The Maccabees: An Account of Their History from the Beginnings to the Fall of the House of the Hasmoneans (Schocken Library, Vol. 6)
Schocken Books, January 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #626415
ISBN: B0007DKEQA
From the private library of noted American poet William H. Matchett, with his name and date on the ffep. Translated from the German by Moses Hadas. 125 pp., 12mo. - measuring over 4 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. Red boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front panel. A clean copy with minor bumping on the spine and one corner of the back cover, else Very Good. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with light edge wear and shelfwear. // 'This is the story of the Maccabees under whose leadership the Jews established their last independent state in Palestine. It is a story of a people rising to defeat enemies far more powerful than itself, and is told with a happy blending of scholarship and narrative power.' ~ Publisher.
Price: $80.00