There Once Was A World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok
by Eliach, Yaffa
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0316232521
- ISBN 13
- 9780316232524
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Stated First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. 0316232521 . Publisher's glossy pictorial boards, white lettering on spine. Small 4to. xiv, 818, (2) pp. Profusely illustrated with B&W photographs and maps. Includes extremely detailed index. "Eliach's nine-century saga of Eastern European Jewish life is richer and fuller than any ever written. Her research took her from family attics on six continents to state archives no scholar had seen since the start of the Cold War.". Remainder mark on bottom edge, heel of spine has slight shelf-wear, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped vinyl dust jacket has very light rubbing, else fine. NEAR FINE/ NEAR FINE. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18904
- Title
- There Once Was A World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok
- Author
- Eliach, Yaffa
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316232521
- ISBN 13
- 9780316232524
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- 0316232521, Jews;, Lithuania;, Eisiskes;, Ethnic, Relations;, Russia;, Judaica;, Holocaust;, WW2;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica; Religion & Mythology;
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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