As Once We Were by I.L. Peretz - 1951

Peretz, 1951. hardcover. Acceptable/Missing. 0x0x0. Peretz Translations Committee / ACME Press, Inc. [Published date: 1951]. Hard cover, 270 pp. Text in English. Translated from original in Yiddish by Elly T. Margolis. Acceptable+/NO dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with black lettering on front and spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers and light overall soiling. Spine has thin cracks at pages 112-13 and 208-9, but binding is still intact. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Overall a good reading copy. I. L. Peretz (1852-1915) was a Polish-Jewish writer and poet who is considered one of the most important figures in modern Yiddish literature. He was born in Zamosc, Poland, and studied law at the University of Warsaw. However, he abandoned his legal studies to pursue a career in writing. Peretz's work was deeply influenced by his Jewish heritage and his experiences of Polish anti-Semitism. He wrote about a wide range of topics,… Read More