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The Rise of David Levinsky
by Cahan, Abraham
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Cahan's stellar novel of Jewish immigrant life was originally published by Harper; this is a Very Good copy of the reprint edition. As uncommon as the First edition. Gray pebbled cloth binding; illustration and titling in black and orange. Clean text; 530 pages. Although this is a sound copy, it is ex-libris, with the usual treatments. These are mostly on the endpapers, but the top and bottom pages edges also have faint stamps, as does the title page. There is some cello tape residue as well. A really good reading copy, but not for the advanced collector. Lacking the scarce dustjacket.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
"The most important of all immigrant novels."—Carl Van Doren.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004137
- Title
- The Rise of David Levinsky
- Author
- Cahan, Abraham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Jewish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Pebbled
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- Edges
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- Reprint
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Reading Copy
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