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The Haj
by Leon Uris
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1984 Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY. 1984. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight bumping to head and tail; light crease in spine from opening; light shelfwear. DJ: edge bumping to head and tail; light wear to front tips; small closed tear at head. Black paper over boards with black grained overlay on the spine with black lettering in a gilt shadowbox. Maps as endpapers. 566 pp 8vo. This is a story of Palestinian–Jewish relations before and after Israel's independence that opens windows to the world of Islam and the Arabs, the British, the Israelis, and all who contend for the Middle East. The novel revolves around The Haj- Hag Ibrahim, his son Ishmael, his daughter Nada, and Gideon Asch, a friend, a Jew, and the enemy, as they fight and evolve against Jewish immigration, occupation, and disenfranchisement of the once Palestinian majority. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010981
- Title
- The Haj
- Author
- Leon Uris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Palestine, The Haj, Islam, Jews, Israel, Israel statehood, Jewish occupation of Palestine, property rights, Jericho, terrorism, British governance of Palestine,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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