Schechtman Elya (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is a Near Fine copy of the first edition. The jacket is not price clipped. There is a chip (half inch) missing to the front cover of the dust jacket. The translater is the son of the author I.J. Singer. The dust jacket art work is by the noted illustrator Ftitz Kredel.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good/Very Good Dj. 1st Edition. 8vo Translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Singer. It was the first Yiddish novel published in Soviet Union since 1942.

"Translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Singer. The first Yiddish novel published in the Soviet Union in 25 years.this book must be greeted with a blessing, a blessing that Stalin's purge of Yiddish writers spared Schectman." Hardback with dust wrapper. Red boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Binding is neat and tidy. Page edges are discoloured, more at the head and fore-edge. Some light thumbing. Gently handled. Previous owner's name and date written on the head edge of front free endpaper. Pastedowns and free endpapers are thumbed, so too page edges. Pastedowns and endpapers also have some discolouration. This book is in good condition. Dust wrapper has some creasing at the edges. Covers have some wear and discolouration, especially at the corners, edges and spine. Back cover has some markings. Head and tail of spine thumbed and bearing wear, otherwise this dust wrapper is in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Singer. First 2 pages have the top right corner cut off, as though to remove a price. Jacket has sticker residue. Minor wear. The book itself is clean and unmarked. Red cloth.