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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In Hebrew. 264 pages. 172 x 125 mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In Hebrew. 264 pages. 17 x 12 cm. Pessah Bar-Adon was born Pessah Panitsch in Kolno, Poland to a Zionist, ultra-orthodox family, he was educated in a Jewish orthodox school and in Yeshivas, immigrated to Israel in 1925. While working in housing and road construction to support himself, he studied for a degree in Middle-Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. At period he lived amongst Bedouins near Amman, Bet She'an, and Kuneitra in order to learn their lifestyle. He did so in part in order to understand why many of the ancient Kings of Israel were originally shepherds. During this period he wore traditional Bedouin clothing and went by the name Aziz Effendi. During the 1929 Palestine riots and the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, he was an active member of the Haganah Jerusalem. Later he also took part in the Aliyah Bet, which brought Jews to Israel away from the claws of the Germans and tried to run the blockade of the British navy which preferred that the Jews be murdered in Europe to having them reach safety with the British incurring the ire of the Arab Mufti, a Hitler ally. In 1932 he participated in one of the first movies made about the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine, called "Sabra", directed by Aleksander Ford. In 1939, he married Dorothy Kahan, an American author who fell in love with the Land of Israel, and the two moved to the Blumenfeld house in Moshav Merhavia. Bar-Adon was involved in many archeological excavations, among them: Bet Shearim, Tel Bet Yerah, and the discovery of the Nahal Mishmar hoard. He engaged in archaeology until the age of 70.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, end paper colour maps. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Full printer's code 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Contains 338 pp with seven maps and monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £18.99. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).