Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. The Noonday Press, New York, 1957.

Price: US$56.09 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. 205 pp. Published in the same year as the hardcover. The author's first short story collection. Cover shows age-darkening.

Seller: Summerhill Books, Toronto, ON, Canada

Isaac Bashevis Singer .. Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories.. Noonday Press, New York, NY, 1957.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition Thus [1957], First Printing indicated by the fact that no reference is made any subsequent printings. Very Good+ in Good DJ: Book shows indications of very careful use; just a touch of wear to the extremities; the slightest spine lean; faint darkening to the fore-edge and bottom edge; a small, very faint smudge at the fore-edge; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. The DJ shows heavy wear to the extremities, with considerable loss to chipping; moderate rubbing and soiling to the panels; the price has not been clipped; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy and quite presentable in a well-worn, soiled, but intact DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.75 x .85 inches). 205 pages. Translated by Saul Bellow, Isaac Rosenfeld, Norbert Guterman, Elaine Gottleib and others. Weight: 12.3 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Isaac Bashevis Singer's first collection of stories, Gimpel the Fool, is a landmark work that has attracted international acclaim since it was first published in 1957. In Saul Bellow's masterly translation, the title story follows the exploits of Gimpel, an ingenuous baker who is universally deceived but who declines to retaliate against his tormentors. Gimpel and the protagonists of the other stories in this volume all inhabit the distinctive pre–World War II ghettos of Poland and, beyond that, the larger world created by Singer's unforgettable prose. First Edition Thus [1957], First Printing indicated by the fact that no reference is made any subsequent printings.

Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.