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Hardcover, bound in full reddish brown genuine gilt-stamped leather binding. xii, 366 pages. Illustrated with 8 unnumbered pages of plates. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition, published by Easton Press, 1997. One of 1,250 copies, with COA (Certificate of Authenticity) laid-in loose. The first insider’s account, from an Arab point of view, of the historic agreement (Camp David Accords) that opened the way to the Arab-Israeli peace process and established the direction of America’s relationship with both Israel and its Arab neighbors. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, in his official capacity as minister of state for foreign affairs, accompanied Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem in 1977 for the start of what became an unprecedented diplomatic faire demi-tour for a major Arab power. The author, later in his career, became the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations. A pristine copy, gift quality, new is shrink wrap.