The Gates of the Forest [SIGNED]
by Wiesel, Elie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/About Fine
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Item Price
NZ$198.49NZ$158.80
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated, First Printing of First American Edition, translated from the French by Frances Frenaye. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall in gray marbled boards w/black spine and gold/black titles. Near Fine book in About Fine unclipped DJ w/sticker of B'nai Brith Jewish Heritage Award 1966 on front panel, light soil rear panel, now in clear protective cover. 1/4" smudge front board, top front corner curled, else book Fine; square w/firm binding, interior clean and unmarked. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on 1/2 title page. 226pp. LAID-IN ticket/promo card to Author's 1985 speaking engagement in Denver ["A Jew Today: The Jewish and Human Conditions"]. Very nice item.
Synopsis
Elie Wiesel is the author of more than thirty internationally acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction. He is the Andrew Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University. in 1986, he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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- Bookseller
- Basement Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028870
- Title
- The Gates of the Forest [SIGNED]
- Author
- Wiesel, Elie
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- About Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION JEWS JEWRY JEWISH HERITAGE 20TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Signed Books;
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About the Seller
Basement Books
Biblio member since 2003
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Basement Books
BASEMENT BOOKS, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in hard-to-find non-fiction, Western Americana, History, and First Edition mysteries and literature.
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