Sala's Gift; My Mother's Holocaust Story
by Kirschner, Ann
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Free Press, New York, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 465 g.; XII, 292 pages, introduction by author, source notes, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with 14 pages of black-and-white photography between page 148 and 145, a map frontispiece showing Europe 1939-1945 and the occasional black-and-white reproduction of documents throughout the text. 1/4 dark gray coloured backstrip with gilt titles. 3/4 buff coloured boards. A little rubbing to the book edges and bumping to the backstrip edges. Remainder mark to the lower text block edge. Photographic dustwrapper with red and black titles to the front panel and red, white and black titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. Black-and-white photographs of author to the rear fold over panel. For 50 years Sala Kirschner hid from her family over 350 photographs and letters and a diary that detailed six years she spent as slave labour in the Nazi labour camps. On the eve of heart surgery she gave them to her daughter, Ann, who wrote this book as a gift to her mother and as a remembrance of those who did not survive the Holocaust. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Holocaust; Judaica; Inventory No: 0109990. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0109990
- Title
- Sala's Gift; My Mother's Holocaust Story
- Author
- Kirschner, Ann
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Sala Kirschner -- Biography -- Holocaust Survivor, Poland -- World War II -- Conscript Labour -- Judaica Biography & Autobiography; Holocaust; Judaica; Photographic Unbranded Kirschner, Ann Sala's Gift; My Mother's Holocaust Story
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica; Holocaust;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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