Children of Bethany: The Story of a Palestinian Family by Aburish, Said K - 1989

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana Univ Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Indiana Univ Press, 1989. Hard Back First Printing with Jacket in Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. The story of the family of Khalil Aburish, (d.1936), a flamboyant headsman in the little village of Bethany, just outside Jerusalem-his wife, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It is the story of a family torn apart by events in Palestine in this century. Binding of red full cloth, gilt titled; there are faded areas to the red cloth, around spine head and that corner, spine heal, rear upper corner, and rear lower edge. otherwise the cloth is very clean, a touch of corner wear. Tight and solid. Top and bottom edge of page block lightly foxed. Pages are very clean, and about twenty pages have red ink underlining of text. Clean jacket with light edgewear, rumpled around spine head, some bleeding of red color to inside of jacket. 243 pages. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 1989.