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PORTRAITS
by Freeman, Cynthia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Arbor House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 1. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's tan cloth over blue boards, gilt (black) lettering on spine. Thick 8vo. 631 pp. Former owner's name on ffep, otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket (now in Mylar) is chipped, with loss at the head and heel of the spine and has several closed tears. VERY GOOD/GOOD. This is a story of an American dream, a tempestuous saga of an immigrant family's struggle to gain a toehold in America without letting go of their spiritual heritage. This is Cynthia Freeman's spellbinding saga of four generations of a Jewish family in America. It begins with Esther Sandsonitsky, who leaves Poland at the turn of the century for the golden land of America.. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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Details
- Seller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 5932
- Title
- PORTRAITS
- Author
- Freeman, Cynthia
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arbor House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Fiction;, Literature;, Novels;, Judaica;, Family, Sagas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica;
Terms of Sale
Round Table Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
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