About this Item
Book is in fine condition, sharp, square and with wonderful stain on top of text block. Fore edge and bottom evenly and lightly tanned, jacket is VG with clipped price, and wear to extremities. Spine as in most copies is slightly faded, but very readable. inscribed " this story that didn't happen. yet. by author to a friend. Book is unopened. This book is a realistic fantasy on a grand scale, a story of the Jews driven out of the western world to subsist as best they can in the Gobi desert. The narrative itself concerns their long march across Europe and Asia, during which time Jews of a dozen nations, of every character and class, the strong and the weak, the proud and the humble, the learned and the ignorant, the rebellious and the resigned are brought close together by a common fate. 70 years later Michael Chabon, a very fine contemporary author put the Jews in Alaska. Signed first edition, First printing is a fine collectible of one of the authors most sought after novels. Seller Inventory # 000455
Bibliographic Details
Title: Road of Ages
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Publication Date: 1935
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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