'We wanted something with more zip,' Livney says. "Passionate summary of the inhuman treatment of the Jewish people in Europe, of the exodus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to Palestine, and of the triumphant founding of the new Israel" (The New York Times). The Haganah radioed the ship, ordering it to change its name to the Exodus 1947, which many of the Americans hated. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies-the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. A very nice example of this novel with notable provenance.Įxodus is an international publishing phenomenon-the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page to historian Arnold Kramme. Octavo, original half cloth, cartographic endpapers. First edition, early printing of the author's magnum opus. Small paper clip mark to the half title page, near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958. Fred Pobirs, written in Uris’ hand, one from Moscow and the other from Berlin. Pobirs with warmest regards Leon Uris.” Also laid are two postcards to the recipient from the author to Dr. Inscribed by the author on the half title page to his friend and physician, “For Dr. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958.įirst edition of the author’s magnum opus.
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