Jewish Folklore - Folklor Zydowski
by Cahan, J. L. (ed.)
- Used
- poor
- Paperback
- Condition
- poor
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Wilno (Vilna): NP, 1938. Softcover. poor. [14],357,[1]pp. Original wraps with cover plate. Yiddish title-page, English & Polish title-pages at rear. Jewish fairy tales, songs and legends collected and compiled by J.L. Cahan (1881-1961), who was one of the most prominent Jewish folklorists. Frontisportrait of Cahan. "Publications of the Yiddish Scientific Institute, Volume IX, Philological Series, Vol. V. Yiddish Scientific Institute, Department of Philology, Folklore Committee. " Small stamp "Printed in Poland' on English/Polish title-page. Heavy waterstaining and age wear on wraps. Chipping on head and tail of spine, tearing along joints on front and back wrapper. Pulling on edges of wraps. Waterstaining to lower edges and corners of first and last third of pages, not affecting text. Rippling to pages. Bottom edges bumped throughout first half of book. First 16 pages detached from book block. Table of contents and notes in English & Polish. Main text of work in Yiddish. Wraps in poor, interior in fair to good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22950
- Title
- Jewish Folklore - Folklor Zydowski
- Author
- Cahan, J. L. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- NP
- Place of Publication
- Wilno (Vilna)
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Yiddish songs, jewish songs, yiddish folktales, jewish folktales, yiddish literature, jewish literature, purim plays, yiddish jokes
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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