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A Beggar in Jerusalem
by Wiesel, Elie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1970. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A stated First Printing but of a variant edition, published by and printed in Japan (as is evident on the copyright page, and translated from the original Hebrew, with photograph copyright by Philipe Halsman and book jacket design by Paul Bacon. Bound simply in brown cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Nick to bottom of front paste-down. Neither publisher nor place of publication are stated. 211 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Synopsis
Elie Wiesel is the author of more than fifty books, both fiction and nonfiction. He is a recipient of the United States Congressional Gold Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the French Legion of Honor’s Grand-Croix, an honorary knighthood of the British Empire and, in 1986, the Nobel Peace Prize. Since 1976, he has been the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351325
- Title
- A Beggar in Jerusalem
- Author
- Wiesel, Elie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Elie Wiesel Jerusalem Jewish history Jewish culture
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About the Seller
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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