When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw & Other Stories
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A collection of short stories suitable for children, illustrated by Margot Zemach. With an introduction by Singer, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. This book was a Newbery Honor title.
Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shuh. 116 pages. First edition (stated first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some chipping at the spine ends. This copy is dated 2/20/70 and inscribed by the author: "To the Schulkin children and to their charming parents with love, I. B. Singer.
Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shuh. 116 pages. First edition (stated first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some chipping at the spine ends. This copy is dated 2/20/70 and inscribed by the author: "To the Schulkin children and to their charming parents with love, I. B. Singer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307652
- Title
- When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw & Other Stories
- Author
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- mf11
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S BOOKS; Judaica; Picture Book;
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