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In the Beginning

by Chaim Potok


ISBN: 0394499603
ISBN-13: 9780394499604
Format: Hardcover

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Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1975
Pages: 454

Publisher's Notes

Famous Biblical scholar David Lurie recalls his education, the origins of his determined pursuit of the truth, and his personal and spiritual beginnings as they evolved against the backdrop of immigrant Jewish family life, Depression, World War, and Holocaust.

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POTOK, CHAIM

Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1975. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. This superbly written novel of the intellectual and emotional awakening of young David Lurie brings to glowing reality the rich texture of Jewish family life in America, from the 1920s through the shadows of the Depression and World War II. Even for those too young to have lived it will know how it was. ISBN: 0394499603. (more information)

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39) In The Beginning
, Potok

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40) In the Beginning
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975 Stated first edition. A novel that reverberates with the tumults and homely joys of Jewish family life from the last days of the innocent 1920's through the gathering shadows of the Depression, World War II, and the ultimate shock of the Holocaust. The interior is clean and tight, cover and jacket are in good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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41) In the Beginning
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42) IN THE BEGINNING by Chaim Potok
Chaim Potok

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43) IN THE BEGINNING A Novel
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1975. VERY GOOD book condition/GOOD dust jacket. Brown cloth hard cover with gilt lettering on spine & blind stamped with design & author initials on front. Extremely light shelf dent to tail of spine. Rough cut pages. Dust jacket has minor edge & corner rub with previous owner name on front flap. Picture of author on back. "...the author ... takes us back through the decades to show us the turbulent education of a scholar, in a novel that reverberates with the tumults and homely joys of Jewish family life from the last days of the innocent 1920's through the gathering shadows of the Depression, World War II, and the ultimate shock of the Holocaust." 454pp. Very clean, tight book. Appears unread. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1975. (1st) Brown cloth, gilt fine on spine, 454 pages. DJ white background, small color-illustration of boy reading on front, photo of Potok on back. DJ has light creases at spine top edge, very tiny tear at spine bottom right edge, micronick at top back tip. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Near Very Good. (more information)

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Knopf. 1975. Hardcover. 0394499603 . Hardcover. 8vo. Knopf. 1975.454 pgs. First Edition/First printing. Signed by Potok on the FFEP. DJ in VG shape with light shelfwear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. BX-11a; 454 pages . (more information)

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