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London: Granta, 2006. First Edition, Second Impression. . Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, second printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 19.5 × 14cm, 282pp. Signed directly to the title page by Simon Gray. In these, the latest chronicles of triumph and disaster from the celebrated author of "The Smoking Diaries", Gray intertwines scenes from his adult and his childish self to produce a brilliant and moving counterpoint of life's unsteady progress. Condition: This copy is in very good condition.

Not stated: Not published. Soft cover. Good. This is a black and white postcard of Yitzhaq II ben Amram ben Shalma ben Tabia (called Isaac on this postcard), and signed to the rear. The front shows him standing by the Abisha Scroll, the early manuscript of the Samaritan Pentateuch (a version of the first five books of the Old Testament) believed to have been written. The back of the postcard has been signed by the High Priest in Samaritan Hebrew, with a different hand writing underneath "Isaac, son of Imran, High Priest of the Samaritans". Yitzhaq II ben Amram ben Shalma ben Tabia was the 121st Samaritan High Priest from 1916-1932, and this postcard falls somewhere in that date. Condition: The postcard has light edgewear but is otherwise in good condition.

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Assumed first UK language edition. Hardback, bound in laminate boards as issued. 24 × 15.5cm, 415pp. This book was written originally as Rev. M. Deselaers' dissertation at the Papal Theological Academy of Krakow, Poland, with the title "God and Evil with Regards to the Life and Testimonies of Rudolf Höss, Commander of Auschwitz", and by the structure of its origin constituted a German-Polish bridge-building endeavor. It represents the fruit of the author's desire, as a German "after Auschwitz", to engage in peace work. Through his work and study he tries to participate in a living conversation, understand, together with those directly connected with "Auschwitz", how such a thing could possibly happen, and contribute to building a more peaceful future. The first part attempts to describe historical facts and covers the broad spectrum of the biography. This part refrains from… Read More