THE GLORY

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus to Very Good. The Glory" is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Wouk's sequel to "The Hope," which was set over the first 20 years of Israel's existence. With "The Glory," Wouk continues the first 40 years of Israeli history through the Yom Kippur War, the Entebbe rescue and the Camp David accords. First printing, first edition. About 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 685 pages including historical notes. Bound in tan paper-covered boards with brown backstrip and author's name in gold on lower corner of front cover. Gold lettering on spine. Dustjacket's pictorial front panel shows a desert landscape with soldiers and military vehicles flying an Israeli flag. Title in white, author in silver and blue. Lettering on spine is silver and white against a grey background. Small full color photo of Wouk on back panel with four blurbs praising Wouk's work. Boards and text show minimal surface and edge wear except a touch of light foxing on top edge of text. Clean, complete. Set of inititials and date in corner of fep, o/w unmarked. Back panel of dj shows rubbing and remnants of price sticker placed over barcode, o/w no tears, chipping, creasing or other noticeable damage or flaws. Wouk, a U.S. Navy veteran, who won his Pulitzer in 1952 for "The Caine Mutiny," received a Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 and died in May, 2019, just short of his 104th birthday.