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Syrian Yankee [SIGNED BY AUTHOR SALOM RIZK AND HELEN SALOM RIZK]
by Rizk, Salom
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g to vg
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Inscribed and signed to 'Augusta' by Salom Rizk on front endpaper and "From the "sweety" Helen Salom Rizk" on front endpaper. Octavo. 317pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over beige cloth with black lettering on spine. With facsimile signature opposite to short bio in front. Autobiography of the Syrian born author who grew up in poverty and became one of the most sought after speakers on the American lecture circuit. He was sponsored by Reader's Digest. Laid in an original 6 page Reader's Digest advertisement from September 1940 featuring a condensed text by Salom Rizk, 'The Americanization of an American,' with two quotes from Rizk's audience; "He makes one feel that we should go home, gather our families about us, and offer a prayer of thanksgiving for the blessings we have." DJ with wear along edges, some closed tears and some moderate chipping at top and bottom of back and spine. Binding lightly rubbed. Book block slightly age toned. Dj in overall good-, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37445
- Title
- Syrian Yankee [SIGNED BY AUTHOR SALOM RIZK AND HELEN SALOM RIZK]
- Author
- Rizk, Salom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- social agenda, Syrian writer, American writer, lecturer, poverty,
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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.
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Good+
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- G
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Facsimile
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