Altalena Pseudonym (1 results)

Signed limited edition of the Russian-born Revisionist Zionist leader Vladimir Jabotinsky's works, each volume signed by him at the front and numbered 68 of 200 total. Three volumes. Slim octavo, original half brown morocco ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. Housed in a marbled slipcase. Text in Russian. Near Fine, slightly bumped corners. Uncommon. A collection of the writer and Zionist leader's belles lettres-- stories, poems and essays-- published by his friends to commemorate his 50th birthday. He wrote under the pen name Altalena, an Italian word he mistakenly thought meant "elevator" but that actually referred to an unstable rocking motion. His tireless work on behalf of Jewish people eventually led to the founding of Israel.