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Zydzi Lwowscy na Przelomie XVI i XVII Wieku (The Jews of Lwow at the Turn of the 16th and 17th Century)
by Balaban, Majer
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- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
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About This Item
Lwow: Nakladem Funduszu Konkursowego imiena. Hip. Wawelberga, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Large octavo. (xxiii) 577pp. + 188pp (documents, tables and Index). Rebound in red cloth boards, with black lettering on a white label on the spine. The original wrappers bound in, and reinforced with japan tissue. The author helped found the study of Polish Jewish History in the early 20th century. Despite being home to the world's largest Jewish population, this field had largely been ignored by earlier German Jewish historians such as Heinrich Graetz. This work is a history of the Jewish community of Lwow in the early modern period. Illustrated throughout with 77 figures, including illustrations and b/w photographic reproductions. Includes a 188 page section at the end of scholarly reference documents, tables and indices. This work is the third part of the series: Monografie z Historii Zydów w Polsce (Monographs on the History of the Jews in Poland). Text in Polish.
Binding with light rubbing and/or bumping to extremities. Label on the spine staring to peel off. Edges of the book block foxed. Interior with original title page and two other roman numeral pages rebound out of order following the original wrappers. Some pages throughout with sporadic light water stains. Signature of the previous owner in pen on the original wrappers and the title page. Binding in very good-, interior in good+ condition overall. Scarce.
Binding with light rubbing and/or bumping to extremities. Label on the spine staring to peel off. Edges of the book block foxed. Interior with original title page and two other roman numeral pages rebound out of order following the original wrappers. Some pages throughout with sporadic light water stains. Signature of the previous owner in pen on the original wrappers and the title page. Binding in very good-, interior in good+ condition overall. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34435
- Title
- Zydzi Lwowscy na Przelomie XVI i XVII Wieku (The Jews of Lwow at the Turn of the 16th and 17th Century)
- Author
- Balaban, Majer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Nakladem Funduszu Konkursowego imiena. Hip. Wawelberga
- Place of Publication
- Lwow
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Jews in Poland, Ukraine, Lvov, Lemberg, Lviv, Cossack Uprising 1648, Polish-Jewish History, 17th century Jewish history, Ashkenazi Jewish History, 17th century Jewish history, European Jewish History,
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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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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