Grafstein Max (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 415 pages illustrations, portraits, music. Publisher's binding scuffed, worn, and faded; inscription at upper fore-corner of verso front free endpaper, else contents unmarked and attractive. 2080 grams.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher's cloth with wrappers of magazine issue bound in. Rust-colored cloth, with Jewish Observer / Max W. Grafstein / Editor and Publisher stamped on front board. Stamped "Complimentary Copy" on verso of front cover. Name of a couple and date of December 2, 1951 written on front pastedown endpaper. Wide-ranging contents, including translations of several stories, illustrations (mostly reduced in size) taken from published work by Uriel Birnbaum, Jacob Steinhardt, Chagall, Kvitko, Saul Raskin and others, and, outside of the articles devoted to Peretz, a memorial to the fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto, Yiddish theater, etc. Of special interest are original poems and translations from Yiddish by Abraham M. Klein (A. M. Klein). Two original poems are printed on one page and accompanied by a photograph of Klein.…

Softcover. Folio. 108,[2],pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Some discoloration, creasing and minor staining and chipping to wraps. "This issue of the Jewish Observer is dedicated to the memory of the foremost Yiddish man of letters, Isaac Leibush Peretz, and published in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of his passing." Delightfully illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and drawings. Wraps in good, interior in very good condition.…

24X30.5 cm. 415 pages. Hardcover. Pages are yellowed. Else, in good condition. The book is in : English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This entire issue commemorates the 30th year since the death of the great man of letters, Isaac Leibush Peretz. Excerpts and biography; anecdotes and illustrations!Past owner's name and address in Winnipeg; upper corner of ffep. otherwise, no extraneous marks, creases, or turned edges; no tears or odors.108 pages followed by 3 pages "in Memorium" then the original decorated card cover from Vol 6 Numer 1of The Jewish Observer. 108 pp. Original issue with the colorful wraps rebound is black cloth with gilt titles.…

24X31 cm. 108 pages. Hardcover. Front cover partly covered with paper. Else in good condition. The book is in : English.