RARE English translation of a historical novel based on the life of Samson the Nazirite by Ze`ev Jabotinsky (1880-1940) - an eminent Russian Jewish Revisionist Zionist leader, author, poet, orator, soldier and founder of the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa, co-founder of the Jewish Legion of the British army in WWI. Later in his life he also established several Jewish organizations in Palestine, including `Beitar`, `HaTzohar` and the `Irgun`. First published in 1927, the novel is set in Biblical times and describes Jabotinsky`s ideal of an active, daring, warrior form of Jewish life. 215x150mm. 348 pages.Quarter-leather Hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket yellowing and rubbed. Sticker residues on jacket front side. Jacket edges worn. Spine bottom edge slightly bumped. Cover edges and corners yellowing. Cover upper and bottom edges slightly worn and dirty. Text block edges age-stained. Small stamp on text block bottom edge. Inner cover slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare English translation of an epochal modern Jewish novel on the life of its most heroic figure is in good condition.