Zemach Illus Singer Isaac Bashevis (7 results)

Hardcover. Backstrip and cover edges faintly sun-darkened; minor bumps at top edge of front cover; otherwise very good condition in slightly edge-worn dust jacket. ]. 115p. Illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. Tall 8vo, 129 pp., Signed by the author on the title page. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Illus. by Margot Zemach (illustrator).

First edition, 2nd printing. With imaginative pencil drawings throughout by Margot Zemach. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Color dustjacket by Zemach. 80. A very nice copy, clean and fresh, the dustjacket is slightly faded at the spine and turnovers and has a small closed tear at the head of the dustjacket upper hinge. A STORY OF ENCHANTMENT AND MAGIC FOR CHILDREN. Singer's story is sure to captivate young reader's with its spiritual tests and mysterious characters and adventures. "Long ago, in the days of the saintly Bal Shem, lives a boy Joseph of Singer's magical tale. Orphaned and alone, Joseph finds his life transformed when an angel he meets in the wild forest gives him an amulet that will bring him whatever he desires: a prayer book, bountiful meals, even an eagle which carries him to the kingdom of Good King Maltuch. Before he can win the hand of the Princess Chassidah, Joseph comes face to face with good and evil, in this world and in the world to come."-Publisher.…

Hardcover. Condition: g+ to near fine. dj. First edition, first printing. Quarto. 129pp. [1]. Illustrated purple and white dust jacket with black lettering on the front cover, black and white lettering on the spine. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated frontispiece. Signed on the title page by the author. A collection of 8 short stories by the acclaimed Polish-born American-Jewish author, 3 of which had been previously published in magazines and newspapers. The included stories are "Naftali", "Dalfunka", "The Lantuch", "A Hanukkah Eve in Warsaw", "The Fools of Chelm and the Stupid Carp", "Lemel and Tzipa", "The Cat Who Thought he was a Dog and the Dog who Thought he was a Cat" and "Growing Up". The text throughout is accompanied by illustrations by Margot Zemach, finely printed lithographically in black. Dust jacket with sunning to the spine, as well as some scratches, and some small closed tears and light rubbing to extremities. Binding a diagonal scratch to the back cover. Dj in good+, binding in very good, interior in near fine condition overall. Signed.…

Condition: Good. 4to., 9.5" x 11". Pages unnumbered. Very good stapled unbound signatures. Yellowing, some creasing, and general wear to covers. Some light scuffing or soiling of pages. No bound proofs issued of this edition; this is the only prepublication version printed.

First edition. With imaginative pencil drawings throughout by Margot Zemach. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In the publisher's dustjacket illustrated by Zemach. 80. A very nice copy, clean and fresh, the dustjacket is slightly faded at the spine and turnovers and and has a closed tear at the head of the dustjacket upper hinge. A STORY OF ENCHANTMENT AND MAGIC FOR CHILDREN. Singer's story is sure to captivate young reader's with its spiritual tests and mysterious characters and adventures. "Long ago, in the days of the saintly Bal Shem, lives a boy Joseph of Singer's magical tale. Orphaned and alone, Joseph finds his life transformed when an angel he meets in the wild forest gives him an amulet that will bring him whatever he desires: a prayer book, bountiful meals, even an eagle which carries him to the kingdom of Good King Maltuch. Before he can win the hand of the Princess Chassidah, Joseph comes face to face with good and evil, in this world and in the world to come."-Publisher.…