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Seven books presented to Moshe Dayan, inscribed to him by the photographer and archaeologist Beno Rothenberg, the journalist and writer Kalman Katzenelson, the orientalist and writer Shmuel Segev (Sabag) and others. Hebrew and English. 1. The Story of the Arab Legion, by John Bagot Glubb. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. Presentation inscription (English) to Moshe Dayan (unidentified signatory). 2. The Army of Israel, by Moshe Perlman. New York: Philosophical Library, 1950. Inscribed by the author (in Hebrew): "To Moshe Dayan with friendship, Moish Perlman ('Lay not the sin upon me' for the book – nor for page 40)" [referring to Dayan's portrait, featured on p. 40]. 3. "Nahalat Jabotinsky, The History of the Settlements of Betar" (Hebrew), by Yeshayahu Mahanai. Tel-Aviv: The Cooperative Center for the Settlements of the Cherut-Betar Movement, [1952]. Inscribed by the author: "To Moshe Dayan, the Minister of Agriculture, in recognition of your special help to one of the 'attempts at easy Zionism'…" (Hebrew). 4. "Behind the Curtain, Iraqi Parliamentary Commission on the War against Israel" (Hebrew), translated by S. Sabag [Shmuel Segev]. Tel-Aviv: Ma'arachot, 1954. The book was presented to Moshe Dayan by the Ma'arachot press. 5. "Three Arrows and a Spade, the Campaigns of the Negev and the Efforts to Revive It", by Shlomo Tanai. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem: Sifrei Gadish, and Kiryat Sefer, 1955. Inscribed by the author: "To lieutenant general Moshe Dayan, with true appreciation" (Hebrew). 6. "The Crisis of Modern Hebrew" (Hebrew), by K. [Kalman] Katznelson. Tel-Aviv: Anach, 1960. Enclosed: a short, typescript letter signed by the author: "To lieutenant general M. Dayan… following your words about the Israeli youth, I present you with my book 'The Crisis of Modern Hebrew'…" (Hebrew). 7. The Story of Jerusalem, a Pictorial Report (Hebrew), edited by Beno Rothenberg. Am Oved, 1967. Inscribed by Rothenberg to Dayan. Size and condition vary. Provenance: Estate of Ruth Dayan.