(New York: Harper and Row, 1979).

 Not a diary in the traditional sense,  Before the Sabbath is a sparkling collection of pensees - reflections on history, on communism and the fate of democracies, on Israelis and Arabs, on inflation, on working, on change, on courage and love, and on the meaning of growing old.. Item #20417

First edition. 8vo, publisher s original brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine, in the dustjacket. (10), 144 pp. A fine copy with extremely subtle mellowing to the upper edge of the book.