Woman of Violence: Memoirs of a Young Terrorist 1943-1948 . by Cohen, , Geula; translated by Hilliel Halkin

NY:: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. Stated first edition (thus). Spot of fading to the cloth at the base of the spine, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (moderate edge wear with a large chip at the base of the spine, age toning) dust jacket.; 275 pages .

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine titles in white. Near Fine with a thin strip of sunning at cloth edges. Previous owner name and date to front free endpaper and some offsetting the front and rear free endpapers. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear. The memoir of prominent member of the Zionist paramilitary group the Stern Gang in its fight against the British for a free Palestine. Cohen joined the Stern Gang at age 17, and was best-known for her illegal radio broadcasts which landed her in prison. "[Cohen's] memoirs explode with the ferocious intensity of her terrorist faith, her inflexible idealism. Woman of Violence is no apologia, no easy balm for a troubled conscience; it is, instead, an open and intimate portrait of a woman, and the conditions that drove her underground to embrace a philosophy of violence and terror." She would go on to found… Read More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited. Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. First English Edition. Hardcover. 275 pages. Footnotes. "Geula Cohen [1925-2019] was a ranking member of the notorious Stern Gang in its fight against the British for a free Palestine (Israel). Her memoirs explode with the ferocious intensity of her terrorist faith, her inflexible idealism. An open and intimate portrait of a woman, and the conditions that drove her underground to embrace a philosophy of violence and terror." - dust jacket. "I have no doubt that [this book] will be a proud memorial to the daring fighters who offered their lives for the cause of Jewish redemption. It also attests to the supreme nobility of the soul of its writer." - David Ben-Gurion. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Moderate lean to spine. Soiling to back panel of dust jacket which is otherwise moderately worn and now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy.; 8vo -… Read More