River Breaks by Singer (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The River Breaks Up - I.J. SingerPutnam & Co. First edition 1938. pp 369.Very shabby dust jacket with major tears and scuffs all round. Not price clipped.The dust jacket is glued to the inside of the front board.Library stamp through first two leaves.Good maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Knocks to top and bottom of spine. Light foxing to the end papers and page edges. Light tanning inside.The world of Polish Jewry in transition and disruption.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Glue residue on DJ edges and endpapers. DJ browned and brittle ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Cloth covers have prominent foxing at gutters, and are moderately foxed at edges. Spine ends have some curling, and corners have a slight bow inward. Foxing and discoloration at endpapers and pastedown endpapers. Front endpaper has inscription from previous owner in pencil: "Darling - When I get well, if I ever complain about being bored, or tired of routine , remind me of our conversation at the Stanford Hospital, [???] at tStanford Hospital, Oct 16 '38." Small stains at bottom edges and upper corners of text pages 24-58, but do not affect readability. Otherwise the book is in good condition for its age. With exception of the minor staining, the text pages are sharp, bright, and crisp. Binding is tight and pliable. Hinges are intact and smooth. Dustjacket is in fair condition and is encased in protective mylar. Has large panhandle-shaped chip at top of the spine, with the pan measuring 0.5", and another chip at bottom-third of spine measuring about 0.25". Upper corners have wear. Top edge of back cover has folded tear measuring 1" across and 0.25" down. Overall the book is in solid shape.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, original pale blue cloth over boards, stamped in red and black, stained top edge, color illustrated dust jacket. Collection of short stories, translated from the Yiddish by Maurice Samuel. Near Fine, light shelf wear, in Very Good dust jacket, a few small edge chips, a couple small closed tears, darkening to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The red boards have fading on the spine tips & light wear on the cover corners. The gilt letters on the spine are bright. There is a light red stain on the bottom inside corners of the endpapers, There is a very small tear on the top of the front endpaper. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. States: "First published September, 1938". The dust jacket has small chips off the spine tips, wear on the corners, small closed tares & wear along the edges. There is a red stain on the bottom of the back cover near the spine. It is not price clipped but the price is partially covered by an old sticker.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dustcover. Grey hardcover boards still very flat, minor edge wear, corners softened and bowed inwards. Spine has softened at the edges and has small tears and decay, also some sun fading. Title is barely faded on spine or front. Top to bottom split after front end page, but hinges still very well attached to the binding. Pages, other than a small pencil note on front end page, and some small spots at leading edge for a few initial pages, are slightly yellowed, but unmarked or folded.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Translated from the Yiddish by Maurice Samuel. Stated first edition. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner in 1942. In addition, handwritten letter SIGNED by the author folded and affixed to the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket. ; 368 pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First English-Language Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50), grey topstain; [8],367pp. Jacket extremities rather chipped and toned, spine panel significantly darkened and brittle with one-inch loss at spine foot and closed tear mid-panel, small white soil spot to topstain, later ownership signature to front free endpaper (toned), else a Very Good copy in Good or better jacket. Collection of short stories by the Polish-born Jewish author published two years after his 1936 masterpiece "The Brothers Ashkenazi.".

First Edition. THE RIVER BREAKS UP, Knopf, 1938, first American edition, near fine in vg dust-wrapper with light chipping and tears to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. A most uncommon book.