Mikhtavim el Polah ṿe-el ha-yeladim

London: Vallentine, Mitchell , 1971. First edition of this collection of letters written by David Ben-Gurion to his wife Paula. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, “To Norman M. Snider with best wishes D. Ben-Gurion 1972.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Felix Gluck. David Ben-Gurion was the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel. He has often been deemed one of the one hundred most influential and significant individuals of the 20th century. This volume contains letters written to his wife, Paula in the years between the two world wars when the political struggle to establish a Jewish homeland was at its height.