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Monuments are Not Loved
by Karsov, Nina and Szechter, Szymon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0340105984
- ISBN 13
- 9780340105986
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 660 g.; XII, 288 pages, last two pages blank (intentionally), authors' note, introduction by Peter Reddaway. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor bumping to the lower backstrip edge and minor rubbing to the book corners. Light dustiness to the text block edges. A few handling marks to the endpapers and original bookseller's sticker to the lower edge of the front paste-down. Plain text dustwrapper with black and white background and white and black titles to the front panel and white and purple titles to the backstrip. Authors' black-and-white photograph to the rear dustwrapper panel. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and to the other dustwrapper edges. There are two small tears to either side of the top backstrip region, measuring 0.5 " and 0.75 ". Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, top right hand corner. There are two creases that run the full length on the front fold over panel. A little browning to the top edges of both the front and rear fold over panels. Triangular creases to the lower edge of the rear fold over panel. The story of the authors, who were intellectuals/dissidents in 1960s communist Poland. Both the authors were also Jewish and at that time there was a wave of anti-semitism and a crackdown by the communist regime against dissidents. To protect Nina, her blind professor Szymon Szechter divorced his wife (with her permission) married Nina and then emigrated to England. In 1970 they filed for divorce and Szymon Szechter remarried his first wife. This is their story as told by them both. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Biography -- Literary; Communism; ISBN: 0340105984. ISBN/EAN: 9780340105986. Inventory No: 0106618. . 9780340105986
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0106618
- Title
- Monuments are Not Loved
- Author
- Karsov, Nina and Szechter, Szymon
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340105984
- ISBN 13
- 9780340105986
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Biography -- Polish Dissidents, Communism -- Polish -- Persecution -- Anti-Semitism Politics & Government; Biography -- Literary; Communism; Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0340105984 EAN: 9780340105986 Karsov, Nina and Szechter, Szymon Monuments
- Bookseller catalogs
- Communism; Biography -- Literary;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
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- Paste-down
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- Rubbing
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