Commentary on the American Scene: Portraits of Jewish Life in America
by Cohen, Elliot E., Ed
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fair
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fair. (1st) Introduction by David Riesman. Sturdy book, quality blue cloth, gilt lettering near-bright on front right, bright silver and gilt lettering on spine, 337 pages. DJ price-clipped, glossy with green and black bar-design and some half circles on front and spine, white back uniformly lightly browned, a list of contents and authors including Shlomo Katz, Grace Gulden, Harry Gersh, Isa Kapp, Irving Howe and others. DJ is worn with tiny tears to most edges. Fair DJ/Fine book.
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- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46413
- Title
- Commentary on the American Scene: Portraits of Jewish Life in America
- Author
- Cohen, Elliot E., Ed
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Judaism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Fair
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- 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...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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