unmarked, no creasing. . 558 pages with Index. 5.2 x 8 inches. Doubleday Publishing, New York, 1995.

New York and Canada: Scribner and Collier Macmillan, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Edition. Hardcover Book in FINE Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Archival protective cover. An authoritative account of nearly a century of Zionist, Yishuv, and Israeli politics and diplomacy. Binding of black cloth, gilt titled, blue boards. Clean, unmarked, tight, solid, and square. Jacket is bright and clean, no edgewear, lightly rubbed, not clipped. 398 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 1985, Scribner and Collier Macmillan, New York and Canada

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1983. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Good, clean, unmarked condition with moderately toned pages, yellowing along the edges, otherwise clean and unmarked, no creasing, tight and square. New foreword by the author. Published in 1983, this is a portrait of Israel at that time. Amos Elon places the ongoing conflict in the Middle East in historic perspective. He offers insight into the rise of Menachem Begin and the complications of the Egyptian-Israeli 1979 peace treaty. And he shows how Zionism led to the development of Israel's bitterest enemy, the Palestinian nationalist movement. 359 pages, indexed. 5 x 7.75 inches. 1983, Penguin Books, Middlesex, England.

U.S.A: American Heritage Press-New York Times Book, 1970. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Micha Bar-Am. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Jacket. Illustrated with 100 superb photographs by Micha Bar-Am, Maps by Cal Sacks. Special Interest Guide by Sylvia R. Brilliant. Heavy, tight and solid black cloth bound book with blue Star of David on front and spine, blue lettering. Light edgewear to board edges and corners. Very clean and unmarked. Endpapers with photographs of many different people, different ages, genders, activities. Frontspiece of a boy with a goat on his back. Interior is very clean and unmarked, no underlining, no highlighting. Black jacket with blue Star of David, white print, is rubbed, worn, edgewear all around edges, chipping at spine head. Mylar protective cover. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 380 pages including Special Interest Guide and Index. American Heritage Press/A New York Times Book, New York, 1970.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Univ Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A comprehensive account of the Palestinian struggle and the PLO and also a telling case study of radical, revolutionary, and Third World politics of our time. Jacket photograph of 'Jubilant Palestinians drape their flag over the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City after the Israeli-PLO Accord signing Friday, September, 1993'. Binding of black half cloth, red titled, with brown parchment designed paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked with slight rubbing of spine heel and lower edge. Tight and solid, square with sharp corners. Former owner name on endpaper with a line through it. Light small smudge on fore edge of page edges, otherwise clean and white. Pages clean, no markings, no tears. Unclipped, clean jacket with light wear around spine head and heel. 271 pages with… Read More

San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Foreword by Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Near Fine Condition, with Archival Protective Cover. The stories of twelve men and women who live with the daily violence of the West Bank and Gaza where they must necessarily risk their lives every day. Book is clean, unmarked, solid, tight, gently bumping to upper front corner.m Internals in fine condition; remainder mark on top edge. 210 pages. 9.5 x 5.5 inches. 1989, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, New York, London.