The Book of Questions: Yael, Elya, Aely [IV, V, VI]

Bookseller

Better Read Than Dead (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

691

Title

The Book of Questions: Yael, Elya, Aely [IV, V, VI]

Author

Edmond Jabes

Illustrator

Jacket Design by Joyce Kachergis Book Design & Production.

Format/Binding

Hardcover octavo, green cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine, 337 pp. Publisher's promotional material laid in

Book Condition

Used - Near Fine, tight square binding, sharp corners, light soiling to top of text block, small stain to rear free endpaper, else fine

Jacket Condition

Fine unclipped jacket, trace edgewear.

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First Edition

Binding

Hardcover

ISBN 10

0819550868

ISBN 13

9780819550866

Publisher

Wesleyan University Press

Place of Publication

Middletown, CT

Date Published

1983

Keywords

Judaism, Jewish, Holocaust

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