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The Wall of Weeping translated from the French by Humbert Wolfe. Signed limited edition.
by FLEG, EDMOND:
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Victor Gollancz. 1929 1st edition.. Size 6.5 x 10.0 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened and rubbed. Small chips and tears. Large piece missing from front. Not price clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Author and translator's signatures opposite main title. A few pages unopened/uncut. Else a very clean and tight copy. 101pp. English translation of a long poem by Edmond Fleg, written after he had re-connected with his Jewishness, the poem covers the Wailing Wall, the Great War and hope for the future of the Jews. Limited edition of 750 copies and signed by both author and translator. Scarce with dustwrapper.
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72799
- Title
- The Wall of Weeping translated from the French by Humbert Wolfe. Signed limited edition.
- Author
- FLEG, EDMOND:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz. 1929 1st edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature EDMOND FLEG, Wall, Weeping, translated, French, Humbert Wolfe, Signed, limited edition, long poem, Wailing Wall, Great War, future, Jews, first edition dustwrapper Poetry
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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