THE GOLEM. Illustrations By Uri Shulevitz

purple & black 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. vg+ cond. binding square & tight. spine cloth a little faded. thin watermark along bottom edge of covers near spine, in & out. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. a bit of wrinkling, a bit of fading, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. second printing. 85p. b&w illustrations. folklore. mythology. fiction. novels. kabbalah. ~ "In the time when the famous Cabalist Rabbi Leib served as rabbi in the old city of Prague, the Jews suffered persecution." So begins the Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer's telling of the legend of the golem, the clay giant who aids the Jews in their time of need. The golem is brought to life only when the rabbi inscribes the sacred name on his forehead. When Reb Eliezer Polner is unjustly accused of murdering the daughter of dissolute Count Jan Bratislawski, the power of the golem reveals the treachery of the nobleman. This task completed, the golem is temporarily put to rest, to be revived at the cornmand of the Emperor. Then, in an abuse of his holy instructions, the rabbi loses his dominion over the golem. As the mindless and dangerous giant rampages through Prague, the Jews are again threatened, until the only power that can reach the golem's heart is exercised by a young servant girl. It is because of her that the Jews of Prague are finally left in peace.…