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Voyage of the Damned
by Thomas, Gordon and Witts, Max Morgan
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stein & Day, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book and Vintage Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Jacket protected in archival sleeve. 10 full pages of b/w historic photos.The story of the Voyage of the S. S. St. Louis which departed Hamburg, Germany, May 13, 1939. one of the last ships to leave Germany before WW II erupted. There were 937 Jews on board, many of whom had already been in concentration camps--they believed they had bought visas to Cuba. Cube refused entry. The U.S. refused entry--and on June 6, they head back to Germany to await their fate. Bound in full black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Trace wear to corner tips, top edge foxed, spine head and heel cloth compressed. Tight and solid binding. Internals in Fine Condition. Jacket is white with red and black lettering and photographic illustrations, corners lightly worn, spine head and heel chipped. 317 pages. Bibliography. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. 1974, Stein & Day, New York.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027244
- Title
- Voyage of the Damned
- Author
- Thomas, Gordon and Witts, Max Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Stein & Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ST. LOUIS LINER JEWS CUBA ANTI-SEMITISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. World War II;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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