Gimpel The Fool And Other Tales - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Peter Owen Limited. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine first edition/first printing in turquoise boards with gilt spine in very Nearly Fine dustwrapper, slightly faded, mainly along spine with only limited chipping. An attractive copy; When Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979, the Swedish Academy praised his "impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life. "Gimpel The Fool" is an important source of Jewish history, focusing on the lives of simple Jews, their struggles and joys; 8vo; [8], 205, [3] pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15557
- Title
- Gimpel The Fool And Other Tales - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Nobel Prize Oslo, Short Stories, Jews History Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Short Fiction; Legendary Books; Author Collections / Singer, Isaac Bashevis;
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- Chipping
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