The Slave

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962

About this Item

Signed copy of The Slave by Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy in 1962. This is the stated second printing from the same year as the first, and is signed and inscribed by the author on the "Also by" page. A major work of historical fiction by Singer, The Slave explores the tensions between love, faith, and identity in 17th-century Poland, and helped cement his legacy as one of the great Yiddish writers of the 20th century. Signed copies of early printings remain uncommon. Hardcover, with dust jacket. The book is in Very Good condition, with tanning to the textblock edges and some sunning along the spine and board edges. Light bumping to board edges and corners. Text is clean and unmarked, with sound binding and firm hinges. 10-20 pages throughout text had been previously dog-eared and are now flattened. Tips of bottom corners of pages 241-248 were creased over previously and now flattened. The dust jacket, also Very Good, is toned with a faint ring stain on the front panel, small chips and tears along edges and corners, and a heavily faded spine. Jacket is protected in a Demco mylar sleeve.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1753817739633

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Slave
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
• Publication Date: 1962
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)