SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Nathan Schur (1923-1934), author of numerous books about Jewish history, with DEDICATION in Hebrew to MOSHE SHAMIR (1921-2004), an eminent Israeli author, playwright and public figure. Contents: Beginnings - Persia and Iraq, 8th and 9th centuries - The Golden Age, The Center in Jerusalem, 10th and 11th century - The Center in Byzantium and Turkey, 1100-1600 - The History of the Karaite community in Jerusalem, 1250-1948 - The Eastern European Center, 16th to 20th centuries - The Karaites in Egypt, 15th to 20th centuries - The Center in the State of Israel and in Israel - Epilogue - Bibliography - Notes - Index. 210x145mm. 207 pages. Softcover. Rear cover bottom corner wrinkled. Text block edges partly age-stained. Else in very good condition.