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They Looked for a City
by Lydia Buksbazen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: The Friends of Israel, 1960 The Friends of Israel, Philadelphia, PA. 1960. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but a F/O name inked out on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light soiling to textblock top. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($2.50); missing small pieces at head, tail, tips, and rear flap fold at center; suntanning to spine. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 216 pp 12mo. This fascinating book tells the incredible but true story of a Jewish family in Eastern Europe and their bitter but triumphant struggle for survival. Travel back in time to a busy market street in Poland, where tragedy strikes as savage Russian Cossacks brutally ride down shoppers. Witness the heroic sacrifice of a young Jewish mother protecting her daughters. Meet Yente and Benjamin who, despite bitter opposition, discover love in the Warsaw Ghetto, which was then the heart of European Jewry. Their lives weave a tale of betrayal and separation, confusion and desperation, failure and success. Caught in the maelstrom of World War II, their little family it torn apart by a devastating series of events, producing a heartbreaking situation with no apparent solution. In the midst of international chaos and conflict, months of agonizing separation as they travel all over Europe, result is a truly miraculous family reunion in England. Laid-in are three Evangel Tract publications from the 1960s; #4103, 4342, 4260, from The Gospel Publishing House, Springfield, MO. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015332
- Title
- They Looked for a City
- Author
- Lydia Buksbazen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- The Friends of Israel
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jews, Jewry, Hitler, Nazi Germany, Poland, World War II, Cossack riders, Russian Jews, religion, Friends of Israel, Hebrew-Christian Families, Missionary and Relief Society, Eastern Europe,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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