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New York: Holocaust Library, 1985. Bound upside down. Remainder mark. Otherwise a clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. The second volume only (of 3) that collects Wiesel's shorter writings. This volume is complete in itself. It contains Wiesel's Forewords, Afterwords, and Book Reviews, as well his writings on: Hasidism; Soviet Jewry; Israel; Education and Youth; Writers and Writing; Jerusalem; Friends, Teachers, and Others. Original two-tone boards (maroon spine and gray sides). Gilt lettering on spine is bright and shiny. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. 398pp.

New York: Bantam Books, 1988. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the half-title page. The inscription reads: "To dear Dr. Edward Goldman. A tragic page in history was written for my generation, God willing, you will write your page with happiness, love, Shalom and a celebration of human dignity. With all my love (signed) Alicia Appleman-Jurman." Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($18.95). Sharp corners. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 1988. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row (0987654321) on the copyright page. Map endpapers. Two reviews of the book are laid-in. Bound in the original gray boards with a tan cloth spine lettered in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Recounts the capture of Alicia, her mother, and brother by the Nazis, Alicia's escape and rescue of other Jews… Read More

New York: Hill and Wang, 1971. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the half title page. Fine condition. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. Flat, uncreased spine. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original green and red pictorial wraps. Cover design by Paul Bruner. From the rear cover: "...one of the most beautifully written human documents I have ever read. In this respect it is as sensitive and disturbing a story as is The Diary of Ann Frank." -- Library Journal.. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Softcover. Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. ix, 246pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on an "OPTIONS, Women's Division, United Jewish Federation of San Diego" bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). New and unread in bright, shiny Near Fine dust jacket (only lightly rubbed at the high points, with mild creases to one corner of the jacket's rear panel. Not bad -- photos upon request. Not price clipped ($30.00). No chips. No tears. No fading. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Internally fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Sharp corners. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. Glossary. Index. Autobiography of this concentration-camp survivor (Auschwitz, Buchenwald), author of more than 30 books (NIGHT; A BEGGAR IN JERUSALEM: THE FORGOTTON; FROM THE KINGDOM OF MEMORY; etc), and Nobel Peace Prize-winner. Bound in the original pale gray boards with a black cloth spine stamped in bright silver. Complete with dust… Read More

Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1994. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with many photos of the camp and its prisoners (some horrific), maps and diagrams, aerial views of the complex, etc. List of chapter notes. The Literature of Auschwitz (by Lawrence Langer). Index. Bound in the original tan cloth, stamped in shiny red. From the dust jacket: "[L]eading scholars from the United States, Israel, Poland, and other European countries provide the first comprehensive account of what took place at Auschwitz. Principal sections of the book addresse the institutional history of the camp, the technology and dimensions of the genocide carried out there, the profiles of the… Read More

Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1994. Appears unread. First printing, with complete number row (12345) on the copyright page. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with many photos of the camp and its prisoners (some horrific), maps and diagrams, aerial views of the complex, etc. List of chapter notes. The Literature of Auschwitz (by Lawrence Langer). Index. Bound in the original tan cloth, stamped in shiny red. From the dust jacket: "[L]eading scholars from the United States, Israel, Poland, and other European countries provide the first comprehensive account of what took place at Auschwitz. Principal sections of the book addresse the institutional history of the camp, the technology and… Read More

Amsterdam [The Netherlands]: Fondazione Anne Frank, 1989. Anne Frank in the World : Anne Frank Nel Mondo 1929-1945. Bilingual edition, with text and photo captions in both English and Italian. Appears unread. Fine condition. NO chips. NO tears. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Flat spine. NO creases. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1989. First English/Italian Edition with "Prima edizione marzo 1989" so stated on the copyright page. Profusely illustrated with 229 b/w photos from the Nazi era. Bound in the original yellow pictorial wraps, stamped in black and red. 20 cm wide by 23 cm tall.. Prima Edizione Marzo 1989. Softcover. Fine condition. 144pp.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958. Very Good condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket (a few short closed tears). Bright and shiny. Not price clipped ($3.95). Previous owner's bookplate on pastedown endpaper (largely hidden by the jacket's turn-in flap). 1958 First American edition (so stated). Illustrated with 8 pages of photos. Originally published in Germany as ANNE FRANK: SPUR EINES KINDES. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Bound in the publisher's brown boards and peach-color cloth spine. From the dust jacket: "This book contains the testimony of my forty-two witnesses, as well as documents relating to the German occupation of the Netherlands and some hitherto unpublished jottings and stories by Anne Frank.". First American edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 192pp.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Jewish Publication Society, 1988. A gorgeous, pristine copy. As New condition in As New Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. No fading. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page. This copy has the First Issue Dust Jacket (with no reviews on the rear panel, and no mention of the book's nomination for the Texas Blue Bonnet Award, nor it's selection as a Notable 1988 Children's Trade Book in Social Studies).. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original rust-colored cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped (10.95). Illus. by Rosenberry, Vera . 8vo. 62pp. . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Philadelphia / New York / Jerusalem: The Jewish Publication Society, 1988. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is only lightly rubbed, with a couple short closed tears. NO chips. NOT price clipped ($39.95). Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 12.25" tall. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in shiny silver on the spine. From the dust jacket: "When more than 2,000 American Jewish survivors of the Holocaust -- along with their children and grandchildren -- gathered in Philadelphia in April 1985 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of their liberation, Bernard Stehle was there to document what he saw: the searching, the reunions, the pain of remembering, the quiet wonder of being alive. Badges and banners… Read More

Danville, California: Pradbin Publishers, 2001. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page (her signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Cover is in Near Fine condition (lightly rubbed). Sharp corners. Square and tight. Flat, uncreased spine. Internally FINE. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. True tales of heroic escapes from the Nazis. Bound in the original maroon pictorial wraps, stamped in black with a pattern of swastikas.. SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 425pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Atlanta, Georgia: John Knox Press, 1987. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp - apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. List of chapter notes. Selected Bibliography. Name index. Subject index. Bound in the original black cloth, lettered in red. Complete with dust jacket.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. (xv), 422pp.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1970. This edition published by arrangement with Harper and Row. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No chips. No tears. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (11.95). Twenty-eight essays are arranged into four sections: 1) The Foreground of Jewish Existence; 2) The Renewal of Theology; 3) Challenges to Jewish Belief; 4) The Expectations and the Trust. Afterword. Notes on contributors, which include Hannah Arendt, Harold Rosenberg, Lou Silberman, Ben Halpern, etc. From the Dust Jacket: "ARGUMENTS AND DOCTRINES, beyond being a compilation of the best and most notable examples of postwar Jewish thinking, is a reader with a specific religious center... This reader is intended to disclose the interior conflict and ferment of Jewish religious thought..." Original yellow cloth. "First Edition" stated (but reprint). Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine… Read More

New York:: Schocken Books, 1986. Very Good condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Bright, clean, square, and tight. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 5.5" wide by 8.25" tall. From the rear cover: "Jean Amery, one of Europe's most profound intellectuals and essayists, takes a daring, probing look into his own inner world as a Holocaust victim and survivor. In five brilliant autobiographical essays... Amery analyzes the impact of torture, humiliation, homelessness, and exile on the human psyche... In a new foreword to this edition... Alexander Stille discusses their differing views... Amery was born Hans Maier in Vienna in 1912. After the proclamation of the Nuremberg Laws, he fled to Belgium, where he joined the Resistance. In 1943, he was caught by the Gestapo and sent to a series of concentration camps, including Auschwitz." Afterword by Sidney Rosenfeld.. 1st Schocken edition, with new foreword..… Read More

New York: Schocken Books, 1986. Appears unread. Fine condition. Flat, uncreased spine. Sharp corners. Bright, clean, square, and tight. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. Fresh and crisp --apparently never read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 5.5" wide by 8.25" tall. From the rear cover: "Jean Amery, one of Europe's most profound intellectuals and essayists, takes a daring, probing look into his own inner world as a Holocaust victim and survivor. In five brilliant autobiographical essays... Amery analyzes the impact of torture, humiliation, homelessness, and exile on the human psyche... In a new foreword to this edition... Alexander Stille discusses their differing views... Amery was born Hans Maier in Vienna in 1912. After the proclamation of the Nuremberg Laws, he fled to Belgium, where he joined the Resistance. In 1943, he was caught by the Gestapo and sent to a series of concentration camps, including Auschwitz." Afterword by… Read More

Institute for Historical Review, 1990. Fine condition in Very Good Dust Jacket (light rubbing, but no chips, no tears, no creases). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. The author, a German judge and historian, argues that Auschwitz-Birkenau was not an Extermination Camp. Documented with 6 appendices and extensive chapter notes (filling 54 pages). Bibliography. Index. Illustrated with 21 pages of maps, plans, diagrams and photos. First published in English as THE AUSCHWITZ MYTH, A JUDGE LOOKS AT THE EVIDENCE in 1986. [Note: The 1986 edition appears under a variant spelling of the author's name, i.e. "Stäglich."] The text of this second edition appears to be identical to the first edition, although one new illustration has been added, a detailed "Plan of the Main Camp." Translated from the German by Thomas Francis. A very controversial book. The… Read More

New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. Perfect condition. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. First printing, with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row (1234567890) on the copyright page. Bound in the original black boards with a maroon cloth spine stamped in shiny silver. From the dust jacket: "AUSCHWITZ, 1270 TO THE PRESENT elucidates how the prewar ordinary town of Auschwitz became Germany's most lethal killing site step by step and in stages: a transformation wrought by human beings, mostly German and mostly male. Who were the men who conceived, created, and constructed the killing facility? … Using the hundreds of architectural plans for the camp that the Germans, in their haste, forgot to destroy, as well as the blueprints and papers in… Read More

New York / Washington / London: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1966. NOT a library discard. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped. A few short (half-inch or less) closed tears have been neatly reinforced with clear tape on the blank side of the jacket. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1966 First Edition in English. Introduction by Hannah Arendt. Translated from the German by Jean Steinberg. With 8 pages of illustrations and foldout triple-page endpaper photo of Auschwitz. Snyder 722: "A report on the proceedings against Robert Karl Ludwig Mulka and others before the court at Frankfurt am Main. It is estimated that from 1 to 4 million 'special incidents' took place at Auschwitz -- mass and isolated murders as part of Hitler's 'Final Solution of the Jewish Problem.' On 20 December 1963, twenty-two former SS men were brought before the court for their role in the… Read More

Institute for Historical Review, 1986. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket (a couple small tears, just a little soil on its rear panel). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. The author, a German Judge, argues that Auschwitz-Birkenau was not an Extermination Camp. Documented with 6 appendices and extensive chapter notes (54 pages in length). Bibliography. Index. Illustrated with 20 pages of maps, plans, diagrams and photos. "First English language edition published December, 1986" is so stated on the copyright page. Translated from the German by Thomas Francis. "This book shatters the claims made about exterminations at Auschwitz in a systematic and scholarly manner. Judge Staglich's analysis will convince scholars and laymen alike that the 'Holocaust' is nothing more than a… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 1967. Appears never read. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($5.95). The jacket is lightly rubbed/frayed at the edges with a small mark where a price sticker was removed. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently unread. NO foxing. Translated by Jacob Guralsky. With black & white illustrations by S. Brodsky. First published, censored, in 1966 in a Soviet periodical. This is the first printing of the first edition in English. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in bright red on the spine. From the dust jacket: "In the vast literature of World War II, no story is more tragic, more awesome than the two-year occupation of the Russian city of Kiev by Nazi troops. Here is the first extensive account... of that terrible period of time from 1941 to 1943 in which the Germans systematically… Read More