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Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition thus. Hardcover. 163 pages. Number 203 from an edition of 475 copies, this being one of the copies bound in half Chieftan morocco and Dutch cloth with gold tooling.Features a new introductory essay: "The Making of a First Book." Also includes etchings and drawings by Ira Moskowitz. Signed by Singer and Moskowitz on the colophon page and Moskowitz has additionally pencil signed each etching. A fine copy in a close to near fine slipcase with some slight sunning to the aperture and a small and faint stain to the bottom edge. No dust jacket as issued. A very attractive production of this new version of the first published novel from the winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Isaac Bashevis Singer. Satan In Goray. Sweetwater Editions, New York, 1981.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: New York: Sweetwater Editions, 1981, Limited Edition #213 of 475 copies, 163pp. Illustrated with 10 etchings all pencil signed by the artist. With original prospectus. Slipcased. "Mr. Singer looks back at his first novel and on the influences of Jewish mysticism. His insights and lucid explanations make the reading od Satan in Goray that much more meaningful the 2nd and 3rd time". Bound in 1/4 Chieftain morocco and Dutch linen, gilt spine title and gilt cover decorations, Slipcased. A Very Good++ copy with light wear. In a slipcase with some light wear and sunning to edges.
Seller: John Liberati Books, Barkhamsted, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Book condition is Very Good; housed in a Very Good slipcase. Some toning, rubbing and edge wear to slipcase. Interior is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout. 4to. 12"h x 9 1/4"w. Signature and inscription by the author on first title page. Signature with inscription and drawing by the artist on dedication page. This edition is limited to 475 copies, in this edition the artist has pencil signed all of the etching. The signature of both the author and artist also appear on the edition page. This is 155 out of 475.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. This is a beautiful fine press edition of Satan in Goray, which was Isaac Bashevis Singer's first published novel. It also includes a new introductory essay by Singer titled "The Making of the First Book." Noted artist Ira Moskowitz created ten original copperplate etchings and forty drawings for the text. There were 475 copies for sale of this compelling production, all signed by the author and artist and for which the artist pencil signed the ten etchings. This is number 58 of 75 copies specially bound in half Chieftain morocco and burgundy Dutch cloth with gold tooling. It is accompanied by an extra suite of the ten etchings signed by the artist and labeled as artist's proofs. This copy is also inscribed by Ira Moskowitz "To Edith and Ernest with Best Wishes." Ernest was Baltimore art dealer Ernest Lowenstein. The suite of ten etchings is housed in a clamshell box. Both the clamshell box and the book are held in a burgundy cloth slipcase. In fine condition. Book measures 9 x 12 inches. 163 pages. PRI/071922.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
SINGER, Isaac B.. Satan in Goray. Sweetwater, New York, 1981.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 10 signed etchings by Ira Moskowitz. 4to, 1/2 dark red morocco; cloth slipcase. N.Y., (1981). Limited Edition. Of an edition of 475 copies, this is one of only 75 bound thus. Accompanied by an additional suite of the 10 etchings, each signed. The book is autographed by the author and the illustrator.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarto, 163pp., illustrated. A fine copy in the publisher's full chieftain deep red morocco with gilt detail. In the publisher's slipcase, also fine. Of a total limitation of 475 copies SIGNED by Singer and Moskowitz, this is the best edition, being number 18 of just 50 copies in the full morocco binding, accompanied by a suite of ten signed etchings, and also an original ink drawing by Moskowitz. These artworks are housed in a slim clamshell box, itself housed in the slipcase. Rare, and with no other copies of this most prized limitation in commerce as of this listing. An elegant production; and a high spot in any collection of Judaica or illustrated fine press books.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.