A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years Of Letters From The Lower East Side To The Jewish Daily Forward.
by Isaac Metzker (Ed.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Doubleday & Company Inc., 1971. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1971. No Edition Remarks. 214 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm.Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.
Synopsis
Isaac Metzker was a longtime editor of and contributor to the Jewish Daily Forward , the author of five novels in Yiddish, and the editor of a second volume of A Bintel Brief . Harry Golden is the author of Only in America, For 2cents Plain , and The Right Time among many other books.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1712919173MEP
- Title
- A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years Of Letters From The Lower East Side To The Jewish Daily Forward.
- Author
- Isaac Metzker (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company Inc.
- Date Published
- 1971
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.