Stranger than Fiction, A Short History of the Jews from Earliest Times to the Present Day

BROWNE, Lewis (1897-1949)

Published by New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933

About this Item

Reprint of 1925 first edition. With 50 animated maps by the author, giving a pictorial history of centuries of wandering. Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles on front and spine. Upper fore edge corner bumped and scuffed. Other corners scuffed. Spine head and tail slightly soft and scuffed. Spine lightly sunned with small chip to rear fold edge. Binding tight and square. Dust jacket blurb cut and glued to front pastedown. Half title page has fold creases. Unmarked, age toned pages. 377 pages including glossary and index. Approx. 7.5 x 5.5" w. An uncommon copy. "This is the story of the Jew, that strange man who will not die.Obstinately he fights off Time and Man, pressing along on his own path, keeping his own counsel, cherishing his own dreams, living his own life in his own way.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stranger than Fiction, A Short History of the Jews from Earliest Times to the Present Day
• Publisher: New York: The Macmillan Company
• Publication Date: 1933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good