Korn bertram wallace editor (3 risultati)
Editore: KTAV, NY, 1976
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Da: Schoen Books, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.Schoen Books
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Condizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 8,81
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Aggiungi al carrellocloth. Condizione: Very Good. 634 pp. thirty three essays Includes Michael Meyer's article on the Refugee Scholars Project at HUC to rescue scholars from Nazi persecution.
Editore: CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN, 1965
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Da: Amazing Books Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.Amazing Books Pittsburgh
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EUR 15,87
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Good. Clean sturdy copy with dust jacket; some highlighting on 2 pages EH.
Altre immaginiIncidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West, with Fremont s Last Expedition, by Solomon Nunes Carvalho 1954 Reprint Issued by the Jewish Publication Society, Edited by Bertram Wallace Korn. Utah and the Mormons, Southwest Desert, Harsh Mountain Winters, Indian Predations, Starvation, and much more. One of the great, historic American adventures.
Solomon Nunes Carvalho (1815 - 1897) / Bertram Wallace Korn (1918 1979) [EDITOR]
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1954
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Da: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.Brothertown Books
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EUR 37,02
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Solomon Nunes Carvalho originally published his account of the perilous hardships he endured when he accompanied Colonel Fremont's fifth (and last) expedition across the mostly uncharted wilds of the far west, undertaken in 1853. Carvalho's book was published in 1857, in New York, by…Derby and Jackson (the picture of the title page spread which we present with this listing shows the original title page, along with the 1954 title page). The full title as given on the original 1857 book is "Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West; with col. Fremont's Last Expedition Across the Rocky Mountains: Including Three Months' Residence in Utah, and a Perilous trip Across the Great American Desert to the Pacific." This reprint, which is the Centenary Edition of 1953 - 1954 was published in Philadelphia by the Jewish Publication Society of America in "The Joseph R. Schiff Library of Jewish Contributions to American Democracy" series. The book was edited by Bertram Wallace Korn, who also wrote the Introduction. The book includes a brief biography of Solomon Nunes Carvalho (who lived a long and eventful life); there is also a collection of portraits and painting done by Carvalho, with discussions of the origins of the individual works. The book was previously owned, and has their inked signature on the front paste-down. SERIES : The Joseph R. Schiff Library of Jewish Contributions to American Democracy TITLE : Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West [Original 1857 title was : "Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West; with col. Fremont's Last Expedition Across the Rocky Mountains: Including Three Months' Residence in Utah, and a Perilous trip Across the Great American Desert to the Pacific"] AUTHOR : Solomon Nunes Carvalho (1815 - 1897) EDITOR : Bertram Wallace Korn (1918 - 1979) was an American historian and rabbi, who served in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps during World War II. Serving with the US Naval Reserve after the war, in 1975, he was promoted to Rear Admiral in the Chaplain Corps, the first Jewish chaplain to receive flag rank in any of the United States armed forces. [ Thanks to Wikipedia for the information on Rabbi Korn] INTRODUCTION : Bertram Wallace Korn IMPRINT : Jewish Publication Society of America PLACE ; Philadelphia DATE : 1954 EDITION : Reprint [ First Printing Thus ] STATUS Hardcover Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Trade hardcover with numerous illustrations , some of which are printed on calendered paper (heavily pressed, almost shiny paper), while the remainder are line reproductions printed through the text; (including the frontispiece which presents a facsimile of the original 1857 title page); end-paper map (rear end-papers replicate the map); 328 pages; quarter-bound heavily pressed and textured cloth binding, with deep reddish-brown spine and beige boards - the whole given a faux-leather appearance. Gilt lettering on spine. Endpapers , front and back, have a map of the Far West , printed red on beige. CONDITION … This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted :: (Signed by the original owner) EXTERIOR : The spine extremities are compressed and exhibit moderate abrasion (surface loss), else the spine surface is bright, with bright gilt lettering; the front joint displays abrasion near the top of its length (see picture provided) ; the board surfaces are clean and bright, with negligible rub; bottom edges of boards are only lightly rubbed; text-block edges are a bit toned, and show the fact of the book having been read, else clean. BINDING : Solid. INTERIOR : There is a dated signature in red ink on the upper fore-edge corner of the front free end-paper ; else the interior is clean and attractive.
