The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.
by Werfel, Franz
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
NY, Viking, 1934, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. One of 750 advance copies privately distributed and not for sale, this novel tells the story of a group of Armenians who resisted their slaughter by the Turks on a mountain called Musa Dagh, Moses's Mountain, this systematic slaughter, the first holocaust of the 20th Century, was perpetrated by the Turkish government which ordered the killings and mass, forced deportations, 1.5 million of the 3 million Armenians living in Turkey were killed on these orders of the Turkish government in 1915, includes two inserts to be inserted in the "regular" edition that were received too late for inclusion in this special edition, one is nearly exactly what was used on the front flap of the dust jacket about Franz Werfel, the other is a list of characters as well as a glossary of Armenian and Turkish terms which is found in the rear of the trade edition. Scattered foxing to cloth, especially along the spine and the front and rear pastedowns, includes its original (and scarce) clear plastic jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M. Dourgarian, Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JD33875
- Title
- The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.
- Author
- Werfel, Franz
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY, Viking, 1934, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.
Terms of Sale
James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
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About the Seller
James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
Biblio member since 2006
Concord, California
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