Little Did I Know; Recollections and Reflections by Samuel, Maurice - 1963

Very Good. Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Inc, Date of Publication: 1963, Binding: hardcover, Edition: First Edition Stated, Condition: Very Good, Description: DJ small tears, name written on first page.

NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1963. First Edition VG/G-. Hardback. Signed by author on 1st page. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; mark/discoloration on bottom corner; inside overall clean & tight. DJ is present but has rubbing, chips, closed tears, edgewear, yellowing, etc. 326 pages.

New York: Alfred A, Knopf, 1963. A revelation of the richness the author found in a total commitment to Jewish identity. Jacket is chipped. Boards are sunned on edges. Notecard paperclipped on fep. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Knopf, 1963. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. 326pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963.<br/><br/>

Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Good. (1st) Brown cloth with embossed dark red leafy design at bottom front and author's name with line design, bright gilt lettering on spine with leafy and line design, 326 heavy lightly browned pages. DJ heavy paper, red-brown background with black and white lettering, blue leafy design on bottom front right and spine bottom, list of Samuels' books on back. DJ has slight surface wear to front tips, 1/2" tear and 3/8" tear with slight wear at top front edge, thin tiny tear at bottom front tip, slight wear spot at spine top right edge, two micronicks and tiny tear at spine bottom edge, light wear to bottom back edge. Near Good DJ/Fine book.

New York: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Better than very good in unclipped, bright jacket with toned flap edges and moderately light wear along the edges including short tears. Samuel, Maurice, 1895-1972. A Jewish intellectual and writer, he is best known for his work You Gentiles, published in 1924. Most of his work concerns Judaism or the Jew's role in history and modern society. Samuel conducted nearly 20 years of NBC radio broadcasts with Columbia University’s Mark van Doren on the Bible. ; 8vo ; 326 pages .

Content appears as new, unopened, unread & unblemished in very good brown cloth covered boards (some fading around edges) with DJ displaying moderate surface/edge wear as shown, with repaired and reinforced chipping and tears.
Maurice Samuel (1895-1972) was an American Jewish novelist of Romanian birth. Maurice Samuel is the greatest Jewish writer that you've never heard of. I only know him because of the circulation of an anti-Zionist meme on Facebook that features his infamous quote, "We Jews are the Destroyers." This is a quote from his book You Gentiles, which I have yet to read, but will do so in due time. Little Did I Know was written years later, by a mature Samuel looking back on his life. By this time he has renounced his earlier Socialism, but interestingly says nothing about You Gentiles; neither whether he stands by his earlier statement or repudiates it. Little Did I Know is remarkable not for its overt descriptions of Jewish philosophy (there is very little of this), but for the… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

2 small Temple stamps on front and back. on boards, and/or LEP's, Private Temple Name Plate FLEP, else contents appear as unread & unblemished with like brown cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear.
Maurice Samuel (1895-1972) was an American Jewish novelist of Romanian birth. Maurice Samuel is the greatest Jewish writer that you've never heard of. I only know him because of the circulation of an anti-Zionist meme on Facebook that features his infamous quote, "We Jews are the Destroyers." This is a quote from his book You Gentiles, which I have yet to read, but will do so in due time. Little Did I Know was written years later, by a mature Samuel looking back on his life. By this time he has renounced his earlier Socialism, but interestingly says nothing about You Gentiles; neither whether he stands by his earlier statement or repudiates it. Little Did I Know is remarkable not for its overt descriptions of Jewish philosophy (there is very little of this), but for the… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light stain at spine crown. .