Leo Rosten's Treasury of Jewish Quotations
by Rosten, Leo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0491010907
- ISBN 13
- 9780491010900
- Seller
-
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: W. H. Allen, 1973) 0491010907. 8vo; original red boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated dustwrapper; pp. xi + (i) + 716 + (i), incl. index. Dustwrapper foxed and edgeworn; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good. "Here is another remarkable book from the creator of The Joys of Yiddish. 4500 folk sayings, proverbs, epigrams, aphorisms and philosophical quotations make this astonishing work of research and scholarship one of the wisest and funniest books of this or any publishing season." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11216
- Title
- Leo Rosten's Treasury of Jewish Quotations
- Author
- Rosten, Leo
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0491010907
- ISBN 13
- 9780491010900
- Publisher
- (London: W. H. Allen, 1973) 0491010907
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Quotations. Witticisms. Humour Judaica
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...