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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Substantial 8vo.pp. 564. Signed presentation copy to Sir Ben Helfgott: "Dec 2015 to Anza & Ben, I hope you might find 'my story' interesting. After all these years we have had the pleasure of Sharing many experiences together. Now you will read more than you probably want to know about my family and Family life ÐI am sure you will find many common tales! Henry." Original publisher's boards in red, lettered gilt at spine. Dust jacket in dark brown, lettered white, with a colour photograph of two ceramic horses. Black and white personal photographs illustrate the text. Autobiography. ISBN:9780985659592. ÒThis family saga is a unique tale spanning three centuries and stretching from Russia to Harbin, China to Belgium to New York and finally London. From his Russian Jewish ancestors to his growing up in New YorkÕs Upper West Side and his five decades in London, Henry recounts with great emotion, humor and nostalgia his truly remarkable journeyÕÕÊAmbassador Moshe Raviv, Former Israeli Ambassador to Great Britain. / Sir Benjamin Helfgott MBE (1929Ð2023) was a Polish-born British Holocaust survivor, Olympian and champion weightlifter. He was one of three Jewish athletes known to have competed in the Olympics after surviving the Holocaust, Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Signedes. …