. . "Some of My Best Friends . . ." : The First Fully Documented Story of a Shocking Evil in American Life, Furtively Practiced and Pervasive
by EPSTEIN, Benjamin R.; FORSTER, Arnold
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Stated second printing. An examination of anti-Semitism in the U.S., as detailed by the authors in the early 1960s. Various means of anti-Jewish discrimination in American life are discussed, such as in social settings, housing, higher education and employment. Indexed. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with spine titling in gilt, wrapped in simple black and white jacket. --- With gift inscription and prior owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, otherwise a sound, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges; ink-stains to front flap but remaining intact.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xii, 274 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71193
- Title
- . . "Some of My Best Friends . . ." : The First Fully Documented Story of a Shocking Evil in American Life, Furtively Practiced and Pervasive
- Author
- EPSTEIN, Benjamin R.; FORSTER, Arnold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- JEWISH, JEWRY, JEW, JUDAISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>American History & Politics; >>American Society, Life in the US;
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Littleton, Colorado
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