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Published by Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1977
ISBN 10: 0827600917ISBN 13: 9780827600911
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. DJ has some wear. ; Foreword by Cynthia Ozick.
Published by The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 1977
ISBN 10: 0827600917ISBN 13: 9780827600911
Seller: Rainy Day Paperback, Bethel, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardbound. Condition: GOOD+. (1st edition). "Ex library. Book - as new except for softened spine ends and library pocket inside back cover. UGLY dust jacket with damaged edges. 445 pages, 6.5x9.5x1.75 "31 selections , taken from 12 books divided into 7 sections: Beginnings, The Zionist, Jews Among the Nations, Teachers and Friends, Transmitting Jewish Values, Interpreter of Yiddish, and Write and Reader.".
Published by Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, 1967
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/chipping, small loss of paper; unclipped price, in mylar; 445 clean, unmarked pages/index Size: 8 vo.
Published by Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America., 1977
ISBN 10: 0827600917ISBN 13: 9780827600911
Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
Book First Edition
First Edition. 16 cm x 24 cm. xxxii, 445 (5) pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor spots on the edge and the dust jacket. Includes for Example: My Virgilian Uncle/ The Twig is Bent/ The Eruption/ The Zionist/ Jerusalem, the Heart of Infinity/ At the Wailing Wall/ Liberating the Fellah/ The Haunted Land/ Zionism Reborn/ Contra Toynbee/ Suppressio Veri/ Suggestio Falsi/ Digression on an Astronomer/ The Great Hatred/ The Evasion/ Fury and Fable/ The Birth of Bugaboo/ The Collusion of Your Churchment/ The People and the Land/ The Claim/ The Occupants/ The Diaspora of the West/ Blood Accusation: Echoes After Fifty Years/ Teachers and Friends/ Chaim Weizmann/ Shmarya Levin and Chaim Nachman Bialik/ Meir of Kikkle/ Transmitting Jewish Values/ The Maggid/ The Nature of Jewish Monotheism/ The Ethos and Technique of Survival/ The Prophets and the Nation/ The Manager: Rebekah/ The Comic As Fool: Ahasuerus/ The Prophet Elijah/ Interpreter of Yiddish/ The World of Sholom Aleichem/ Of Certain Grandfathers/ Man in a Forest/ Tevye the Dairyman/ The Judgment of Reb Yozifel/ Death in Exile/ Peretz on Hasidic Ecstasy/ Dales (Poverty)/ "Translators and Traitors"/ Al Harei Catskil/ My Three Mother-Tongues/ The Concealments of Marcel: Proust's Jewishness/ My Friend, the Late Moses Herzog etc. This comprehensive presentation of Samuel's far-ranging accomplishment is divided into seven sections: Beginnings, The Zionist, Jews Among the Nations, Teachers and Friends, Transmitting Jewish Values, Interpreter of Yiddish, and Writer and Reader. It contains thirty-one selections, taken from twelve books, including such titles as "The Gentleman and the Jew", "Harvest in the Desert", "The Great Hatred", "The Professor and the Fossil", "Prince of the Ghetto", "Blood Accusation", and of course, "The World of Sholom Aleichem". There are also examples of Samuel's criticism, journalism, and belles lettres. Together they form a pentrating exploration of the Jewish ethos and constitute a record of a remarkable sensibility. Sprache: english.