Book #14574

The Fifth Son - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Elie Wiesel
Book #14574 The Fifth Son - 1st US Edition/1st Printing. Elie Wiesel.
The Fifth Son - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Full-Leather
Book Condition: Fine+
Edition: 1st US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1985.

A special Limited edition and first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition, SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel. This book has never been read and is in Very Fine condition.

Elie Wiesel's story of Rueven Tamiroff, a Jewish librarian in New York, Holocaust survivor and a father who struggles to communicate with his son, desperately searching for the keys to his father's behavior. Obsessed with discovering the truth, the son's travels take him back to Germany and into the horrors of history.

This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xviii], 210, [6] pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $120.00

Author Bio

Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel, born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928 in Romania, Jewish writer, professor, political activist and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of over 40 books, the best known of which is Night, a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps. First written in Yiddish as the 900-page Un di velt hot geshvign (And the World Remained Silent), published in Buenos Aires. Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

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