Threshold by Karin Wahl (4 results)
- Hardcover
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.Library House Internet Sales
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this list…ing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.
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Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 26.78
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Novel of refugees waiting at Ellis Island, many fleeing the devastation of World War Two, hoping for entry into the United States; "the story of many lives suspended in time and place between their tragic pasts and their tenacious hopes for the future.…" The author was herself a Latvian who travelled & studied extensively in Europe, coming to America in 1946, barely escaping the complete closure of the Iron Curtain. First edition (first printing) with date on title page. Hardcover, full pale green cloth, blue titling. Light wear to book, name/address label inside front cover; jacket (art by Lynd Ward) shows some chipping & short tears. Size: Octavo. Lynd Ward (illustrator).
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 26.78
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good dj. First Edition. [generally tight and clean, but a bit of damage (fraying) to top rear corner; jacket well-worn at edges/corners, paper loss at top of spine, several tears at top of front panel with a 1/4" x 1" chunk just barely hanging on]. Novel about a diverse group of immigrants passin…g through Ellis Island, by an author who had been born in Latvia and had traveled extensively before coming to the U.S. in 1946 -- as the jacket blurb puts it, "a story of suspended lives by one who has known the tension of waiting on the threshold." Striking jacket illustration by Lynd Ward, of the Statue of Liberty seen through a barred window. Illustrated by (dj) Lynd Ward (illustrator).
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass., 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Olmstead Books, Port Dover, ON, CanadaOlmstead Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good DJ. 1st Edition. 8vo, Grey boards with blue letters and graphics. The top half inch of the DJ was trimmed and the DJ is price clipped. There is a half inch chip at base of spine and four tears to three quarters of an inch and edgewear. 245 pages.
