The Death of Methuselah - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Isaac Bashevis Singer

A special Limited Edition and true First US Edition/First Printing preceding the trade edition in unread Fine condition, SIGNED by author and Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer;

This is Nobel Prize-winner Isaac Singer's 10th collection of short stories. The twenty stories are variously set in the present, in pre-World War II Poland, in the netherworld and even at the time of the biblical flood. They are seemingly autobiographical and often allude to the Holocaust and the painful rootlessness of exile.

This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded, sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best.

Book #18828

Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author
Size: 8vo; [x], 243, [3] pages
Publisher: Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1988.

Price: $90.00

Author Bio

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer (born November 21, 1902 in Leoncin, Congress Poland) was a Jewish author noted for his short stories. He is known as one of the leading figures of the Yiddish literary movement. Some of his works include Gimpel the Fool, Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, and The Golem . Singer received the Nobel Prize in 1978 for his “impassioned narrative art”. He died on July 24, 1991 in Surfside, Florida.

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