Modern Literature (Jewish Authors) from Quercus Rare Books

New York: Astra House, 2021. Short stories by a young Israeli author. First published in 2017; this is a Fine copy of the First American edition [stated, with full number line). Turquoise paper-covered boards with titling in silver on the spine. Clean text; 290 pages. The dustjacket is Fine, unclipped. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition [stated "First Printing 1972"]. Green cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 280 pages. Tiniest bit of darkening on the top of the front board. The dusjacket is Very Good. Unclipped, with slight fading to the spine and a… Read more about this item

New York: Criterion Books, 1955. Albert Memmi (1920-2022) was a Tunisian Jew who was interned in, and escaped from, a Nazi forced labor camp. This is his first and most famed novel. Originally published in France as "La Statue del Sel, where it won the Prix Feneon. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition [translation by… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1898. The British writer Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) wrote plays and novels [including what might be the first "locked room" mysteries) and was one of the most prominent cultural Zionists of the day. Here is a volume of essays considering famed Jewish intellectuals as Spinoza and Heine. This is a Very Good (Plus)… Read more about this item

New York: Criterion Books, 1955. An acknowledged master of Twentieth Century Russian lterature, Isaac Babel (1894-1940) was a protoge of Gorky, who published his first stories. Here is a selection of Babel's "Odessa Stories" and his "Red Cavalry" stories - based upon his service during the 1920 war with Poland, in the unusual situation of a Jew in a Cossack… Read more about this item

Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. The last published novel by the award-winning Israeli author (1936-20220. This is a Fine copy of the First US Edition [stated]. Light gray paper-covered binding, with a darker gray spine titled in silver. Clean text; 324 pages. Translation from the original Hebrew by Stuart Schoffman. The dustjacket is Fine, unclipped. In an archival plastic… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Israel Joshua (1893-1944) was the brother of the more famous Isaac Beshevis Singer, I.J. is considered by many to be his equal as a writer. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition [Stated "First Edition'].. Initially written in Yiddish in 1937, the translation is by Maurice Samuel. Maroon cloth binding titled in… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Inc., 1995. Roth's comic novel won the National Book Award. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Canadian Edition. Not common. Dark gray paper-covered boards; black cloth spine with titling in silver. Clean text; 451 pages. Lavender endpapers! Faint yellow remainder mark on the bottom edge; else, a Fine copy. The dustjacket is… Read more about this item

New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Scribner, 2014. Originally published in Israel in 2013. This is a Fine copy of the First American Edition [stated "First Scribner hardcover edition October 2014"]. Tan paper-covered boards with a light green cloth spine; titling in gilt. Clean text; 448 pages. Translation from the hebrew by Steven Cohen. The dustjacket is Fine, unclipped.… Read more about this item

New York: A.S. Barnes & Compnay, 1905. Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) was a founder (1897) and long-time Editor of the Jewish Forward. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel, "The Rise of David Levinsky" (1917), which is one of the best works highlighting the Jewish immigrant experience. This is a Near Fine copy of an earlier effort, based upon the… Read more about this item

[New York]: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. The German-Jewish writer Jacob (Jakob) Wasserman (1873-1934) was friend to Rilke and Mann; his works were banned by the Nazis in 1933. He resigned from the Prussian Academy just prior to his expulsion. This tale of sinister influence was first published by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1924. This is a Fine copy of… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). White (what were they thinking?) paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine; ltitling in white on the spine. Clean text; 430 pages. This copy is unusual, in that it appears to be one of the few copies offered that has NOT been signed by the… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Born in Poland, Anzia Yezierska (1880-1970) chronicled the Jewish immigrant life on the Lower East Side of New York. After a plunge into obscurity, she has been re-discovered and considered an important feminist voice. This is her most famous work, a Very Good copy of a Later Printing (Quercus presumes the Second). Dark… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. This is a Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Light gray paper-covered boards with a white cloth spine; titling in blue on the spine. Clean text; 203 pages. The dustjacket is Fine, unclipped; in an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1917. One of the greatest novels of the Jewish immigrant experience. This is a poor copy of the First Edition. Red cloth binding with gilt titling on the front cover. Clean text; 529 pages, with two pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. While both covers are present, the front is unattached… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Printing (stated) of the First Edition. Light green paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine; gilt titling on both. Clean text; x, 307 pages. Touch of fade to spine ends and the topstain faded; else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is complete, unclipped. Some… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg, 1967. This is a Near Fine copy of the First English Edition. Black paper-covered boards with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; x, 307 pages. Book is solid, clean, and square; the only noted defect is a previous-owner signature on the front paste-down. The dustwrapper is unclipped but it shows some edgewear with some chips… Read more about this item

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1947. Saul Bellow (1915-2005) won the NBA, the Pulitzer, and the Nobel Prize. This is a Very Good (plus) copy of the First Edition of his second published novel, a Burgess 99 title. Black cloth binding with green titling on the spine. Clean text; 294 pages.Gray topstain; foreedge uncut. Text is vVery fresh. Hints… Read more about this item

New York: Schocken Books, 1949. When Kafka died in 1924, most of his work had not yet been published; that it eventually appeared to aclaim was the work of Max Brod, here the editor of his personal diaries. First published in April 1948, this is a Near Fine copy of the Second Printing, from June 1949 (so stated). Green cloth… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar. Straus. Giroux, 1983. Written in Yiddish; first serialized in the "Jewish Daily Forward," then published in Israel. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition (stated "First Printing, 1983"). Ochre paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine with gilt titling. Clean text; 170 pages. Two tiny bumps to the bottoms of the covers, else… Read more about this item