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Hanged at Auschwitz
by Kessel, Sim
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Coronet/Hodder Paperbacks Ltd., 1975. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. The true story of how a young man cheated death in the most harrowing of Nazi campts"--Auschwitz, in 1944. First-person account documents his arrest as a Jew living in France, his kidnap, torture, imprisonment, & miraculous escape after being hanged. Orig. published in French in 1970 as "Pendu à Auschwitz,'' this is the First English translation from 1972 (orig. published by Talmy Franklin in 1973), the First Edition from Coronet of London from 1975. in 188 pages. Mass mass market paperback is in Fine condition: just slightly less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, cover colors bright & unfaded, binding strong & straight, pages lightly tanned, heavier around edges, but completely supple & unmarked. Virtually no edgewear or creasing. Nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023849
- Title
- Hanged at Auschwitz
- Author
- Kessel, Sim
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Coronet/Hodder Paperbacks Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- concentration camp death world war two WWII prisoners Jews jewish escape Nazi French France resistance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / Judaica/Holocaust Studies; Military Studies/War;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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