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THE TOPSY-TURVY EMPEROR OF CHINA; Isaac Bashevis Singer / Pictures by Julian Jusim / Translated from the Yiddish by Elizabeth Shub
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374376816
- ISBN 13
- 9780374376819
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996. First American Edition Thus Illustrated. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Julian Jusim. Tall, slender 8vo, light red boards with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a Chinese emperor with left arm and finger pointing toward heaven; illustrated by Julian Jusim, [32] pages simuilating parchment. Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902 - 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish writer in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. He was also awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970). Julian Jusim is a Russian-born illustrator now living and working in Germany. The Topsy-Turvy Emperor of China was first published in America by Harper & Row in 1971. The Julian Jusim first illustrated edition was published in Germany in 1993 as Der Kaiser von China. "A dark tale of the eternal "struggle between good and evil, beauty and ugliness," from a master, given pristine treatment in the illustrations."--Kirkus Reviews EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! Wonderful illustrations!
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5217
- Title
- THE TOPSY-TURVY EMPEROR OF CHINA; Isaac Bashevis Singer / Pictures by Julian Jusim / Translated from the Yiddish by Elizabeth Shub
- Author
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Illustrator
- Julian Jusim
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition Thus Illustrated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374376816
- ISBN 13
- 9780374376819
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Yiddish, Polish, folklore, Jewish, evil, ghost, danger,
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Cloth
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- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....