THE MERRYMAKER
by Yuri Suhl
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 059007346X
- ISBN 13
- 9780590073462
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Four Winds Press, 1975. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Thomas di Grazia (Illustrator). Ex-Lib/Uncirculated from Temple Sinai, Pittsburg, PA,Children's Library. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 19775 First Edtion, 1st Printing. Pale orange linen boards/VG. DJ/Fine; under library mylar. Polish-American biographer, novelist & poet Yuri Suhl (1908 -1986) wrote 4 volumes of Yiddish poetry; this is one of 10 children's books written in English. 10 years old Shloimeh first saw the stranger by the synagogue door at evening prayer, in a frayed caftan & muddy, wrinkled boots --- an attire common for the town's poor Jews. The boy wonders who might invite him home for meal & lodgings? Shlonmeh knew not his family where his parents squabble over truly insufficient food, is taken back when his father has him invite the man stranger home. Their guest, Naftoli, with a speech pattern of peppering it w/poetry, proves to be a bachen --- a merrymaker at weddings! His brief stay uplifts their family's spirits w/a surprise top-off of a full larder before departure! 45 pgs w/illustrations from Thomas di Grazia.
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- Seller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 020852
- Title
- THE MERRYMAKER
- Author
- Yuri Suhl
- Illustrator
- Thomas di Grazia (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 059007346X
- ISBN 13
- 9780590073462
- Publisher
- Four Winds Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 45
- Keywords
- Juvenile Poetic Fiction, Jewish Life, Eastern Europe, Poverty & Generosity
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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