Abraham Mapu, The Shepherd Prince 1937, Art Deco ill.
"The Shepherd Prince: A Historical Romance of the Days of Isaiah", by Abraham Mapu, Translated from the Hebrew by Benjamin A.M. Schapiro, with an introduction by Robert Dick Wilson, Ph. D., D.D., LL. D.; illustrated by Herbert Deland Williams. New and Revised Edition, Third Printing, published by Brookside Publishing Company, New York, Copyright 1922, 1937 by Benjamin A.M. Schapiro.
"Exquisite narrative of the life, civic and pastoral, which his nation lived in the golden era of King Hezekiah, when Isaiah was prophet"
"Amid the welter of ephemeral fiction, it is refreshing to find a masterpiece. "The Shepherd Prince," by Abraham Mapu, is one of those spacious stories which have been written for all time. Mapu has been called the father of the Jewish novel."
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) --------- $8.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) - $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) --- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original publisher cloth, silver stamped spine and front board [ [a little shelf wear]; 5.3/4" x 9"; slightly damaged front endpaper: pin holes at the upper corner that also affect title page [see photo]; 380 pages, Art Deco decorations, very good condition.
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"The Shepherd Prince: A Historical Romance of the Days of Isaiah", by Abraham Mapu, Translated from the Hebrew by Benjamin A.M. Schapiro, with an introduction by Robert Dick Wilson, Ph. D., D.D., LL. D.; illustrated by Herbert Deland Williams. New and Revised Edition, Third Printing, published by Brookside Publishing Company, New York, Copyright 1922, 1937 by Benjamin A.M. Schapiro.
"Exquisite narrative of the life, civic and pastoral, which his nation lived in the golden era of King Hezekiah, when Isaiah was prophet"
"Amid the welter of ephemeral fiction, it is refreshing to find a masterpiece. "The Shepherd Prince," by Abraham Mapu, is one of those spacious stories which have been written for all time. Mapu has been called the father of the Jewish novel."
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) --------- $8.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) - $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) --- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original publisher cloth, silver stamped spine and front board [ [a little shelf wear]; 5.3/4" x 9"; slightly damaged front endpaper: pin holes at the upper corner that also affect title page [see photo]; 380 pages, Art Deco decorations, very good condition.
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