Where Once Walked Guide by Mokotoff Gary (15 results)

Hardcover & Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. 512 pp large heavy book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing stated. 4to in orange cloth, titles in gilt. Binding tight and square, a light touch of shelf wear, front free endpaper creased and with a large previous bookseller sticker. The dustjacket has light shallow crinkling to the front panel and some scratches on the rear panel.

Condition: VeryGood. Very well kept copy, with jacket, tight and unmarked, light jacket edge wear. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a minor lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends with slighter wear to the cover corners, and a hint of faint smudging to the edges of the text block. Otherwise, this is a solid, bright, Very Good copy in a like dust jacket, which has bumps with slight creasing to the spine ends and corners, faint rubbing with mild edge wear to the covers, and a hint of sunning to the spine.

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hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Revised Edition. 704 pp. illustrated. Illustrated paper over boards. Small area of shelf soil to lower text edge, one board corner mildly bumped, otherwise clean, bright, tight with few signs of wear. Gazetteer with unique features, alphabetical listing of towns, organized by longitude/latitude. Also alternate names, Jewish population, soundex search. Maps of the Pale of Settlement, Central and Eastern Europe before and after WW I, between the Wars, after WWII and today. 704 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket issued.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Brand new still in publisher's shrink wrap. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. First printing [stated]. xviii, [2], 514 p. Maps. References. Select Bibliography. Illustrations. Listing of Towns; Phonetic Index of the 37, 00 town names in the book. This work documents more than 21, 000 towns in Central and Eastern Europe where Jews lived before the Holocaust. It contains more than 15, 000 alternate town names by which the localities were known, including Yiddish names. From Wikipedia: "Gary Mokotoff ( born April 26, 1937 ) is an American genealogist who focuses primarily on Jewish genealogy. He is the first person to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies for which he was president (1989 1995). He is the author/coauthor of a number of books including Where Once We Walked, a gazetteer which provides information about 23, 500 towns (citing 37, 000 place names) in Central and Eastern Europe where Jews lived before the Holocaust, How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust, and Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy. He was co-editor of Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy. Mokotoff is also known for his application of computers to genealogy. Among his accomplishments is co-authorship of the Daitch Mokotoff Soundex System; the JewishGen Family Finder, a database of ancestral towns and surnames being researched by some 84, 000[4] Jewish genealogists throughout the world and the Consolidated Jewish Surname Index. He is co-owner of Avotaynu, a company that publishes books of interest to Jewish genealogical researchers as well as the journal Avotaynu. He is/was on the Board of Directors of a number of organizations including the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Federation of Genealogical Societies, Association of Professional Genealogists, Jewish Book Council, Association of Jewish Book Publishers, and JewishGen. He was a pioneer of the computer software industry, joining IBM in 1959. He developed systems software that IBM supplied with its early commercial computer, the IBM 1401." From an on-line posting: "Sallyann Amdur Sack, PhD, is the only genealogist listed in Jewish Women in America. She was instrumental in founding the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Washington, International Associaiton of Jewish Genealogical Societies, and Avotaynu. Dr. Sack has chaired or co-chaired six of the annual conferences on Jewish Genealogy, authored seven books of use to genealogists and has consulted on numerous projects. ".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. xxviii, [2], 514 pages. Several black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Documents more than 21,000 towns in Central and Eastern Europe where Jews lived before the Holocaust. An exceptionally clear and easy to use reference work which will save enormous research time and frustration for students of this subject. For all interested in European place names and this period of history, it instantly becomes an invaluable and indispensable standard reference work." - dust jacket. Former library copy with minimal markings and light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy.

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Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Good dust jacket. 2 inch open tear at top of rear gutter, taped over by previous owner. ; Personalized by Gary Mokotoff on title page. ; Signed by Author.