Hamish Hamilton, London, 1949. Second Impression. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 750 g; 608 pages, includes index, and black-and-white photographic frontispiece. The dust jacket has a 1 inch tear with associated chipping at the top of the front fold over creases, has a tear across the centre of the spine section, and is suntanned and Fox. The top edge of the text block has faded from the original bright purple, and shows signs of foxing. The book itself, is in very good order. Of interest to Victorian judaica collectors is the signature of Norman Rosenthal at the top right of the front free end page. Original bookseller's sticker at the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. The life story of Dr Chaim Weizmann, from the time when he was born in a bleak and primitive village in Minsk, a province within which Russian Jews were confined, until he had become a trusted friend of the world's great statesman and a scientist of international reputation, reached its climax when he was elected first President of Israel. -- front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Judaica; Inventory No: 0235414. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0235414
Title: Trial and Error -- the autobiography of Chaim Weizmann
Author: Weizmann, Chaim
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1949
Keywords: BZDB2 biography, Israel, Zionism Biography & Autobiography; Judaica; Unbranded Weizmann, Chaim Trial and Error -- the autobiography of Chaim Weizmann
Bookseller catalogs: Judaica;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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Blurb: The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....