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Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candlesticks - SIGNED by Author
by SCHWARTZ, Amy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Amy Schwartz. Oblong 4to. Pp. [30]. Black & white illustrations. Aqua cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine: spine tail lightly bumped, leaves crisp and binding tight, author signed in ink on the title page. In the two color illustrated dust jacket with price intact on the front flap. A new apartment becomes a home through the influence of tarnished candlesticks and the memories they evoke. Uncommon in hardcover, more so with dust jacket. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6320
- Title
- Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candlesticks - SIGNED by Author
- Author
- SCHWARTZ, Amy
- Illustrator
- Amy Schwartz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society of America
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1983
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- First Edition
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- 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
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
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