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  • THE HIDDEN CHILDREN: Secret Survivors of the Holocaust. by Marks, Jane.
    Marks, Jane.
    THE HIDDEN CHILDREN: Secret Survivors of the Holocaust.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - Contains 22 stories, recorded by Marks, many being told for the first time of "Jewish men and women who hid from the Nazis as children - and of how this experience shaped their later lives. . . In Nazi-occupied Europe, there were about 1.6 million Jewish children, ny 1945, about 1.5 million had been killed. . Some children, however, survived by disguising themselves as Christians and hiding--often without their families, and often forced to live in sewers, huts, barns, and woods." (Kirkus) Preface by Abraham H. Foxon and a chapter on the historical perspective by Nechama Tec. Photographs. xxvii, 307 pp. ISBN: 0-44990685X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 88591
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  • GOD AND THE BIG BANG : Discovering Harmony between Science & Spirituality. by Matt, Daniel C.
    Matt, Daniel C.
    GOD AND THE BIG BANG : Discovering Harmony between Science & Spirituality.

    Edition: First printing.

    Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Mysticism and science: What do they have in common? How can one enlighten the other? By drawing on modern cosmology and ancient Kabbalah, Matt shows how science and religion can together enrich our spiritual awareness and help us recover a sense of wonder and find our place in the universe." Extensive notes, glossary, 200 pp plus publisher's ads. Ribbon marker bound in. ISBN: 1-879045486.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 88735
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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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  • METAPHOR AND MEMORY: Essays. by Ozick, Cynthia.
    Ozick, Cynthia.
    METAPHOR AND MEMORY: Essays.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays, many on writers - including Italo Calvino, William Gaddis, Coetze, Henry James and more - and others which are an exploration of Jewish thought. 283 pp. ISBN: 0-394-566254.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74202
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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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  • RITES: A GUATEMALAN BOYHOOD. by Perera, Victor.
    Perera, Victor.
    RITES: A GUATEMALAN BOYHOOD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of his boyhood, often bitter and dark, where his Jewishness made him an outsider and observer. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1776784.

    Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket (inconspicuous remainder line, final blank page missing.)

    Book ID: 23650
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  • RITES: A GUATEMALAN BOYHOOD. by Perera, Victor.
    Perera, Victor.
    RITES: A GUATEMALAN BOYHOOD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of his boyhood, often bitter and dark, where his Jewishness made him an outsider and observer. 194 pp. Cover praise from such diverse writers as Alistair Reid, Jane Kenyon, Alan Cheuse and others. ISBN: 0-15-1776784.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (inconspicuous remainder line, prev owner's name, short tear to dj at bottom of spine .)

    Book ID: 34262
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  • TIKVAH MEANS HOPE. by Polacco, Patricia.
    Polacco, Patricia.
    TIKVAH MEANS HOPE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A wonderful book written and illustrated by this award-winning writer, and set in Oakland, California where Polacco lives with her family. "After a devastating fire in the Oakland hills, during Sukkah, a Jewish family and neighbors find symbols of hope amidst the ashes." Dedicated to Herman and Hannah Roth, the wise older couple who lost their home in the fire (one of over 3,400 houses burned to the ground), but not their courage and belief in the future. INSCRIBED on the title page 'for Nicki' and dated in the year of publication. Author's note. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-385320590.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a near fine jacket (tear to upper edge of dj, near spine.) Hard-to-find, especially in the first edition, and signed.

    Book ID: 39965
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  • PAGAN RITES IN JUDIAISM: From Sex Initiation, Moon-Cult, Tattooing, Mutilation, and Other Primitive Rituals to Family Loyalty and Solidarity. by Reik, Theodor.
    Reik, Theodor.
    PAGAN RITES IN JUDIAISM: From Sex Initiation, Moon-Cult, Tattooing, Mutilation, and Other Primitive Rituals to Family Loyalty and Solidarity.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    New York: Noonday, (1964). A collection of essays by this notes psychologist. Notes, index. 206 pp

    Condition: Good overall - usual toning to pages, rubbing to covers.

    Book ID: 84872
    Keywords: Judaism
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  • Reiss, Tom.
    THE ORIENTALIST: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, 1905. First edition - Described as part biography, part history, part detective story, this is the story of Lev Nussimbaum's short life - born in Baku on the Caspian Sea in 1905 to a wealthy Jewish family, he escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. Writing under the names of Essad Bey and Kurban Said (including the classic star-crossed love story "Ali and Nino"), he became a best-selling author in fascist Europe, married an international heiress, was invited to be Mussolini's official biographer - but sacrificed opportunities to save himself. Based on recently discovered diaries by Nussimbaum and over 300 private letters, this is the story of how Reiss tracked down the identity of…

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    New York: Random House, 1905. First edition - Described as part biography, part history, part detective story, this is the story of Lev Nussimbaum's short life - born in Baku on the Caspian Sea in 1905 to a wealthy Jewish family, he escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. Writing under the names of Essad Bey and Kurban Said (including the classic star-crossed love story "Ali and Nino"), he became a best-selling author in fascist Europe, married an international heiress, was invited to be Mussolini's official biographer - but sacrificed opportunities to save himself. Based on recently discovered diaries by Nussimbaum and over 300 private letters, this is the story of how Reiss tracked down the identity of the author of Ali and Nino, and became fascinated by the paradoxes in the life and personality of that author. Notes. 409 pp.

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    Condition: Fine (as new) in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 29612
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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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  • ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT: History's Double Helix. by Rotberg, Robert I., editor.
    Rotberg, Robert I., editor.
    ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN NARRATIVES OF CONFLICT: History's Double Helix.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Bloomington: Indiana University Press. (2006.). First edition - "An exciting and wide-ranging exploration of the myths and narratives that lie behind the unresolved Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.. . This book creates a dialogue among Palestinian and Israeli authors, who examine opposing versions of the historical narratives in the context of contemporary Israeli-Palestinian relations" Contributors include Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, Mordechai Bar-On, Daniel Bar-Tal, Nathan J. Brown, Saleh Abdel Jawad, Eyal Naveh, Ilan Pappe, Dina Porat, Robert I. Rotberg, Nadim N. Rouhana, Gavriel Salomon, and Mark Tessler." Notes at the end of each essay. 273 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55375
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  • POEMS OF A JEW. by Shapiro, Karl.
    Shapiro, Karl.
    POEMS OF A JEW.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York: Random House, (1958). Hardcover - In his introduction, he points out these poems, collected from many different books and places, and written between 1940 and 1958, document his obsession. Notes. xi, 71 pp.

    Condition: Very good in black cloth (some sunning near edges), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 70398
    Keywords: judaism, Poetry, religion
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  • QUEER JEWS. by Shneer, David and Caryn Aviv, editors.
    Shneer, David and Caryn Aviv, editors.
    QUEER JEWS.

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

    New York: Routledge, (2002). SIGNED first edition - A collection of 21 essays - by Hebrew school teachers, principals, rabbis, Jews in the pews, and those who define themselves as secular - which show how they are "changing Jewish American culture, creating communities and making room for themselves, as openly, unapologetically queer and Jewish. Combining political analysis and personal memoir, these essays explore the various ways queer Jews are creating new forms of Jewish communities and institutions, and demanding that Jewish communities become more inclusive." SIGNED on the title page by editor Caryn Aviv. Notes on contributors, index. 281 pp. ISBN: 0-415931673.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85198
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  • THE ESTATE. by Singer, Isaac Bashevis,
    Singer, Isaac Bashevis,
    THE ESTATE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1969) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sequel to "The Manor," portraying the period between the Polish insurrection of 1863 and the end of the 19th century, a period during which the Jews began to play an important part in Polish industry, commerce, arts and science. INSCRIBED on the half title page and SIGNED I. B. Singer. Translated from the Yiddish by his nephew Joseph Singer, Elaine Gottlieb and Elizabeth Shub. 374 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in black cloth in a very good minus dust jacket (price-clipped, some wear to the ends of the spine and the corners, creasing to front flap)

    Book ID: 76827
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  • SHOSHA. by Singer, Isaac Bashevis.
    Singer, Isaac Bashevis.
    SHOSHA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Warsaw. Poland, in the 1930's, during the years of Hitler's rise to power. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-374-263361.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket. (short closed tear on upper edge of front cover of dj.)

    Book ID: 45911
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  • THE PENITENT. by Singer, Isaac Bashevis.
    Singer, Isaac Bashevis.
    THE PENITENT.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of an America Jew who travels to Israel only to find that much of modern Israel is an extension of the US, but who persists in his struggle to find his roots and the meaning of being Jewish. Originally published in Yiddish in 1973 and translated into English by Joseph Singer. Author's note. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-374-230641.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 57217
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  • THE KING OF THE FIELDS. by Singer, Isaac Bashevis.
    Singer, Isaac Bashevis.
    THE KING OF THE FIELDS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Portrays an age of superstition and violence in a country emerging from savagery. Translated from the Yiddish. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-374-181284.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 66788
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  • ELIJAH THE SLAVE: A Hebrew Legend Retold. by Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi.
    Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi.
    ELIJAH THE SLAVE: A Hebrew Legend Retold.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Retells a Hebrew legend with simplicity and eloquence, enhanced by the , and lovely medieval-style illustrations in full color by Antonio Frasconi. This is the story of Elijah, a messenger from God, who sells himself as a slave to help the faithful scribe, Tobias, and then earns his freedom by building a magnificent palace with help from a band of angels. . Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. Singer's previous children's book, a memoir of growing up in Warsaw, was awarded the National Book Award for children's literature. Large square format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-374-320845.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (short closed tear, other minor edgewear to the dj.).

    Book ID: 57090
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  • THE GOLEM. by Singer, Isaac Bashevis (illustrated by Uri Shulevitz.)
    Singer, Isaac Bashevis (illustrated by Uri Shulevitz.)
    THE GOLEM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of the legend of the golem, a clay giant who aids the Jews in their time of need, by this Nobel laureate. Illustrated with full page drawings by Caldecott winning artist Uri Shulevitz. 85 pp. ISBN: 0-374-327416.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. (price clipped.)

    Book ID: 54190
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  • THE BREAKFAST OF THE BIRDS and Other Stories by Steinberg, Judah; translated by Emily Solis-Cohen.
    Steinberg, Judah; translated by Emily Solis-Cohen.
    THE BREAKFAST OF THE BIRDS and Other Stories

    Edition: First edition.

    Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1917. Hardcover first edition - Poems and short stories from the hebrew of Judah Steinberg by Emily Solis-Cohen Jr.. Colored frontispiece and three internal plates. 175 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in light green boards with a full-color illustration by Alfred Feinborg pasted on front cover (some dampstaining to upper part of spine and to the upper gutter of the pages. missing front free endpaper) Despite the flaws, this is an appealing vintage copy, tight and sturdy.

    Book ID: 76410
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  • A PLAGUE OF DREAMERS: Three Novellas. by Stern, Steve.
    Stern, Steve.
    A PLAGUE OF DREAMERS: Three Novellas.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Three "lyrically comic tales about the Pinch, a backwater Jewish community in Memphis, whose misbegotten citizens refer to themselves as 'the lost tribe.' His dreamers are plagued by history, lust, solitude, and the extravagance of their own fevered imaginations." SIGNED on the title page with the word "thanks." Review copy with publisher's letter laid in. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-684195321.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 85785
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  • HARRY KAPLAN'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND. by Stern, Steve.
    Stern, Steve.
    HARRY KAPLAN'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ticknor & Fields, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised author's second novel. "Set in waterlogged Memphis during the great flood of 1939, [it]] spins an unusual variation on the Huck Finn theme. For 15-year-old Harry Kaplan, recently transplanted from Brooklyn to Memphis's teeming Jewish ghetto, working in his father's pawnshop is a bore. So bookish, comically awkward Harry hooks up with two orphaned black twins, wise-guy Lucifer and his tagalong mute brother Michael. Renegade Harry and the twins navigate flooded Beale Street, exploring brothels, cabarets, a wrecked steamboat and the stereotypes each culture harbors toward the other." (Publishers Weekly) Cover praise from Gordon Lish, Barry Hannah, Lee Smith and more. SIGNED (with a quirky backwards 'Steve') on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-899197248.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 85786
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  • ITALO SVEVO. by [Svevo, Italo, pseudonym of Ettore Schmitz 1861-1928] Lebowitz, Naomi.
    [Svevo, Italo, pseudonym of Ettore Schmitz 1861-1928] Lebowitz, Naomi.
    ITALO SVEVO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A critical evaluation of Svevo, one of the funding fathers of modern Italian Literature, and among many other things, a friend of James Joyce and one of his sources for the Jewish lore of "Ulysses." Bibliography, index. xii, 230 pp. ISBN: 0-813508487.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 40042
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  • A TIME FOR LOVING. by Tarr, Herbert (1929-1993)
    Tarr, Herbert (1929-1993)
    A TIME FOR LOVING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1973) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a story of King Solomon, inspired by the Song of Songs in the Bible. An interesting association copy warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper " To Joan and Herschel, good and gracious and my next-door-neighbors-to-be. Thanks to you and a delightfully memorable evening, I now believe in love at first bight, With warmest wishes, Herb Tarr." and dated 25 December 5738, 189 pp. Laid in are several reviews. ISBN: 0-394-461584.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, crease to rear flap of dj)

    Book ID: 60846
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  • AN OLD MAN'S GAME: An Amos Parisman Mystery. by Weinberger, Andy.
    Weinberger, Andy.
    AN OLD MAN'S GAME: An Amos Parisman Mystery.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Altadena, CA: Prospect Park Books, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, one which brings an old Jewish detective in LA, who doesn't believe in God, out of retirement to investigate the possible murder of a charismatic rabbi, who dropped dead over lunch at Canter's Deli. He hires ex-wrestler Omar Villasenor to provide some much-needed muscle, and they provide an entertaining tour of L.A. while they track down a killer with a surprising motive. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp plus a 1 pg glossary. ISBN: 978-1945551642.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85570
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  • JEWISH NOIR. by Wishnia, Kenneth, editor
    Wishnia, Kenneth, editor
    JEWISH NOIR.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Oakland CA: PM Press, (2015). SIGNED first edition - A collection of 33 new stories by authors both Jewish and not-Jewish, including Marge Piercy, Harlan Ellison, S. J. Rozan, Wendy Hornsby, Charles Ardai, Moe Prager/Reed Farrell Coleman, Alan Orloff, Jonathan Santlofer, Gary Phillips, and many others. The stories "explore such issues as the Holocaust and its long-term effects on subsequent generations, anti-Semitism in the mid- and late-20th-century United States, and the dark side of the Diaspora." Includes an introduction by Wishnia and brief biographical notes on the contributors. INSCRIBED by Wishnia on the title page. 418 pp plus 12 pp publishers' ads. ISBN: 978-1629631110.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79227
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  • THE FIFTH SERVANT. by Wishnia, Kenneth J.
    Wishnia, Kenneth J.
    THE FIFTH SERVANT.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2011). SIGNED - Mystery set in 1592 in the Jewish ghetto in Prague, featuring Benyamin Ben-Akiva, a Talmudic scholar from Poland. SIGNED on the title page. 398 pp. ISBN: 978-0061725388.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 60308
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  • THE FIFTH SERVANT. by Wishnia, Kenneth J.
    Wishnia, Kenneth J.
    THE FIFTH SERVANT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1592 in the Jewish ghetto in Prague, featuring Benyamin Ben-Akiva, a Talmudic scholar from Poland. SIGNED on the title page. 387 pp. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 9780061725371.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (a new copy but with a tiny tear at fold of dj flap.)

    Book ID: 60310
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