The Sun Stood Still

New York: Atheneum, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Roderick MacLeish was a television and radio commentator for Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, and later for CBS, NPR, and the Christian Science Monitor. He was a correspondent internationally for many years, including in the Middle East. This book is about the Three Day War of 1967, and was published in the same year. MacLeish was sent by Westinghouse to cover the situation in May 1967. He first visited Cairo and then arrived in Tel Aviv on June 4. The war broke out on June 5. This book covers the conflict from the perspective of both sides and discusses (truncated) its historical roots. Octavo. Orange cloth-covered boards over red cloth-covered spine. Title in gilt on spine and blind-stamped on front cover. Black dust-jacket with title in yellow and orange to front panel and in yellow to spine panel. Jacket is price-clipped and has small closed tear at top of front panel, plus minor bumping around edges. Pages are bright and clean. 174 pages. MIDEAST/8202. (Inventory #: 1893)