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The Invisible Wall: Germans and Jews A Personal Exploration
by Blumenthal, W. Michael
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1887178732
- ISBN 13
- 9781887178730
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Washington and London: Counterpoint/Perseus Books Group, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Second Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar cover. Red quarter-cloth gilt lettered, with black boards. Clean with tiny bump on lower edge of front board and a wrap around faint interrupted black line around the red spine, near the upper edge. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Rough cut. Solid, tight, square, sharp corners. Interior is Fine--very clean and free from any markings, no creases. Unclipped jacket has some shelf rubbing, else fine. Part memoir, part history, part filial tribute, this is a powerful book. Blumenthal looks at the tragic-heroic story of Jews in Germany through the lives of six of his ancestors and his own extraordinary life, to help explain how Jews survived, grew and prospered. 444 pages with Note, Bibliography and Index. 9.6 x 6.5 inches. Counterpoint/Perseus Books, Washington DC 1998.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012257
- Title
- The Invisible Wall: Germans and Jews A Personal Exploration
- Author
- Blumenthal, W. Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1887178732
- ISBN 13
- 9781887178730
- Publisher
- Counterpoint/Perseus Books Group
- Place of Publication
- Washington and London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- BLUMENTHAL FAMILY; JEWS-GERMANY-GENEALOGY; GERMAN-GENEALOGY; GERMANY-ETHNIC RELATIONS;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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