Search Results: Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / Judaica/Holocaust Studies from Gargoyle Books

Cambridge University Press, 1991. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Part of a collection of linguistic books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. From 1991, this one is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing, in 535 + [26] pages. Hardcover 8vo has red paper over boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Condition is Fine: as new & unopened & unmarked.The accompany DJ is Near Fine, with a deep creasing running diagonally from outer-lower corner of front cover, else flawless. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

new york, : Free Press, 1979. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reports results of (up till the late 1970s) the largest empirical study every undertaken of anti-Jewish hostility in the US. Sadly, 50 years later, these elements have not gone away (see MAGA), but may offer some insights as to how we can fight this prejudice & hate. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. In 237 pages with Index, Notes. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1979, with publisher's review notice laid in. Hardcover 8vo has bright red cloth over boards lettered in black to spine. Condition is Fine: new, unopened, & unmarked, marred only by mild foxing to top outer page edges. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine, with a tiny tear to lower-outer corner of front cover. Else virtually flawless & protected in new clear… Read More

The Jewish Black Book Committee, 1946. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Published not long after the end of WWII when all the atrocities committed by the Nazis against Jews had been exposed to the world, this volume was created by a committee comprised of Jewish writers, artists, scientists, anti-fascists, the World Jewish Congress, & Vaad Leumi, the Jewish National Council of Palestine, Jerusalem, to ensure that the world never forgot what had happened. Explicit details on genocidal annihilation efforts are provided, along with strategies for implementing them across various European countries. Documented cases of resistance are also identified. In 560 pages with extensive appendices, notes, & references, charts, & black-and-white photos. A First Edition, first printing from 1946, this hardcover 8vo is downgraded to Good+ condition solely due to external scratching/small splotches to front & rubbing to all corners & both ends of spine, with some cloth… Read More

George Braziller, 1991. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. True story of the conflict between Polish Catholics & Jews around the world that arose when a group of Carmelite nuns sought to create a convent in one of the abandoned buildings that surrounded the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. In 169 pages with Notes & Index. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. Orig. published in Britain in 19990, this is the First US Edition, First Printing, from 1991. Both the hardcover book & DJ are in Fine condition: completely clean & unmarked, unopned, virtually flawless. Publisher's notice laid in. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends,… Read More

1967. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. A big, useful, happy, & sometimes riotously funny collection of colloquialisms, proverbs, curses, obscenities, & ribald expressions" in Yiddish, presented for the first time in transliterated phonetic form.In 167 pp. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1967, this hardcover 8vo has blue paper over boards lettered in black to spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean & unmarked, marred only by heavy foxing to all outside page edges. The unclipped DJ is only Good, with significant rubbing to extremities, including some wrinkling & chipping to bottom edge & some holes along DJ flaps; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

University Press of America, 1993. Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine. Empirical study conducted by sociologists of the dimensions of Jewish identity in the contemporary (1970s) United States. Orig. published in 1974, this is the 1993 reprint, in 167 pages with Notes, Bibliography, & Index in rear. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. Condition is Near Fine: marred only by a tad of edgewear to fore edge side of front cover & a few scattered foxed spots. Else, completely clean & bright & tight & unmarked. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from this hardcover/trade paperback is in Fine condition: completely clean & unmarked......Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time);… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/Good. Bestselling novel of the creation of the Palestinian state, the biggest fiction title in the US when it was published in 1958 since "Gone with the Wind" in 1936. Served as the basis for Otto Preminger's 1960 Oscar-winning film starring Paul Newman & Eva Marie Saint. In 626 pages, map endpapers. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, this hardcover 8vo has a blue cloth-wrapped spine lettered in silver to spine & black to front board, which is covered in gray cloth. Condition is only Fair: Text block is secure, but the front hinge is cracked, exposing underlying webbing. Significant rubbing to extremities, with slight fraying at heel of spine. Old name in pen & old bookstore stamp to half-title page, else pages are creamy white & unmarked, with light soil to outside, slight spattering to top green top stain. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $4.50 price intact) is Good,… Read More

Yale University Press, 1994. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. This one offers 11 essays by feminist scholars specializing in Jewish studies, in 281 pages with Index. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1994,this hardcover has deep cranberrry paper over boards lettered in black to spine. Condition is As New: flawless inside & out! The unclipped DJ is downgraded to Near Fine due to a long (3") vertical tear descending from top edge of top cover; else clean & bright. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders,… Read More

New York, New York: Book Find Club/Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Author's first novel, in which he starkly addresses the complexity of racial & ethnic relations & the fear of the "other" in an urban setting. "Could very well be to the virus of American anti-semitism what "Uncle Tom's Cabin' was to ...slavery." Orig. published by Reynal & Hitchcock in 1945, this is a Book Find Club Edition, a hardcover octavo in 217 pages with light red cloth-covered boards stamped with silver lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: clean with fading to top edges, light soil & dust dulling to all outside page edges.Interior paged modestly tanned & unmarked save for former owner's name & date in pen to ffep. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $2.50 price intact to front flap, unusual for a BCE), is Good, with light chipping & rubbing to all extremities, light soil & foxing; nicely protected in new… Read More

New York, New York: Dell, 1965. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good+. Winner of the Prix de la Resistance, this book reveals "the shattering, secret history behind the rise & fall of the Third Reich." Author was a decorated member of the French Resistance movement during WWII & later in charge of liquidating German records of the Occupation, where he gained access to top ex-Gestapo agents & both published & unpublished documentary sources. In 416 pages. Orig. published in hardcover in 1964, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition, first printing, from Dell (#2863) from Sept. 1965. Condition is solidly Good+: extremely clean, binding strong & straight, all pages secure. Pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Flaws: moderate edgewear all around, including some heavy creases & rubbing, chips. Nicely preserved in new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. A complete pattern for the genius of evil" is contained within this book, which provides a startling, intimate view of the inner world & schemes of Adolf Hitler's right-hand man as they plotted the "Final Solution" & beyond in the years preceding & during WWII. In 566 pages with Index, photo frontispiece. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1948, this hardcover 8vo has matte black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering inside a red title box to spine. Condition is VG+: very clean & completely unmarked, but with slight bleeding of the black dye from the boards at bottom page edges & a thin line of dampstaining here to some page edges. Binding is strong & straight, pages moderately tanned. The unclipped DJ (with $4.00 price intact to front flap) is Good+, with significant rubbing to extremities, creasing, & few chips… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Greenwillow Books/Willima Morrow, 1978. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Shulevitz, Uri. Two young boys wonder how much money they will receive from their relatives for Hanukah,'' in this lovely new translation of the classic story with magnificent illustrations by Caldecott winner Uri Shulevitz (who also assisted in the translation & adaptation. A FIRST, THUS from 1978 (First Edition, First Printing, with full number line, of this edition), this slim hardcover has pumpkin-colored paper over boards & a brown cloth-wrapped spine. Condition is Near Fine: looks, feels, & smells nearly Brand new save for some slight wrinkling to some pages. Completely clean & tight, pages unmarked. Price-clipped DJ is VG, with 2 tears (1 back & 1 front, top edges) & very slight rubbing, particularly to extremities (corners, spine ends). POur photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have!… Read More

New York, New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1934. First English Language Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Personal story of the German Jewish playwright who was an active left-wing revolutionary during WWI & exiled by the Nazis during WWII. In 294 pages. Translated from the original German ("Eine Jugend in Deutschland') published in 1933, this is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, First Printing in English from 1934. Hardcover with tan cloth-covered boards is downgraded from Good to Fair because it is externally rather ugly: heavy soiling & foxing. Insides are generally very clean. The front hinge is cracked, there is moderate tanning around all page edges & endpapers, & a chip out of right margin on pg 113-114 that does not impact text at all; stain to bottom of pg 236, & former owner's name in pen on ffepOur photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1960. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. One in a series of "Legacy" series seeking to document the lasting effects of ancient cultures, this volume explores elements of European culture derived from the Islamic world. In 416 pages with Index, photo frontis. Orig. published by Oxford in 1931, this is a 1960 edition, reprinted from the identical sheets. With navy blue cloth over boards lettered in gilt to spine, this small (8vo) hardcover is in Near Fine condition: completely clean inside, marred only by mottling to front board & foxing to top outside page edges. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages sightly off-white & unmarked. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2017. First American Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Both heartbreaking & heartwarming, this is a fictionalized account of the true story of Dita Kraus, a 14-year-old Czech girl imprisoned at Auschwitz until rescued by the Allies at the end of WWII, who not only survived, but maintained a secret library of 8 books that she distributed to her fellow prisoners & kept their spirits alive. In 423 pages, with profiles of some of the reali-life characters & what happened to them, along with bibliographic sources, in rear. Orig. published in Spanish in 2012, & translated into English in 2017, this is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION from that same year, but a later (11th) printing. Hardcover 8vo has blue matte paper over boards lettered in white with a Jewish star to spine. Condition is Near Fine: just slightly less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean save for a very faint discolored area to bottom outside… Read More

Tel-Aviv, Israel: Museum of the Combatants & Partisans, 1966. First English Language Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Eyewitness account of the atrocities committed by the German Nazis against the Jewish people in Europe & the heroism of young Jews who fought back. Here, he describes the secret mission of the Jewish Military Organization & its role in the Warsaw Ghetto revolt. In 341 pages, with 16 pages of never-before-seen black-and-white photos. Translated from the original Hebrew ("Massada of Varsha") by Yosef Shachter, this is the First Edition, First Printing in English from 1966. With matte black cloth-covered boards &silver lettering to spine, the hardcover book is in VG+ condition: extremely clean with the occasional random spot. Pages stark white. Binding strong & straight, with the slightest rubbing to extremities, bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is only Good, downgraded due to edgewear & rubbing, heaviest to both ends of spine. Colors bright, NO… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1972. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. Author's Second thriller set in Nazi Germany, basis for the 1974 movie starring Jon Voight, A FIRST EDITION, first printing from1972, this hardcover book is in Good condition in a Good DJ: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages white, colors bright. Pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age, but completely unmarked save for old gift inscription on half title page.Slight rubbing to spine, resulting in many small white spots.The unclipped DJ has moderate edgewear all around & a large chip to bottom spine-front cover interface; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

University of Washington Press, 1995. First Trade Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Comprehensive sociological analysis of the evolution of Jewishness & Jewish identity in the United States across the second half of the 20th century. In 190 pages with Notes & Index. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. This First Trade Paperback Edition, first printing, from 1995 is in Near Fine condition: completely clean & bright, feels never opened, pages white & unmarked, Marred only by very mild foxing to fore edge. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

Random House, 1979. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Basis for the 1982 film of the same name starring Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline (in his first feature film appearance) as lovers in present-day Brooklyn, haunted by shadows of the past. A FIRST EDITION, Fifth printing hardcover from 1979, in publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges but unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, virtually flawless save for some minute chips along top edges; else, clean & bright & protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection containing the "lion's share" of the children's stories that this Nobel-prize winning author has penned, most translated from the original Yiddish, & all rich in Jewish tradition & the cultural roots of his native Poland. In 338 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1974, this hardcover small quarto has navy blue cloth-covered boards blind-stamped with author's initials & design to front, silver lettering & design in green title box to spine. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, corners crisp, pages white & completely unmarked save for personalized Chanukah 1984 gift inscription to ffep. The price-clipped DJ is Near Fine, with just a tad or rubbing/wrinkling to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive,… Read More