Search Results: Ancient Israel from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY Basic Books, 1984. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Good in Fair DJ: Book shows indications of light use; light wear to extremities; boards ever-so-slightly bowed; faintest soiling at the outside edges. Binding remains quite secure; text clean. DJ shows heavy use: fairly heavy wear to extremities; minor chip loss; several short closed tears; unprice clipped; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 230pp. Translated by Yehuda Hanegbi and Yehudit Keshet. Hardback with DJ. In these short portraits of Biblical characters Rabbi Steinsaltz reveals essential meanings. In this work his account of the Biblical patriarch Isaac ( Yitzhak) made an especially strong impression upon me. Rabbi Steinsaltz shows how this particular patriarch is dominated by a sense of severe restriction and limitation connected with the experience of the Akedah. This work will provide the reader of the Bible new insight into some of its… Read More

New York, NY William Morrow & Co, 1966. Hardcover First Edition, unstated. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of very careful use. Book shows just a touch of bumping to the corner tips; the binding shows barely discernible lean, but remains perfectly secure;else flawless; the text is clean. The DJ shows only a touch of wear to the front corner tips: a tiny snag at the top of the rear panel; the price has not been clipped; mylar-protected. Overall, remains structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minimal wear in a like DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 244pp. First Edition, unstated, as per Morrow's customary practice at that time. Hardback with DJ.

New York, NY Crossroad Publishing Company, 1988. Paperback First Edition Thus (1988), unstated in accordance with Crossroad Publishing Company's customary practice. First Edition Thus (1988), unstated in accordance with Crossroad Publishing Company's customary practice. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of sunning to the purple toned background field of the backstrip (the titles thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible); the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound; showing only a single cosmetic flaw. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder,… Read More

New York, NY HarperSanFrancisco, 1995. Hardcover First Edition (1995), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition (1995), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book shows a hint of shelving wear to the lower extremities; the heel of the backstrip shows a bit of crimp; a couple of small, extremely faint smudges to the fore-edge; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. Bright and Clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows a couple of faint wrinkles near the top edge of the front panel, near the… Read More