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The Double Bond: The Life of Primo Levi
by Angier, Carole
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374113157
- ISBN 13
- 9780374113155
- Seller
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Flemington, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. FINE /NEAR FINE, 1st edition / 1st printing, Prussian blue boards w black cloth quarter binding, silver font on spine, 898 pps, illustrated, bibliography, notes, index, frontispiece of Levi. Only noted flaw is small stain on bottom fore edge, otherwise without writing, marks, bright and tight. Dust wrapper is not price clipped, lightly toned on inside flaps, minimal shelf wear. Primo Levi is considered one of the most important writers of the Shoah who had experienced the horrors of the Holocaust and yet was able to transform these agonies of persecution, torture and death for millions to an understanding and clarity which the rest of the world could attempt to understand. Angier devoted 10 years to researching and writing this comprehensive book of his life with respect and dignity.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [847]-863) and index.
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- Bookseller
- BohemianBookworm
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114146
- Title
- The Double Bond: The Life of Primo Levi
- Author
- Angier, Carole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374113157
- ISBN 13
- 9780374113155
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- May 22, 2002
- Keywords
- JUDAICA, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY
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BohemianBookworm
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Since 1991 BOHEMIAN BOOKWORM has been pleased to sell rare, vintage, antiquarian and distinctive used books to discriminating bibliophiles and other book and ephemera buyers searching for uncommon 1st editions and "out of print" gently used books and ephemera.
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