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Old Love
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1979. SIGNED. VG/VG. First Edition. Stated First printing. Signed "Greetings I B Singer" on front endpaper. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and green cloth boards. Spine head pushed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($10.95) with a tiny chip to the spine tail edge. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 273 pages. 5½ x 8½"
"The brain wouldn't accept old age. It teemed with the same passions it had in his youth." This classic collection explores the varieties of wisdom gained with age, especially those that teach us how to love.
As in Singer's other short story collections, Old Love is thematically diverse but largely confined to the experiences of the Jewish Diaspora, being set either in pre-war Poland or the United States. The most common character is someone similar to Singer: an aging scholar or writer who emigrated to the United States and enjoys rising fame.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4578
- Title
- Old Love
- Author
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 273
- Size
- 5.5 x 8.5
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- love, short stories, poland, jewish
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
Armadillo Alley Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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- VG/VG
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- New
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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