Schwarz Bart Andre Becker Stephen Translator (6 results)

vg/vg-, dj chipped, previous owner name, o/w clean tight copy. Winner of the Prix Goncourt award. 1st Amer ed. Binding is red cloth.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 374 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Stated First American Edition (First Thus). The Book Is Bound In Red Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering And Rules On The Spine. The Top Edges Are Dyed Burgundy. The Clipped Jacket Has A One Inch Tear At The Lower Spine. One Half Inch Tear At The Upper Back Edge. Moderate Edge Wear. The Jacket Is Protected By Clear Plastic.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Atheneum House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1960. First (1st) Printing (none others listed) of the "First American Edition" (stated). Near Fine in a Good+ Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square, with light red topstain, one section of the fore-edges lighter than the other, and no markings of any kind other than a small bookstore label on the half-title page. The Binding is full red cloth, with some small spotting, gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked red endpapers, and corners square but showing some wear. The Dust Jacket has chips missing from the top of spine and top rear panel, with wear to the folds, corners, and heel of the spine, Several tears have been discreetly closed or reinforced from behind with archival (pH neutral) materials. The original price ($4.95) is intact on the front flap. See photos. 374 pages. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Originally published in France in 1959 entitled Les Dernier des Justes, this historical novel won the Prix Goncourt, France's highest literary award. The story follows the "Just Men" of a family from the massacre of Jews in York, England in 1189 to the murder of the last just man in the Nazi holocaust at Auschwitz. Translated into English by Stephen Becker.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardback. Published in 1961. The Last of the Just is a post-war novel by André Schwarz-Bart originally published in French in 1959. It was published in an English translation by Stephen Becker in 1960. It was Schwarz-Bart's first book and won the Prix Goncourt, France's highest literary prize. Book in very good condition. Light tanning on outside page edges. Dust jacket in fair condition - some shelf-scuffing, and bumping wear/tear at edges.