Stories for Children
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection containing the "lion's share" of the children's stories that this Nobel-prize winning author has penned, most translated from the original Yiddish, & all rich in Jewish tradition & the cultural roots of his native Poland. In 338 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1974, this hardcover small quarto has navy blue cloth-covered boards blind-stamped with author's initials & design to front, silver lettering & design in green title box to spine. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, corners crisp, pages white & completely unmarked save for personalized Chanukah 1984 gift inscription to ffep. The price-clipped DJ is Near Fine, with just a tad or rubbing/wrinkling to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023530
- Title
- Stories for Children
- Author
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- short stories children literature literary Jewish Judaic Hebrew Yiddish Poland Polish culture cultural tradition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Nonfiction; Children-Young Adult (YA): Literature; Poetry"; Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / Judaica/Holocaust Studies;
Terms of Sale
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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