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The Pawnbroker
by Wallant, Edward Lewis
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of The Pawnbroker by Edward Lewis Wallant.. Octavo, 279pp. Gray cloth, title stamped in gray on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to top of spine, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $4.50 retail price on front flap, some wear to front flap fold, a near fine example. The Pawnbroker tells the story of a concentration camp survivor now living in East Harlem, New York. It was adapted into a film with the same name in 1964, being the first of its kind in the United States to focus on the Holocaust specifically from the survivor's point of view. The movie was directed by Sidney Lumet and starred Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Brock Peters.
Synopsis
Sol Nazerman survived the Holocaust. His wife and children did not-he witnessed their murder in a concentration camp. He is now a Harlem pawnbroker, emotionally dead and indifferent to the desperation around him, running his shop as a front for a racketeer. Made into an Academy Award-winning film starring Rod Steiger, this is one of the most moving pieces in modern fiction.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12204
- Title
- The Pawnbroker
- Author
- Wallant, Edward Lewis
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Pawnbroker by Edward Lewis Wallant.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Edward Lewis Wallant, Edward Lewis Wallant first edition, Edward Lewis Wallant signed, Edward Lewis Wallant The Pawnbroker, The Pawnbroker first edition, Historical fiction, East Harlem, Rod Steiger, the human season, the tenants of moonbloom
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