Promise and Fulfilment: Palestine 1917-1949 by Koestler, Arthur - 1962

The Macmillan Company, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Dust jacket clean showing normal shelfwear and edgewear, price on flap $4.00.

Macmillan Company. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Acceptable dust jacket. Former Library book. Stamped on inside. Corners clipped. remains of bookplate inside. (History, Jewish History, israel History, Middle East)

Macmillan, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The jacket is rubbed, edge worn and lightly marked. The boards are rubbed. Internally clean. Well bound. r* 27/01/2021. ak.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London, Macmillan. 1949. Hardback. Covers Scuffed. Good Condition

London, Macmillan. 1949. Hb. Binding Pulled. Good

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London, Macmillan. 1949. Hardback. Good Condition

London, Macmillan. 1949. Hardback. Good Condition

Private Temple and Presentation Name Plate FLEP, Price penned in, phantom ghost of Residual glue from pocket removal, BPD, else content appears as unread and unblemished with black cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear.This book consists of three parts, "Background", "Close-up" and "Perspective". The first part is a survey of the developments which led to the foundation of the State of Israel. It lays no claim to historical completeness and is written from a specific angle which stresses the part played by irrational forces and emotive bias in history. I am not sure whether this emphasis has not occasionally resulted in over-emphasis—as is almost inevitable when one tries to redress a balance by spot-lighting aspects which are currently neglected. But it was certainly not my intention, by underlining the psychological factor, to deny or minimize the importance of the politico-economic forces. My aim was rather to present, if I may borrow a current… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips.. xv, 335 p. map. 23 cm. Occasional footnotes. As a wartime correspondent, the author's presents excerpts from his diary; also includes the events leading up to the formation of the Jewish State of Israel. From Wikipedia: "Arthur Koestler, CBE (5 September 1905 1 March 1983) was a Hungarian-British author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931 Koestler joined the Communist Party of Germany until, disillusioned by Stalinism, he resigned in 1938. In 1940 he published his novel Darkness at Noon, an anti-totalitarian work, which gained him international fame. Over the next 43 years from his residence in Great Britain, Koestler espoused many political causes and wrote novels, memoirs, biographies, and numerous essays. In 1968, he was awarded the Sonning Prize… Read More