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Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New
by Biro, A
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- AS NEW/AS NEW
- ISBN 10
- 0226052168
- ISBN 13
- 9780226052168
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: University of Chicago Press.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-read. AS NEW* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks, no visible faults. AS NEW* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 128 pp. text, No Index at rear.* Product Description:- Two Jews were on a train: "All Eastern European Jewish jokes start this way, or almost," says Adam Biro, who has assembled this rich volume of such stories, tales in which, thanks to a masterful translation by Catherine Tihanyi, we can hear the voices of generations using humour to teach about the delicacy, anguish, and unpredictability of life itself.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st/2nd in un-read condition.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4573
- Title
- Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New
- Author
- Biro, A
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 2nd.Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0226052168
- ISBN 13
- 9780226052168
- Publisher
- Chicago University Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago & London. 144
- This edition first published
- September 1, 2002
- Size
- 21.4 x 14.1 x 1.1 cm
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