For Esther
by Sage, Alex
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0732267544
- ISBN 13
- 9780732267544
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Flamingo, Pymble, New South Wales, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. XIV, 282 pages, author's note and acknowledgements. Photographic front cover with pale peach and pale purple titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the free front and paper. The recounting of the author's life through a series of letters to his granddaughter, Esther. In it he goes back to his life as a boy in Hungary -- being told by his mother to make his own way in the world because of inability to feed him at age 8, the struggle for survival until being caught and put into the concentration camp Mauthausen, and then the struggle for survival in that environment. A little creasing to the book corners. Rubbing to the book panels and browning to the text block edges and internal text. Second Impression. Size: Standard Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military History -- World War II; Holocaust; Judaica; ISBN: 0732267544. ISBN/EAN: 9780732267544. Inventory No: 0285333. . 9780732267544
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0285333
- Title
- For Esther
- Author
- Sage, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0732267544
- ISBN 13
- 9780732267544
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Place of Publication
- Pymble, New South Wales
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Jews -- Hungry -- Australia -- Biography, Concentration Inmates -- World War II Biography & Autobiography; Military History -- World War II; Holocaust; Judaica; Unbranded ISBN: 0732267544 EAN: 9780732267544 Sage, Alex For Esther
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica; Military History -- World War II; Holocaust;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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