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The Story of a Secret State
by Karski, Jan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Maysville, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. 389 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (1944). First Edition. First Printing. (SD). Book of the Month Club edition that appears to be the True First Edition according to WorldCat and Houghton Mifflin Company conventions. Same Date on Title Page. "A Wartime Book" logo on rear DJ flap. Bright, clean, unmarked copy appears mostly unread. Straight and sharp cloth boards and corners. Light dust-soiling of block edges. Light foxing around pastedown margins. Small dampstain at top middle of rear board. DJ has considerable edgewear and chipping, mostly at corners and spine ends. Near Fine/Very Good. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap, with a tracking number.
Synopsis
Karski's "Story of a Secret State" stands as one of the most poignant and inspiring memoirs of World War II and the Holocaust. With elements of a spy thriller, documenting his experiences in the Polish Underground, and as one of the first eyewitness accounts of the slaughter of the Jews by the German Nazis.
Reviews
On Nov 4 2012, Avifrombklyn said:
incredible. i am sure that it is not an overstatement that this book is one of the most important books i will read in my lifetime. the book was written during the holocaust of world war two. this means the story is not a after the fact history of events but, rather, a real time report and cry for help to the world by the author, jan karski. the book is as relevant today as it was then and i promise that once you pick it up you will not put it down. as a child of holocaust survivors, i hope and pray there will always be a Jan Karski who will not stand by idly while others are being massacred. please read this book!
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Details
- Seller
- BookRanger
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- Seller's Inventory #
- BR-0718-940
- Title
- The Story of a Secret State
- Author
- Karski, Jan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Sewn binding is square and tight. Block and pages are clean and unmarked. Book appears to be mostly unread.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1944
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction. History. World War II.
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