Inside Kasrilevke
by Aleichem, Sholom
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Schocken Books, 1965. Book. Illus. by Ben Shahn. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover Reprint. Large Octavo. 222 (2) pp, illus. Reprinted,1965. Original @1948, Inked inscription corner front paste down. Price clipped. Very light external wear, No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Yellowish cloth with brown lettering to front board and spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "Kasrilevka or Kasrilevke is a fictional shtetl introduced by a Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem. Located "exactly in the middle of that blessed Pale", it is an idealized town of "little Jews" (die kleine mentsheleh), who met their misfortunes with humor and the ultimate belief in justice. It has become an archetype shtetl.".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7519
- Title
- Inside Kasrilevke
- Author
- Aleichem, Sholom
- Illustrator
- Ben Shahn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Hardcover Reprint
- Publisher
- Schocken Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- LITERATURE YIDDISH STORIES OF LIFE IN A SHTETL FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Large Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.