Faust, Irvin

A Star in the Family (Uncorrected Proof)

Garden City / New York, Doubleday & Company, 1975. Uncorrected proof; 11 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. [376], text to recto only; textured, plain, light-blue wraps; title and publication in manuscript, in red ink to front wrap and a name to back wrap; working title - "the Great Goldwine" - corrected in manuscript; a bit of fading to margins and slight dust-dulling to spine cover; minor creasing to fore-edge; in very good condition. Irvin Faust (1924 - 2012) was a Jewish-American novelist, short story writer, and educator, his current book being one of his later works. "A Star in the Family" chronicled the rise and fall of comedian Bart Goldwine, who was the subject of a biography-in-progress. Very good .

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Book number: 002977

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction, Jews

Goldie, V.

The Declension of Henry D'Albiac

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1913. First American edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. [7], 2-312, [2]; embossed, textured red cloth over boards; title in gilt; minor rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; mild foxing, mostly to fore-edge; in very good condition. Not much is known about Valentine Francis Taubman Goldie (1875 - ?), but for the fact that he was the son of Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (1846 - 1925) - a Manx administrator, who was credited with co-founding Algeria. Valentine published two poetry collections and nine novels (dubbed "syrupy" by some). His current work told the story of a rich and idle young man, engaged to an equally idle and wealthy lady, who fell under the spell of an older, eccentric, vegetarian, suffragist widow. Very good .

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Book number: 002813

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction, England

Tys, Iurii

Zhyttia Inshoi Liudyny (Life of the People)

Miunkhen, Ukrainske Vydavnytstvo, 1958. First Edition. First edition; 7 x 5; pp. [4], 7-187, [3]; pictorial wraps in green, white, and black by Boris Kriukov; a few minor rubbed spots to edgs and corners; in very good or better condition. Iuryi Tys, pseud. for Iuryi Krokhmaliuk (1904 - 1994), was a Ukrainian historian, author, publisher, and journalist. Educated as an engineer, he also served in the Polish Army and was later arrested as a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. He founded the Lviv publishing house "Iunatska shkola." After the Second World War, Tys spent time in Austria and Germany, before emigrating to Argentina in 1947. While working as a chemical engineer in Buenos Aires, he co-founded the Union of Ukrainian Scientists, Artists, and Writers in Argentina. Tys moved to the US in 1961, where he would become Chairman of the Institute of Ukrainian Culture and would edit the journal "Terem." Throughout it all, he was a prolific author of historical fiction, humorous stories and plays, and children's books. The wraps were designed by famous painter and universally-recognized as one of the best Ukrainian graphic artists Boris Kriukov, aka Boris Kriukow (1895 - 1967). He illustrated over 500 books during the interwar period, including those of Shevchenko, Franko, Zabila, etc. After emigrating to Buenos Aires in 1948, he worked for various Ukrainian and Argentine publishing houses and executed the stunning apsis mosaic of The Virgin and Child for the Ukrainian Cathedral in the city, which would be his last completed work. Very good .

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Book number: 004218

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Emigre