Shalom by Brelis, Dean - 1959

ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. ex-lib clean text no jacket.

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1959. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. VERY GOOD-, HEAVY FOXING TO TOP EDGE, LIGHT WEAR AND SUNNING TO BOARDS, BINDING TIGHT, TEXT CLEAN, IN VERY GOOD+ DUST JACKET WITH $4.00 PRICE AND LIGHT BROWNING. NO CHIPS OR TEARS.

Little Brown, 1960. Hardcover & Dust Jacket. Good +. 262 pp. dust jacket by Ben Shahn dj torn Novel revealing the relationship between Jewish refugees in a Displaced Persons Camp and those trying to get them to Palestine in spite of the British blockade.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1959. 1st printing; dj w/unclipped price, in mylarblue c w/gilt titles; 262 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8 Vo.

Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston (1959) VG/GOOD+. dj is rubbed and worn to most edges with some open splits, creasing and loss/chipped missing. overall the dj is good, but the rear panel has a slightly grubby appearance, including tanish spots and browning. not price-clipped. hardback covers beneath have been well-protected by the dj - they are clean and sharp-cornered. marked speckling to top edge of textblock. All pages are present, and the binding is tight and solid. no marginalia.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. A Near fine ex-library copy with ink notation on the front free endpaper with light marks on the fore edge in a very good dustwrapper with chips, toning, and tiny tears. A novel about the emergence of Israel by this Harvard educated American who in 1948, entered a Displaced Persons camp in Europe and went to Israel with a group of refugees.

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1959 Book. Illus. by Ben Shahn. Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Edition.. Greek American journalist & writer. [Born Constantinos Christos Brelis on April 1,1924 in Newport, R.I. Died Nov 2006.] After serving in the US military in 1948 he entered a DP camp in Europe and went to Israel with a group of refugees. This novel "opens in Marseilles in 1948, a few months before Israel became a nation. It describes the adventures and the relationships of a band of Jewish refugees who leave a detention camp on a freighter bound for the Promised Land". and reflects some of the experiences of that time and place which he observed as a journalist. Jacket illustrated by . by Ben Shahn.262-p. .

Boston : Little, Brown, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 262 p. ; 21 cm. Summary : A novel about the emergence of Israel by this Harvard educated American who in 1948, entered a Displaced Persons camp in Europe and went to Israel with a group of refugees. Subjects: World War II ; fiction. Jewish fiction. Genre: Fiction. Language: English.