Search Results: the wisdom of israel by browne lewis

Random House. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. Bookplate inside. Stamped inside. Writing inside.

Random House, January 1945. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Jacket has chipping and some small missing pieces, and old crease from paper clip

Random House, 1956. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House, New York: (1945)., 1945 pp. xxxii, 748. Small Quarto. Original full blue cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Hardbound. Third printing. JUDAICA BOX 5 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

Modern Library / Random House. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Modern Library G-79. (jewish literature, judentum) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

The Modern Library. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. Published by The Modern Library, 1945. Modern Library style G6. Octavo. Blue boards stamped in gold and red. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding starting at title page and small bookstore sticker on flyleaf. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear, edgewear, nicks and tears. 748 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

New York: Modern Library, (1956). Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Modern Library Giant G-79.1. Reprint ca. 1967. Blue boards, white titles on spine. Price on dust jacket flap $4.95. Spine of jacket has a few rubs and edgewear.

Random House, 1945. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. (3d ptg.) Dedicated to Bennett Cerf. Heavy book, blue cloth with gilt menorah on front near fine, gilt menorah, title and author on spine near fine, 748 pages. DJ is heavy paper, lightly browned with illustration of front and spine of Jewish symbols. DJ has light crease at top front, microtears and nick at spine top edge, very tiny nick at spine bottom left edge, very tiny tear at top back edge, back very lightly soiled. Good DJ/Near Fine book.

Light wear, and slight soiling to boards. Text is toned but clean and unmarked.

Random House, New York, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Introduction by editor, note on The Law, The Ten Words (the 10 Commandments), preface, glossary, index of authors and acknowledgements. Butter coloured end pages. Navy blue coloured cloth covered boards with a small gilt coloured embossed illustration to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Pale blue coloured tint to the top text edge. A book about the Jewish religion, both known and not so well known, along with commentaries by various authors. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping, rubbing and a little fraying of the book corners. Rubbing of the book panels along with a a few handling marks. Tanning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. A few handling marks to the end pages Second Printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], XI - XXXII, [2], 3 - 748, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity… Read More

New York: The Modern Library, n.y.. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxxii, 748pp, (6pp ads). Very good. Quite mild edgewear; nonauthorial 1962 gift inscription on front flyleaf. A tight, most attractive later printing of Modern Library Giant #G79, first published in 1956 but here undated (binding suggests late 1950s/early 1960s) Hefty selections from the Old and New Testaments, from between the Testaments, the Talmudic Period, Medieval Noon, Medieval Night and the Modern Period.

Generic, 1945T. hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

Paperback.

The Modern Library. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Jewish literature, anthologies)

* The Wisdom of Israel An Anthology -Modern Library hard cover edition. Standard oval with gold graphic - front board Published by Random House, New York- copyright date-1945 Hardcover/ no DJ-, gold lettering & black decoration crisp & intact. Text lightly toned -at spine small fraying- Cloth Boards are somewhat sun faded-but good-show some edge wear & color fading--Oval front panel art-gold lettering & black decoration crisp & intact. & Pages appear to be clean and unmarked-.Lewis Browne tries to extract from the body of Jewish literature that which is "earthly" & pragmatic & relates to people, containing a practical, rational morality. The text while still wonderful reading leaves out much of the Mysteries -meta-physical-mystical & other-worldly-Messianic tendencies. Essentially most Jewish wisdom looks to realization in the earthly world-directed towards the individual and his relations with others. But the wisdom of the ancients— feed those eschatological hopes not only consoled and… Read More

New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Second printing. xxxii, 748pp. Moderate wear at the crown, near fine in a good only dust jacket with loss at the crown and a two inch chip on the rear panel (both affecting text), a three inch tear on the front flap fold, and a toned spine.

Hardcover. Good. SOLD ON BEHALF OF LANGDON SUPPORTING YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES

Hardcover. Good. Dispatched within one working day. Sold on behalf of the Langdon Foundation; Supporting young adults with disabilities

New York: The Modern Library, 1956. First Thus. Very Good/Good+. The essence of the Hebraic contribution to the world's moral culture, from the prophetic utterances of the Bible to the wit and wisdom of living writers, with interpretive introduction and explanatory notes." A Modern Library Giant. G-79. "First Modern Library Giant edition, 1956" on copyright page. In original unclipped jacket in protective sheet with 376 titles on verso. Chipping and short tears at most edges, creasing, some staining to jacket. Red cloth over boards with device on front and gilded lettering inside black labels on spine. Some bumping at edges and corners, and some light rubbing. Top-stain blue. Inscription on ffep. Interior is toned, otherwise clean and clear.  Pages: (32) 748 (6)     Dimensions: 8¼ x 5¾ x 1½ .

London: Four Square, 1962. Some slight cover wear, small sticker front cover, some water staining, otherwise book clean and tight. . Reprint. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.