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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux,, NY:, 1970
ISBN 10: 0374320845ISBN 13: 9780374320843
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi (illustrator). Stated first edition. Near fine in a very good (a few spots of soiling on front panel, minor edge wear), price clipped dust jacket.
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux (1983) First Edition, stated., Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A., 1983
Seller: The Bookstall, Richmond, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Tan embossed cloth, 6 1/2 X 10 inches, 58 pages. Fine in un-clipped jacket.
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux (1983) First Edition, stated., Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A., 1983
Seller: The Bookstall, Richmond, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Tan embossed cloth, 6 1/2 X 10 inches, 58 pages. Fine in un-clipped jacket.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1970) First Edition, stated., 1970
Seller: The Bookstall, Richmond, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Embossed purple cloth, 10 1/4 X 10 1/2 inches, (32 pages). Illustrated throughout with color woodcuts by Frasconi. Neat Ink name on top edge of half title, Whole dust jacket with some edge wear, un-clipped, Very Good. A stated first edition.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY, 1983
ISBN 10: 0374293473ISBN 13: 9780374293475
Seller: Optical Insights, Murrieta, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. Illustrated by Frasconi, Antonio (illustrator). First Edition. F in NF DJ with very minor edge wear; Frasconi woodcuts illustrate this tale of a young woman who desires to contine her studies of the Torah after her father dies. To do so, she dresses as a young man and sets to study at a yeshiva, but a complicated entaglement ensues. This story was used as a basis for the film that starred Barbra Streisand and Mandy Paninkin. Marvelous woodcuts by Frasconi. ; Stated First; Cloth.
Published by Farar, Straus, & Giroux, New York, 1970
ISBN 10: 0374320845ISBN 13: 9780374320843
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Antonio Frasc (illustrator). First Edition. Slight Tear at Front Top and Bottom Edge; 0374320845.
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1983
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi (illustrator). First Edition. "Yentl knew she wasn't cut out for a woman's life. She couldn't sew, she couldn't knit. She let the food burn and the milk boil over. Yenty much preferred men's activities to women's." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly tilted, small bumps on spine ends; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket has moderate edge and shelf wear, small rubs on spine ends, tiny tear on spine tail. ; Woodcuts; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 60 pages.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good on cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Bottom edge scrape. DJ some smudges; A retelling of a Hebrew legend. ; quarto.
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, NY, 1979
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi (illustrator). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Color Illustrations; Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a previous owner's address label adhered to the front pastedown page underneath the dust jacket flap. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has some light edge wear and nicking / very small chips to the spine ends and a couple of small spots of color rubbed off on the rear cover of the dust jacket. There are a couple of very small semi-closed edge tears to the dust jacket as well. This is a Stated First Edition. "Singer's first published story won the literary competition of the literarishe bletter and garnered him a reputation as a promising talent. A reflection of his formative years in "the kitchen of literature" can be found in many of his later works. IB Singer published his first novel, Satan in Goray, in installments in the literary magazine Globus, which he had co-founded with his life-long friend, the Yiddish poet Aaron Zeitlin in 1935. The book recounts events of 1648 in the village of Goraj (close to Bilgoraj) , where the Jews of Poland lost a third of their population in a wholesale attack by Cossacks. It explores the effects of the seventeenth-century faraway false messiah, Shabbatai Zvi, on the local population. Its last chapter imitates the style of a medieval Yiddish chronicle. With a stark depiction of innocence crushed by circumstance, the novel appears to foreshadow coming danger. In his later work, The Slave (1962) , Singer returns to the aftermath of 1648, in a love story between a Jewish man and a Gentile woman." (from Wikipedia).
Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi (illustrator). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine- dust jacket. Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some beginning edge wear, nicking and rubbing along with some beginning toning and wear to the front flap edge. "In Elijah the Slave, the winner of the 1970 National Book Award for children's literature retells a Hebrew legend with vivid simplicity and an internationally respected artist interprets it with a sincerity and fresh vision reminiscent of medieval art. Elijah, a messenger from God, sells himself as a slave to help Tobias, a poor, faithful scribe." Singer won the National Book Award for 1970 for A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw. "Singer believed in the power of his native language and thought that there was still a large audience, including in New York, who longed to read in Yiddish. In an interview in Encounter (February 1979) , he claimed that although the Jews of Poland had died, "something call it spirit or whatever is still somewhere in the universe. This is a mystical kind of feeling, but I feel there is truth in it." Some of his colleagues and readers were shocked by his all-encompassing view of human nature. He wrote about female homosexuality ("Zeitl and Rickel", "Tseytl un Rikl") , published in The Seance and Other Stories) , transvestism ("Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" in Short Friday) , and of rabbis corrupted by demons ("Zeidlus the Pope" in Short Friday). In those novels and stories which refer to events in his own life, he portrays himself unflatteringly (with some degree of accuracy) as an artist who is self-centered yet has a keen eye for the sufferings and tribulations of others.".
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970.) dj, 1970
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. Retells a Hebrew legend with simplicity and eloquence, enhanced by the , and lovely medieval-style illustrations in full color by Antonio Frasconi. This is the story of Elijah, a messenger from God, who sells himself as a slave to help the faithful scribe, Tobias, and then earns his freedom by building a magnificent palace with help from a band of angels. . Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. Singer's previous children's book, a memoir of growing up in Warsaw, was awarded the National Book Award for children's literature. Large square format. Unpaginated. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (short closed tear, other minor edgewear to the dj.).
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0374293473ISBN 13: 9780374293475
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket. Terra cotta colored cloth with embossed cover design and black spine lettering; Recognizing that Yentyl seems to have the soul and disposition of a man, her father studies the Torah and other holy books with her. When he dies, Yentyl feels she no longer has a reason to remain in the village, and so she cuts off her hair, dresses as a young man, and sets out to find a yeshiva where she can continue her studies and live secretly as a man. Her life becomes entangled in a way she finds too emotionally and physically taxing to maintain. Another wonderful tale from a beloved storyteller. (from the dust-jacket) Basis for the movie starring Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving; Woodcuts; Large 8vo ; 58, [6] pages.
Published by FSG, New York, 1970
ISBN 10: 0374320845ISBN 13: 9780374320843
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Antonio Frasconi (illustrator). Stated First Edition. Purple pictorial cloth; color pictorial dust jacket with price intact ($4.95), shallow crease at top edge of front panel--barely noticeable. Retelling of the story of Elijah from the Old Testament, bold and fabulous color illustrations by Frasconi throughout. Singer won the National Book Award for children's literature for A Day of Pleasure in the same year and the Nobel Prize for LIterature in 1978. Size: 4to.
Published by FSG, New York, 1970
ISBN 10: 0374320845ISBN 13: 9780374320843
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Antonio Frasconi (illustrator). Stated First Edition. Purple pictorial cloth, faint crease to one page, mild mustiness; color pictorial dust jacket with light wear, price intact ($4.95). Retelling of the story of Elijah from the Old Testament, bold and fabulous color illustrations by Frasconi throughout. Singer won the National Book Award for children's literature for A Day of Pleasure in the same year and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. This copy is from the collection of the book's typographer, Jane Byers Bierhorst. Size: Square 4to.