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Raquela, A Woman of Israel
by Ruth Gruber
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0698108957
- ISBN 13
- 9780698108950
- Seller
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Walcott, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Coward, Mccann & Geoghegan. New York. 1978. Brown cloth boards with stamped design on front and gilt lettering to spine. Bumped edges and stamped design on front board. With no list of subsequent printing(s), assumed First edition. Inscribed and dated on half title page by author. Unclipped ($10.95) jacket has 1 in. closed tear on top of spine, 0.25 in. closed tear on bottom of spine, 0.25 in. closed tear on top of jacket back and 1 in. trianglur tear with paper loss on jacket back. Jacket now protected with removable mylar cover. Raquela is the National Jewish Book Award-winning biography of Raquela Prywes. Living a truly remarkable life, Raquela, through her career as a nurse was a witness to Holocaust refugee camps, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the 1967 Six-Day War. Through her eyes the chronicle of the birth of Israel can be seen. 6x9 in. 379 pg.
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- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227
- Title
- Raquela, A Woman of Israel
- Author
- Ruth Gruber
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0698108957
- ISBN 13
- 9780698108950
- Publisher
- Coward, Mccann & Geoghegan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 379
- Size
- octavo
- Keywords
- Jewish, Israel, Holocaust
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About the Seller
Lamplighter Library
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Walcott, Iowa
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