Introduction by Isaac Bashevis Singer (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Based on the translation of George Fyler Townsend. Introduction by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Illustrated by Murray Tinkelman. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Book Club Edition. Red boards stamped in gilt with fox-and-grape vignette to front and gilt spine titles; 214 pp. A handsome mid-century Doubleday edition pairing Townsend's classic 19th-century English translation of Aesop's Fables with an insightful new introduction by Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, who praises the timeless clarity and moral wit of the ancient storyteller. Artist Murray Tinkelman's fine-line pen drawings, stylized yet whimsical, appear throughout, complementing more than 300 fables, including 'The Fox and the Grapes,' 'The Hare and the Tortoise,' and 'The Lion and the Mouse.' The edition revives the unabridged adult text, restoring the moral sharpness and rhythm of Townsend's original rendering. Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket. Clean, bright boards with sharp gilt and sound binding. Jacket shows moderate edgewear with chips at spine crown and a short closed tear and crease to upper front, small loss at lower edge; light toning to flap folds. Interior crisp and unmarked, with mild age toning at margins. Edition details: Copyright © 1968 by Nelson Doubleday, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. Jacket design by Jackie Schuman. Book Club Edition issued the same year as the trade first. Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903-1991) was a Polish-born American writer who won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature. Writing primarily in Yiddish, he became renowned for blending folklore, moral parable, and human psychology in works such as The Slave and Gimpel the Fool. Murray Tinkelman (1933-2016) was an award-winning American illustrator celebrated for his cross-hatched pen-and-ink style and contributions to classic literature, magazines, and the New York Times Book Review. His finely detailed line art and subtle humor made him one of the defining illustrators of the mid-20th century. Murray Tinkelman (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Some discoloration to pages and covers. Minor wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. Some rubbing wear to covers.

First Thin 4to, cloth. xx+76 pp, more than 100 monochrome illustrations. The subject matter is Hasidic men and women at work, study and debate, and at leisure. Very good in a spine-faded dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 96 pages. 6.00x6.00x0.80 inches. In Stock. Finck, Liana (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 96 pages. 6.00x6.00x0.80 inches. In Stock. Finck, Liana (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 215 pages. 21.5 cm. Blue/Green leatherette with gold embossed design to the front board and gilt design and lettering to the spine. Blue end-papers. Blue page-marker ribbon. Top edge gilt. Light bumping to top/bottom of spine. Else bright, tight and crisp book. Illustrated by Murray Tinkelman (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . B000QHI94G Hardback; oversize. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Slight wear to board corners and edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Dustjacket with slight wear to corners and edges; minor fade to spine and edges; $12.50 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket; Very Good condition. No Signature.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Fading to jacket color at and near spine. Edge wear to jacket, including a tear to the jacket crown at front panel. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. No Dustjacket (as Issued?). 215 pages. No dustjacket. Blueish dark textured hardack with intricate gilt-coloured decoration around the edges of the front board which also has an Arabesque-like pattern to front board, gilt-coloured titles and panels to spine repeated design, back board blank which has a couple of small dents. Fore-edge of pages rough-cut and light yellowing to page-edges o/w pages very clean. Ilustrated By Murray Tinkelman (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. London SW1. England: Cromwell Editions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alpine Fine Arts Collection (UK) Ltd., 1990. FIRST PRINTING - NEW / Unread old stock (see scan). First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover/Full Cloth/Sewn. New/New. Illus. by Copious Iluustrations, Many In Full-color. 4to size - over 11" tall. Heavy, Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Introduction and commentary by Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer. Square quarto. 118pp. Heavily illustrated in color. Topedge lightly foxed else fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.