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Their Promised Land: Arab and Jew in History's Cauldron One Valley in the Jerusalem Hills
by Kunstel, Marcia and Albright, Joseph
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517572311
- ISBN 13
- 9780517572313
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishing, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Crown Publishing, 1990. Remainder. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else Fine. 7 area maps. An authentic story of two families, one Jewish and one Arab, who lived for generations in the valley outside of Jerusalem and their lives before and during the rise of Zionism up to the 1948 war for Israel's independence. Genealogy charts for the Hamdan Family and the Levy Family on endpapers. Black half cloth gilt titled with blue cloth over boards, very clean, tight, solid, square, no edgewear, interior fine. 392 pages with Chapter Notes, Bibliography and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Crown Publishing, New York, 1990.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015233
- Title
- Their Promised Land: Arab and Jew in History's Cauldron One Valley in the Jerusalem Hills
- Author
- Kunstel, Marcia and Albright, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517572311
- ISBN 13
- 9780517572313
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- SOREK RIVER VALLEY; ISRAEL-ETHNIC RELATIONS; JEWISH-ARAB RELATIONS-1917,-; ISRAEL-ARAB WAR, 1948-1949.;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Gilt
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- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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