Search Results: JEWISH from Windy Hill Books

Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Alfred, Knopf, 1981. FIRST EDITION. 369 pages, boards. Story of a young rabbi who came of age in the America of post-WWII and is confounded by his times. Corner bump else FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket..

NY: Doubleday & Co, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Translated from the Czech by Iris Urwin. Dust jacket is age darkened and shows foxing (spotting) to the edges. Top edge of book is lightly foxed (spotted). In publisher's library binding, NOT a library discard..

NY: Bloch Publishing, 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Lower corners of book are bumped, dust jacket is lightly soiled with a few small edge chips. .

NY: Adama Books, 1987 Book. Illus. by June Evers. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 69 pgs, boards. Dramatic stories for older children for each of the 7 major Jewish Holidays. Israeli author's 1st collection in English..

NY Macmillan 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Fine in a near fine dustjacket. Illustrated by photos..

NY: Harper & Row, 1982 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illus by Richard Egielski. FIRST EDITION. FINE in FINE dustjacket. 120 pgs, boards. Story of a young Jewish girl growing up in the Brooklyn of the 1940's. Illus in blk/white..

NY: Clarion, 1996 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Illustrated by author. Hard Cover. Fine in a FINE Dustjacket. First Edition, first Printing. 1997 Caldecott Medal Winner, no award medal on dustjacket. 32 pages, pictorial boards. Retelling of this 400 year old Jewish legend about the giant man of clay created & brought to life by Rabbi Loew to vanquish those who persecuted the Jews of Prague. Illustrated with stunning paper-cut illustrations..

London: Andre Deutsch, 1983 Book. Illus. by Uri Shelevitz. Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. Hard Cover. 85 pgs, cloth. Legend of the Golem, the clay giant who aids the Jews in their times of need..

NY: KTAV, 1960 Book. Illus. by Arnold Lobel. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 52 pgs, boards. An early Lobel title not listed in Roginski. Appears to be the 5th book Lobel illustrated..

NY: Scholastic, (1989) Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. First Edition, first Printing. FIRST EDITION, first printing. 80 pgs, boards. Illus collection of 12 folktales, 10 African & 2 Jewish..

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1966. Book. Illus. by Jerome Snyder. Fine. Hardcover. In the "Crowell Holiday Book series. Dust jacket shelf rubbed and edge worn. In publisher's reinforced binding, this is NOT a library discard. Book is in unread condition..

NY: Harper & Row, (1952) Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1968 Reprint. 207 pages, reinforced cloth. Story of the American Revolution & of a young Jewish refugee who comes to America in 1775 seeking the peaceful life of a scholar. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket..

NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FINE in a FINE Dust jacket. First Edition. 257 pages, boards. Semi-autobiographical debut novel that describes the ordeals of a Jewish girl in WWII Slovakia. The sophisticated structure includes flashbacks & occasional shifts in narration..

NY: Scholastic, 1990 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Hard Cover. FINE in a FINE Dust jacket. 2nd Printing. 32 pages, boards. A family, housebound on Hanukkah, share what little food they have with a stray cat & dog who, in surprising ways, bring latkes & applesauce to the family's home..

NY Abelard-Schuman 1957. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard cover. First Edition. Fine in a near fine dj. "A non-Jewish woman's love affair with Israel, with an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt..

NY: HarperCollins, (1992) Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. FINE in a FINE Dustjacket. First Edition. Illustrated by Ronald Himler. 32 pages, boards. Picture book about Miriam, a young Jewish girl, who is forced to leave her parents & hide with strangers in the countryside during the German occupation of Holland..

NY: Greenwillow, 1977 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in a FINE Dustjacket. First Edition. Foreword by Harrison Salisbury. 240 pages, boards. When the Nuremberg Laws went into efffect in 1935, Koehn was 6 years old & unaware that she had a Jewish grandmother making her a "mischling, second degree". She spent the war years as a member of the Hitler Youth & this is her historical record, one that is a powerful indictment of war..

Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Delacorte, (1996) FIRST EDITION. 272 pgs, boards. Story of 16 year old Billie Weinstein, the only Jewish girl living in an all-Italian neighborhood in NJ trying to please her demanding father, understand her too-accomodating mother and help her anorexic sister. A wonderful first novel! FINE in FINE dustjacket..

NY: Dial, 1971. Book. Illus. by Symeon Shimin. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Review copy, review slip laid in..

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1965. Book. Illus. by Symeon Shimin. Near Fine. Hardcover. In the "Crowell Holiday Book" series. Dust jacket shelf rubbed, book has one crimp to upper front edge, else fine. In publisher's reinforced binding, this is NOT a library discard. Book is in unread condition..