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  • MacMillan, Ian.
    ORBIT OF DARKNESS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of the Holocaust, Auschwitz and the other death camps, and the effects of World War II in Eastern Europe. Vonnegut described MacMillan as "coming closer to the truth of that nightmare" than any other writer.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 15823
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  • IN PARADISE. by Matthiessen, Peter.
    Matthiessen, Peter.
    IN PARADISE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2014. dj. Hardcover first edition - A thought provoking final novel, by this award winning author, one in which "he confronts the legacy of evil, and our unquenchable desire to wrest good from it. ,. .
    One week in late autumn of 1996, a group gathers at the site of a former death camp. They offer prayer at the crematoria and meditate in all weathers on the selection platform. They eat and sleep in the sparse quarters of the Nazi officers who, half a century before, sent more than a million Jews in this camp to their deaths. Clements Olin has joined them, in order to complete his research on the strange suicide of a survivor." 246 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88859
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  • PROMISES TO KEEP: One Man's Journey Against Incredible Odds. by Michel, Ernest W.; foreword by Leon Uris.
    Michel, Ernest W.; foreword by Leon Uris.
    PROMISES TO KEEP: One Man's Journey Against Incredible Odds.

    Edition: 4th printing.

    New York: Barricade Books, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover - At 15, Michel was taken to Auschwitz, where his parents and grandmother died and where he witnessed unbearable atrocities, including the conducting of medical experiments on girls and women by Joseph Mengele. Late in the afternoon of April 15, 1945, the author and two friends escaped and he went on to became a successful speaker and fund-raiser for the United Jewish Appeal in America, leading a group to Auschwitz, and participating in the World Gathering of Survivors in Israel and more. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper with the exhortation to "Remember! Never forget." xvii, 298 pp. ISBN: 0-962303240.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (bottom edge of front board bumped)

    Book ID: 88405
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  • AWAKE IN THE DARK: Stories. by Nayman, Shira.
    Nayman, Shira.
    AWAKE IN THE DARK: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2006). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a collection of three short stories and one novella in which the children of Holocaust victims and participants try to come to terms with family secrets and their past history. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 290 pp. ISBN: 978-0743292689.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 85103
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  • PILGRIM AMONG THE SHADOWS. by Pahor, Boris.
    Pahor, Boris.
    PILGRIM AMONG THE SHADOWS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1995). First edition - A compelling holocaust memoir - a Slovene from Trieste, Italy, Pahor was a medic/prisoner in several concentration camps, including Belsen and Dachau during the final 14 months of World War II. This memoir, first published in Slovene in 1967 (under the title Nekropola, "graveyard"), describes his 1966 visit to a camp in the Vosges mountains of Eastern France, where he recalls how helpless he felt in his attempts to render medical aid in the face of extreme brutality, the endless procession of the dead and dying, and how it feels to be freezing, starving, and completely dehumanized. Translated from the Slovene by Michael Biggins. 189 pp.

    Condition: Fine in light gray printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 70292
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  • PILGRIM AMONG THE SHADOWS. by Pahor, Boris.
    Pahor, Boris.
    PILGRIM AMONG THE SHADOWS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A compelling holocaust memoir - a Slovene from Trieste, Italy, Pahor was a medic/prisoner in several concentration camps, including Belsen and Dachau during the final 14 months of World War II. This memoir, first published in Slovene in 1967 (under the title Nekropola, "graveyard"), describes his 1966 visit to a camp in the Vosges mountains of Eastern France, where he recalls how helpless he felt in his attempts to render medical aid in the face of extreme brutality, the endless procession of the dead and dying, and how it feels to be freezing, starving, and completely dehumanized. Translated from the Slovene by Michael Biggins. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1719586.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82333
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  • CRITICAL MASS. by Paretsky, Sara.
    Paretsky, Sara.
    CRITICAL MASS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring private investigator V. I. Warshawsky who is asked to help when the daughter of a Holocaust survivor finds herself in danger - "the daughterÕs troubles turn out to be just the tip of an iceberg of lies, secrets, and silence, whose origins go back to the mad competition among America, Germany, Japan and England to develop the first atomic bomb." SIGNED on the title page. 465 pp. ISBN: 978-0399160561.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87866
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  • LIFE IN THE DARK AGES: A Memoir. by Pawel, Ernest.
    Pawel, Ernest.
    LIFE IN THE DARK AGES: A Memoir.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Fromm International, 1995. First edition - At age 72 and facing death from lung cancer, Pawel looks back at his life beginning in 1934 Belgrade, where he and his family moved to from Berlin shortly after the Nazis took power. Pawel is best known for the landmark biography of Franz Kafka "The Nightmare of Reason." 247 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed green wrappers.

    Book ID: 66795
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  • GRANTA 55: CHILDREN: Blind Bitter Happiness, Autumn 1996 by (Phillips, Jayne Anne and Karen E Bender, signed; Mars-Jones, Adam; Guraganus, Alan; Williams, Joy and others.)
    (Phillips, Jayne Anne and Karen E Bender, signed; Mars-Jones, Adam; Guraganus, Alan; Williams, Joy and others.)
    GRANTA 55: CHILDREN: Blind Bitter Happiness, Autumn 1996

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Penguin / Granta, 1996. SIGNED first edition - A paperback magazine of new writing. This issue includes stories, essays and phographs from Alan Gurganus, Joy Williams, Abraham Brumberg, David Mamet, Blake Morrison, Susan Swan,Judith Joy Ross and more. SIGNED by TWO authors: Jayne Anne Phillips at her story "Mother Care" and Karen E. Bender at "Eternal Love." 254 pp plus notes on contributors. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 13457
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  • DAY FOR NIGHT. by Reiken, Frederick.
    Reiken, Frederick.
    DAY FOR NIGHT.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, one which "illuminates how disparate far-flung people can be connected." 323 pp. ISBN: 9780316077569.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60844
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  • Rogers, Rita S., M.D. and Mack, John E., M.D.
    THE ALCHEMY OF SURVIVAL: One Woman's Journey.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Addison-Wesley, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Both a biography and an autobiography, this collaboration tells the story of Rogers, who during the Holocaust was sent by the Nazis to a transport camp in the Ukraine, but managed to save her family from the death camps by posing as a foundry worker. Illustrated with photographs, index., notes. 238 pages. A title in the Radcliffe Biography series. ISBN: 0-201-126826.

    Condition: INSCRIBED by Rogers. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 21799
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  • THE GOLEMS OF GOTHAM. by Rosenbaum, Thane.
    Rosenbaum, Thane.
    THE GOLEMS OF GOTHAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's third novel. When "an elderly pair of Holocaust survivors, Lothar and Rose Levin, commit suicide. Their son, Oliver, a successful New York mystery writer already suffering from his wife's desertion and a crippling case of writer's block, is devastated by the news. Oliver's 14-year-old daughter, Ariel, comes to the rescue, conjuring not only her grandparents from the grave but also a remarkable group of Jewish literary golems (ghosts, in this case) who also killed themselves after a lifetime of Holocaust memories. Among the visitors here to inspire Oliver toward writing a serious second novel are Primo Levi, Jerzy Kosinski, and Paul Celan." (Tom Keogh) 367 pp. ISBN: 0-060184906.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77167
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  • AN UNCOMMON FRIENDSHIP: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust. by Rosner, Bernat and Tubach, Frederic C. with Sally Patterson Tubach.
    Rosner, Bernat and Tubach, Frederic C. with Sally Patterson Tubach.
    AN UNCOMMON FRIENDSHIP: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A double memoir: the story of two men who as adults in the US become friends only to find out that during their childhood they were on opposite sides during World War II: one was a prisoner at Auschwitz where his whole family was murdered and the father of the other was a counterintelligence officer in the Germany army. INSCRIBED on the title page by TWO authors: Fred Tubach and Bernat Rosner. Illustrated with photographs. Notes. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-520-225317.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76432
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  • Rosner, Bernat and Tubach, Frederic C. with Sally Patterson Tubach.
    AN UNCOMMON FRIENDSHIP: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002. SIGNED - A double memoir: the story of two men who as adults in the US become friends only to find out that during their childhood they were on opposite sides during World War II: one was a prisoner at Auschwitz where his whole family was murdered and the father of the other was a counterintelligence officer in the Germany army. SIGNED on the title page by all three authors. Illustrated with photographs. ISBN: 0-520-236890.

    Condition: Fine condition (as new.)

    Book ID: 22824
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  • Rosner, Bernat and Tubach, Frederic C. with Sally Patterson Tubach.
    AN UNCOMMON FRIENDSHIP: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2002.) dj. Hardcover - A double memoir: the story of two men who, as adults in the US, become friends only to find out that during their childhood they were on opposite sides during World War II: one was a prisoner at Auschwitz where his whole family was murdered and the father of the other was a counterintelligence officer in the Germany army. Illustrated with photographs. Notes. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-520-225317.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 37159
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  • SURVIVOR CAFE: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory. by Rosner, Elizabeth
    Rosner, Elizabeth
    SURVIVOR CAFE: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which looks at recent history and asks the question "As firsthand survivors of many of the twentieth century's most monumental eventsthe Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Killing Fieldsbegin to pass away, how do we carry those stories forward? [She] organizes her book around three trips with her father to Buchenwald concentration camp - in 1983, in 1995, and in 2015 - and explores the echoes of similar legacies among descendants of African American slaves, descendants of Cambodian survivors of the Killing Fields, descendants of survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the effects of 9/11 on the general population" Named a Best Book of the Year by…

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    Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which looks at recent history and asks the question "As firsthand survivors of many of the twentieth century's most monumental eventsthe Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Killing Fieldsbegin to pass away, how do we carry those stories forward? [She] organizes her book around three trips with her father to Buchenwald concentration camp - in 1983, in 1995, and in 2015 - and explores the echoes of similar legacies among descendants of African American slaves, descendants of Cambodian survivors of the Killing Fields, descendants of survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the effects of 9/11 on the general population" Named a Best Book of the Year by The San Francisco Chronicle. SIGNED on the title page. Includes an "alphabet of inadequate language", notes. xvii, 268 pp. ISBN: 978-1619029545.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a new, unread copy, but end of spine slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 74371
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  • A THREAD OF GRACE. by Russell, Mary Doria.
    Russell, Mary Doria.
    A THREAD OF GRACE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Long-awaited new book by the author of the thought-provoking science fiction novel 'The Sparrow.' Set in Italy during World War II, and based on actual stories told Russell by the survivors, this is the almost unknown story of how the Italian people hid and sheltered almost all of the Jews in Italy - those who had lived there for generations and those who came seeking sanctuary - from the forced 'removals,' prison camps and death of the Holocaust. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 430 pp. ISBN: 0-375-501843.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (abrasion to the bottom edge of one board.)

    Book ID: 33314
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  • A THREAD OF GRACE. by Russell, Mary Doria.
    Russell, Mary Doria.
    A THREAD OF GRACE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, (2005.). SIGNED first edition - Long-awaited new book by the author of the thought-provoking science fiction novel 'The Sparrow.' Set in Italy during World War II, and based on actual stories told Russell by the survivors, this is the almost unknown story of how the Italian people hid and sheltered almost all of the Jews in Italy - those who had lived there for generations and those who came seeking sanctuary - from the forced 'removals,' prison camps and death of the Holocaust. SIGNED by author on title page. Includes an author's note and an interview with Russell. 448 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 31234
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  • A THREAD OF GRACE. by Russell, Mary Doria.
    Russell, Mary Doria.
    A THREAD OF GRACE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, (2005.). First edition - Long-awaited new book by the author of the thought-provoking science fiction novel 'The Sparrow.' Set in Italy during World War II, and based on actual stories told Russell by the survivors, this is the almost unknown story of how the Italian people hid and sheltered almost all of the Jews in Italy - those who had lived there for generations and those who came seeking sanctuary - from the forced 'removals,' prison camps and death of the Holocaust. Includes an author's note and an interview with Russell. 448 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 30996
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  • A THREAD OF GRACE. by Russell, Mary Doria.
    Russell, Mary Doria.
    A THREAD OF GRACE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, (2005.). SIGNED first edition - Long-awaited new book by the author of the thought-provoking science fiction novel 'The Sparrow.' Set in Italy during World War II, and based on actual stories told Russell by the survivors, this is the almost unknown story of how the Italian people hid and sheltered almost all of the Jews in Italy - those who had lived there for generations and those who came seeking sanctuary - from the forced 'removals,' prison camps and death of the Holocaust. SIGNED on the title page. Includes an author's note and an interview with Russell. 448 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 37308
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  • STOLEN SECRETS. by Schulman, L.B.
    Schulman, L.B.
    STOLEN SECRETS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Honesdale, PA: Boyd's Mill Press, (2017). Hardcover first edition - A coming of age novel and a book with a contemporary setting, but a Holocaust mystery at its center. "After an abrupt move across the country to San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Livvy is shocked to find that her mother has lied to her. Instead of looking for work at a bakery, her mom is taking care of Adelle, LivvyÕs grandmother, who Livvy thought was long dead. Suffering from AlzheimerÕs, Adelle shouts out startling details, mistakes her own name, and seems to relive moments that may have taken place in a concentration camp. When Livvy and her new friend Franklin D. find journal entries from the Holocaust in AdelleÕs home, Livvy…

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    Honesdale, PA: Boyd's Mill Press, (2017). Hardcover first edition - A coming of age novel and a book with a contemporary setting, but a Holocaust mystery at its center. "After an abrupt move across the country to San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Livvy is shocked to find that her mother has lied to her. Instead of looking for work at a bakery, her mom is taking care of Adelle, LivvyÕs grandmother, who Livvy thought was long dead. Suffering from AlzheimerÕs, Adelle shouts out startling details, mistakes her own name, and seems to relive moments that may have taken place in a concentration camp. When Livvy and her new friend Franklin D. find journal entries from the Holocaust in AdelleÕs home, Livvy begins to suspect that her grandmother may have a shocking link to a notable figure -Anne Frank." 304 pp. ISBN: 978-1629797229.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Promotional card laid in.

    Book ID: 71528
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  • STOLEN SECRETS. by Schulman, L.B.
    Schulman, L.B.
    STOLEN SECRETS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Honesdale, PA: Boyd's Mill Press, (2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A coming of age novel and a book with a contemporary setting, but a Holocaust mystery at its center. "After an abrupt move across the country to San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Livvy is shocked to find that her mother has lied to her. Instead of looking for work at a bakery, her mom is taking care of Adelle, LivvyÕs grandmother, who Livvy thought was long dead. Suffering from AlzheimerÕs, Adelle shouts out startling details, mistakes her own name, and seems to relive moments that may have taken place in a concentration camp. When Livvy and her new friend Franklin D. find journal entries from the Holocaust in AdelleÕs home,…

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    Honesdale, PA: Boyd's Mill Press, (2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A coming of age novel and a book with a contemporary setting, but a Holocaust mystery at its center. "After an abrupt move across the country to San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Livvy is shocked to find that her mother has lied to her. Instead of looking for work at a bakery, her mom is taking care of Adelle, LivvyÕs grandmother, who Livvy thought was long dead. Suffering from AlzheimerÕs, Adelle shouts out startling details, mistakes her own name, and seems to relive moments that may have taken place in a concentration camp. When Livvy and her new friend Franklin D. find journal entries from the Holocaust in AdelleÕs home, Livvy begins to suspect that her grandmother may have a shocking link to a notable figure -Anne Frank." SIGNED and dated in October 2017 on the title page. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-1629797229.

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    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy but the top edge of the textblock is slightly bumped) . Promotional card laid in.

    Book ID: 71523
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  • STOLEN SECRETS. by Schulman, L.B.
    Schulman, L.B.
    STOLEN SECRETS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Honesdale, PA: Boyd's Mill Press, (2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A coming of age novel and a book with a contemporary setting, but a Holocaust mystery at its center. "After an abrupt move across the country to San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Livvy is shocked to find that her mother has lied to her. Instead of looking for work at a bakery, her mom is taking care of Adelle, LivvyÕs grandmother, who Livvy thought was long dead. Suffering from AlzheimerÕs, Adelle shouts out startling details, mistakes her own name, and seems to relive moments that may have taken place in a concentration camp. When Livvy and her new friend Franklin D. find journal entries from the Holocaust in AdelleÕs home,…

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    Honesdale, PA: Boyd's Mill Press, (2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A coming of age novel and a book with a contemporary setting, but a Holocaust mystery at its center. "After an abrupt move across the country to San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Livvy is shocked to find that her mother has lied to her. Instead of looking for work at a bakery, her mom is taking care of Adelle, LivvyÕs grandmother, who Livvy thought was long dead. Suffering from AlzheimerÕs, Adelle shouts out startling details, mistakes her own name, and seems to relive moments that may have taken place in a concentration camp. When Livvy and her new friend Franklin D. find journal entries from the Holocaust in AdelleÕs home, Livvy begins to suspect that her grandmother may have a shocking link to a notable figure -Anne Frank." SIGNED on the title page. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-1629797229.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Promotional card laid in.

    Book ID: 71522
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  • THE WHEREWITHAL: A Novel in Verse. by Schultz, Philip.
    Schultz, Philip.
    THE WHEREWITHAL: A Novel in Verse.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Norton, (2014). First edition - A novel in verse by this Pulitzer prize winning poet. It tells the story of "a drifting, haunted young man hiding from the Vietnam War in the basement of a San Francisco welfare building and translating his mothers diaries. The diaries concern the Jedwabne massacre, an event that took place in German-occupied Poland in 1941.. . it is a meditation on the nature of evil and the destruction of war." 177 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A rather uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 78029
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  • THE EMPEROR OF LIES. by Sem-Sandberg, Steve
    Sem-Sandberg, Steve
    THE EMPEROR OF LIES.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book by this author to be published in the US - winner of the August Prize, Swedens most important literary award. "In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second-largest Jewish ghetto, in the Polish city of Lodz. The leader they appointed was Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director - and the elusive, authoritarian power sustaining the ghettos very existence. [This] chronicles the tale of his rule over a quarter-million Jews for the next four and a half years. He sought to transform the ghetto into a productive industrial complex and strove to make it - and himself -…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book by this author to be published in the US - winner of the August Prize, Swedens most important literary award. "In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second-largest Jewish ghetto, in the Polish city of Lodz. The leader they appointed was Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director - and the elusive, authoritarian power sustaining the ghettos very existence. [This] chronicles the tale of his rule over a quarter-million Jews for the next four and a half years. He sought to transform the ghetto into a productive industrial complex and strove to make it - and himself - indispensable to the Nazi regime." A novel which captures the full panorama of human resilience and probes deeply into the nature of evil - and which asks difficult questions: Was Rumkowski a ruthless opportunist or was he a pragmatist who managed to save Jewish lives through his collaboration policies? Translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death. Map of the ghetto. Includes an afterword by the author, a list of the main characters and a glossary. 661 pp. ISBN: 978-0374139643.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86071
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  • BRUNDIBAR by Sendak, Maurice (illustrator) & Kushner, Tony.
    Sendak, Maurice (illustrator) & Kushner, Tony.
    BRUNDIBAR

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (large, oblong trade paperback format. )

    New York: Hyperion, (2003.). First edition - 'Created in collaboration with Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner; one of the landmark books of Sendak's illustrious career.' A re-telling in words and pictures of the Czech opera, "Brundibar" ('Bumblebee') by Hans Krasa. The opera was performed 55 times by the children-prisoners of the Terezin concentration camp, where Krasa himself was also imprisoned, before they were deported to and killed in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Not just a children's book, this is a book for all ages. This uncommon advance issue, the first appearance of this work, is the same size as the projected book, but it contains 24 pages, while the finished book is expected to contain 56 pp. The complete…

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    New York: Hyperion, (2003.). First edition - 'Created in collaboration with Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner; one of the landmark books of Sendak's illustrious career.' A re-telling in words and pictures of the Czech opera, "Brundibar" ('Bumblebee') by Hans Krasa. The opera was performed 55 times by the children-prisoners of the Terezin concentration camp, where Krasa himself was also imprisoned, before they were deported to and killed in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Not just a children's book, this is a book for all ages. This uncommon advance issue, the first appearance of this work, is the same size as the projected book, but it contains 24 pages, while the finished book is expected to contain 56 pp. The complete story is there, but not all of the Sendak illustrations - nevertheless, there is a generous supply of illustrations, including some gorgeous two page spreads. Letter from the publisher on the first page, and publication information on the back cover. In a stiff, glossy, illustrated folder with brief biographies of Kushner and Sendak on the side flaps.

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    Condition: Fine in stapled wrappers in a fine folder.

    Book ID: 86515
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  • THE BOOK OF ARON. by Shepard, Jim.
    Shepard, Jim.
    THE BOOK OF ARON.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. SIGNED first edition - A novel about children caught up in the Holocaust. "Aron, the narrator, is an engaging if peculiar and unhappy young boy whose family is driven by the German onslaught from the Polish countryside into Warsaw and slowly battered by deprivation, disease, and persecution. He and a handful of boys and girls risk their lives by scuttling around the ghetto to smuggle and trade contraband through the quarantine walls in hopes of keeping their fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters alive, hunted all the while by blackmailers and by Jewish, Polish, and German police, not to mention the Gestapo. When his family is finally stripped away from him, Aron is rescued…

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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. SIGNED first edition - A novel about children caught up in the Holocaust. "Aron, the narrator, is an engaging if peculiar and unhappy young boy whose family is driven by the German onslaught from the Polish countryside into Warsaw and slowly battered by deprivation, disease, and persecution. He and a handful of boys and girls risk their lives by scuttling around the ghetto to smuggle and trade contraband through the quarantine walls in hopes of keeping their fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters alive, hunted all the while by blackmailers and by Jewish, Polish, and German police, not to mention the Gestapo. When his family is finally stripped away from him, Aron is rescued by Janusz Korczak, a doctor renowned throughout prewar Europe as an advocate of childrens rights who, once the Nazis swept in, was put in charge of the Warsaw orphanage."SIGNED on the title page. With a reported first printing of 50,000 copies, this advance issue is much more uncommon than the trade edition. Different cover design. 260 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78426
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  • Troncoso, Sergio.
    THE NATURE OF TRUTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second book, first novel - 'Intelligent and literate, [this is] a convention-challenging philosophical thriller' - this story of a young researcher of Mexican-German heritage working for a renowned Yale professor who comes upon a letter he wrote decades before mocking the Holocaust. SIGNED on the title page. A title in the Latino Voices series. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-810119919.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 37968
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  • LETTERS AND DISPATCHES, 1924 - 1944. by Wallenberg, Raoul.
    Wallenberg, Raoul.
    LETTERS AND DISPATCHES, 1924 - 1944.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Arcade Publishing, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Published in association with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. on the fiftieth anniversary of his mysterious disappearance of Wallenberg, this contains the letters and dispatches of this young Swede who was sent to oversee a rescue operation of Hungarian Jews being deported to the death camps by Adolf Eichmann. By the time of his arrest by the Soviet army in 1945, he had helped to save the lives of over 100,000 people. Translated by Kjersti Board. Edited by Timothy Bent. 16 pages of plates, viii, 286 p., [16] p. of plates. ISBN: 1-559702753.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, small slit in front cover)

    Book ID: 63417
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  • Weiss, Peter.
    THE INVESTIGATION.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    New York: Atheneum, 1966. First edition - Play based on the trial - and using the actual testimony given in a German court in 1964-65 - of 21 persons involved in the deaths at the concentration camp at Auschwitz. English version by Jon Swan and Ulu Grosbard. 370 pp.

    Condition: Very good in black wrappers (some spine slant.)

    Book ID: 36406
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