Daughter of the Waves
Memories of Growing Up in Pre-War Palestine
by Ruth Jordan
ISBN: 0800821203
ISBN-13: 9780800821203
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Xs Books
Published date: 1983
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Pages: 213
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Daughter of the Waves: Memories of Growing Up in Pre-War Palestine
Ruth Jordan
Taplinger Pub Co. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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DAUGHTER OF THE WAVES : Memories of Growing up in Pre-War Palestine
JORDAN, RUTH
Marlboro, NJ, U.S.A.: Taplinger Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1983 213 PAGES. CREAM AND BUTTERSCOTCH JACKET HS A 1/2 INCH TEAR AT BOTTOM FRONT WHICH HAS CAUSED A CREASE. BOOK IS CLEAN, BRIGHT AND SECURE.. First EDITION. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY. ( more information) Offered by Jacque Mongelli (United States)
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Daughter of the Waves: Memories of Growing Up in Pre-War Palestine
Ruth Jordan
Taplinger Pub Co, 1983-02. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Stated FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Fine (near mint) book in near fine DJ. DJ shows faint rubbing to upper edge, and hint of scuffing. Not a remainder. Price not clipped. ( more information) Offered by Redco (United States)
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Daughter of the Waves: Memories of Growing Up in Pre-War Palestine
Jordan, Ruth
Taplinger Publishing Co.; NY, 1983. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VG/VG, former library, immaculate interior, sound binding. Memoirs. The story of a nation and a girl growing up simultaneously. ISRAEL. 2 ISBN: 0800821203. ( more information) Offered by Snooty Literary Society (United States)
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Daughter of the Waves: Memories of Growing Up in Pre-War Palestine
Jordan, Ruth
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Taplinger Pub Co, 1983 Crease across corner of front board. Light wear to edges. Dj has moderate wear. Mostly to top edges and corners - which are chipped and frayed. Also rubbing to wraps. Inside dj flap is price-clipped. Leaves are crisp and clean. From back wrap: "Jordan's recollections of her childhood and yourh in Palestine during the 1920s and '30s, when it was under the British mandate, help to illuminate the continuing conflict there." (38). 1st Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Caribou Books (Canada)
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Daughter of the Waves: Memories of Growing Up in Pre-War Palestine
Jordan, Ruth
New York, NY: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1983. CONTENTS: Foreword; PART ONE: INNOCENCE: Earliest Memories; Roots; Daughter of the Waves; Reality & Fantasy; Finding Out; Hadar Hacarmel; The Battle of the Languages; School; PART TWO: A NEW WORLD: First Glimpse of the Palestine Triangle; British & American; Bo-Kah; Buy Hebrew; Music Ho!; The Great Years; A Taste of Adventure; Back at Bat Galim; Toscanini; PART THREE: DAYS OF WRATH: Doing My Bit; Flare-Up; Epilogue. Illustrated. 213pp. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Agrippa's Books (United Kingdom)
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