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The Wall [SIGNED]

The Wall [SIGNED]

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The Wall [SIGNED]

by Hersey, John; Luba Krugman Gurdus (Illustrator)

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  • Signed
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About This Item

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. 579pp. Original full leather with gold-tooled decoration on spine and boards and gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Green silk moire endpapers matching bound-in ribbon. Fly leaf signed by John Hersey and protected with a tissue-guard. Decorative title-page. Fascinating work presented as a rediscovered journal recording the genesis and destruction of the Warsaw ghetto, the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by the Nazis during the Holocaust. This book won the National Jewish Book Award and received the Sidney Hillman Foundation Journalism Award. This limited edition is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w illustrations by Luba Krugman Gurdus. Tiny abrasion at head of spine. Binding in overall near fine, interior in fine condition.

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Bookseller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
24317
Title
The Wall [SIGNED]
Author
Hersey, John; Luba Krugman Gurdus (Illustrator)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - vg
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Limited edition
Publisher
Franklin Library
Place of Publication
Franklin Center
Date Published
1982
Keywords
American literature, World War II novel, Holocaust, Extermination of European Jewry, Nazi, German atrocities in the Second World War, Signed copy, limited edition

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About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller

We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.

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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....
Quarto
The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Edges
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VG
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Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Fine
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