Penguin group 1996 (74 Ergebnisse)

Paper Back. Zustand: Used.

Paper Back. Zustand: Used.

Paper Back. Zustand: Used.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Ink to end paper. Wear to cover. Creases to spine.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Sticker scrape on back cover.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Condition: 'NF. Remainder mark' Notes: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Condition: 'VG+. Spine creased' Notes: Young woman wishes to escape the strict control of her Orthodox Jewish community.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Condition: 'NF' Notes: Young woman wishes to escape the strict control of her Orthodox Jewish community.

Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: 272pp., [ij], appendices, index. Very fine copy.

Zustand: fine. Zustandsangabe altersgemäß. Sofortversand aus Deutschland. Buch wiegt maximal 500g. 58 Seiten. In englischer Sprache. Einband mit Gebrauchsspuren. Kleineres Format.

Original publisher's black cloth spine, paper-covered boards, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, thick large 8vo: [xj], 372pp., richly illustrated, chapternotes & references, credits, index. Fine copy.

Octavo, hardcover in dustwrapper, 216 pages, a near fine copy. First edition.

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