Elijah the Slave: A Hebrew Legend Retold by Isaac Bashevis Singer
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1970. Cloth. Very Good +. Antonio Frasconi. SIGNED BY ANTONIO FRASCONI on the verso of the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st American edition, translated from its original Yiddish by the author himself and by Elizabeth Shub. Clean and VG+ in its purple cloth, with light rubbing to the gilt-titling along the spine. Square quarto, wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color by the great Uruguayan-American woodcut artist Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013).
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19333
- Title
- Elijah the Slave: A Hebrew Legend Retold by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Author
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Illustrator
- Antonio Frasconi
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar , Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- rare Judaica, rare Antonio Frasconi, signed Antonio Frasconi, illustrator Antonio Frasconi, rare Hebrew mythology, rare Hebrew tales, rare Hebrew legend
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica;
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Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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