Search Results: once upon a droshky by jerome charyn

New York: McGraw-Hill. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Ink mark on front endpaper. Darkening to the jacket spine. The author's first book which he has inscribed to noted book collector Larry Owens. This book is from Owens collection. Signed by the author.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. FINEcopy of the author's first book in crisp, NEAR FINEdust jacket, with a touch of mild insect damage to spine and flap folds. VIEW IMAGE. First Edition (stated). Hardcover.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uankel Rabinowitz is a retired actor who reflects on his life as a Yiddish actor from the Lower East Side of New York. He faced all adversities, large and small, tragic and comic. Book is fine with tiny mark on right top of cover fold. Fore edge has a small soil spot. Jacket is not price clipped ($4.95) and is soiled and slightly chipped at spine top and top corners. Spine is darkened but still readable. Very good dirty cover.

New York: Mc-Graw Hill, 1964. First edition.. Hardcover. Fine. McGraw-Hill. (1964). Marked First edition. Fine Condition book, that appears never to have been read. No Dust jacket. The author's first book, about a retired actor and his larger-than-life misadventures during the heyday of Yiddish theatre. AB59

McGraw Hill, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Light wear; pages tanned; a sound binding. A little doodle and note from the author in pencil, unsigned though. The jacket has some wear and staining. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 210443. .

NY: McGraw-Hill. (1964). Near fine in a near fine, spine-faded dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST EDITION of Jerome Charyn¿s ¿Once upon a droshky.¿ Published in New York by McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Edition stated on copyright page. DJ price-clipped. Book very good. DJ very good.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Authors first book; in price-clipped DW one small black mark to edge of front panel, otherwise, a respectable copy of the book and the dust jacket; 222pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+ Price-Clipped.

New York:: McGraw-Hill,, [1964].. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. Publisher's stamp on rear endsheet: "Sold to The Employees of McGraw Hill." Light use to extremities of spine; otherwise nice in an unchipped jacket with a very slightly sunned spine. . 8vo,. Author's first book.

2 Small library stamps, FLEP, BLEP, Residual glue from pocket removal, BPD, else content appears as, unread and unblemished orange/black boards displaying minimal, surface/edge wear. Taped ID at Heel of spine.From the publisher: Published in 1964 when Charyn was twenty-six years old, Once Upon A Droshky is a fairy tale-like story set in the Yiddish-American community of the Lower East Side. The narrator, Yankel Rabinowitz, tells the story in English that is heavily broken by Yiddish, creating a great comic effect. The novel centers on the relationship of a father and son: the father represents the old and embattled Yiddish community while the son's legalistic tendencies make him the prototypical American. Charyn draws heavily on experiences from his childhood in the Bronx for details of the Yiddish community. Fiction Shipping/Handling/Insurance/Tracking Included within the continental U.S. (Free Shipping). Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and… Read More

New York: McGraw - Hill, 1964. slight wear to cover edges, owners name front endpaper, otherwise book clean and tight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. NF/NF; 222 pages; First edition stated; near Fine in black backstrip titled in orange over orange/brown boards, orange/brown endpapers, slightest hint of rubbing at corners of backstrip; in a near Fine price-clipped dustjacket, lightest wear at bottom of spine. Author's first book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, (1964).. (1964).. Very good. - Octavo, orange paper covered boards backed with black cloth in a dust wrapper. The tail of the dust jacket spine is chipped. 222 & [1] pages. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>With a lengthy inscription by the author on the front endpaper, signed "Jerry".

New York Toronto London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. 223 pp, 11 short stories. 5.6" x 8.2" 1/4 black russet papered boards in age-toned, price-clipped DJ.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. 222 (2) pp. First Edition, 1964. Not Price Clipped. Only the slightest wear dj with age-toning to spine, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 5.75" x 8.25". Black half-cloth with brown paper-covered boards, and orange lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "Jerome Charyn (1937) is an American author. With nearly 50 published works over a 50-year span, Charyn has a long-standing reputation as an inventive and prolific chronicler of real and imagined American life, writing in multiple genres. Charyn's first novel, Once Upon a Droshky, was published in 1964. With Blue Eyes (1975), the debut of detective character Isaac Sidel, Charyn attracted wide attention and acclaim.".

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Faint creases on first two leaves and spine, light wear at the spine ends, near fine in a price-clipped, near fine dust jacket with a light crease and a bit of spotting on the front panel. Author's first book.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a scratch on the spine. The author's first book, about a retired actor and his larger-than-life misadventures during the heyday of Yiddish theatre.

Newy York; (1964): McGraw-Hill Book Co. First Edition. Octavo. Author's first book. Inscribed to a close friend who helped him when he was ill. 222(1) pp. The story of Yankel Rubinowitz, a retired Yiddish actor, who is evicted with his friends by Farbstein the landlord and Yankel's son, Irving the lawyer from his ancient tenement on the lower East Side. Yankel, is one of the most memorable and fully imagined fictional characters. It is also the story of Pincus the poet and hist twenty-five year feud with Yankel, of Tillie Moskowitz, of Mendel the merchant and Morris the musician, of Schimmel and Schmulka, and others. This work is at the center of a long tradition of European Jewish and American-Jewish storytelling. It is one of those rare creations, both serious fiction and delightful entertainment. Bound in 1/4 brown paper over orange paper covered boards, spine lettering orange, wear to spine ends and corners, in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket with soiling and spine darkened, wear to corners… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a short tear, a little very light rubbing and a tiny stain on the rear panel. Author's first book, a novel about a retired Yiddish actor evicted from his tenement in New York. Full-page pre-publication author's Inscription, apparently to a journalist setting up an interview after the official publication date. A very nice copy.