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1 Singer, Isaac Bashevis ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY
New York Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1972 0374148309 / 9780374148300 1st Edition; 1st Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket Illustrated by John Alcorn 
Cover Art; Cover art is by John Alcorn. Spine ends & corners of book cover have extremely light bumping & rubbing. Green cloth covered boards have gilt lettering to spine of book. Text pages are clean & bright -- interestingly, there are two different colors of paper to the book (probably a case of miscommunciation at the printers) so there is a small section at the back which looks like the paper is darker (it is darker & of a different texture as well). Endpapers are a solid light tan color. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of very light bumping & rubbing. Spine of dust jacket has some sunning / lightening. Rear cover of dust jacket has some light wear to top edge and several light to lightish scratches along with a bit of ground-in dirt. Overall, a nice bright copy. "In the Beginning was lust, - Herman Broder, the hero of Mr. Singer's new novel, tells himself. -- Broder, whose family was wiped out in the Nazi holocaust in Poland, escapes death by hiding in a village hayloft for two years. He is now living in an apartment in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn with his second wife, Yadwiga, the Polish peasant girl who helped him escape." 
Price: 45.00 USD
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2 Singer, Isaac Bashevis MAZEL AND SHLIMAZEL Or the Milk of a Lioness
New York Farrar Straus and Giroux 1967 Early printing Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket Illustrated by Margo Zemach 
Color Illustrations; Exlibrary copy -- however, the only library marking is an ink stamp from the Palo Alto Unified School Dist. Curriculum Department. There are NO other library marks at all. Possible first edition -- there are no later dates (though unfortunately, no first edition notation). Spine ends & corners of book cover have extremely light bumping & rubbing. Red cloth covered boards have gilt lettering to the spine of the book. Text pages are clean & bright. Endpapers are a solid green color. Inked school district stamp is on the front endpaper towards the top corner. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping & rubbing. Top spine end of the dust jacket has two tears (one to each spine joint ) along with some rubbing, bumping and light wear. There is a small chip missing to the top front spine joint of the dust jacket as well. Top front edge of the dust jacket has a small bumped tear and the corners and bottom spine end of the dust jacket have some light nicking and bumping. Overall, a very good+ copy with one flaw. "Who will win the tricky battle of wits? Mazel, the spirit of good luck? Or Shlimazel, the spirit of bad luck? The happiness of Tam, a poor peasant lad, and the lovely Crown Princess Nesika depends on the answer." 
Price: 40.00 USD
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3 Singer, Isaac Bashevis STORIES FOR CHILDREN
New York Farrar Straus & Giroux 1984 0374372667 / 9780374372668 1st Edition; 1st Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket Illustrated by Cynthia Krupat 
Cover Art; This copy is in Near Fine condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright, condition. The dust jacket has some beginning sunning to the spine and spine joints and the dust jacket flaps have toning. Included in this book are the short stories: The Elders of Chelm and Genendel's Key, A Tale of Three Wishes, The Extinguished Lights, Mazel and Shlimazel, Why Noah Chose the Dove, Zlateh the Goat, A Hanukkah Eve in Warsaw, The Fools of Chelm and The Stupid Carp, The Wicked City, Rabbi Leib and the Witch Cunegunde, and, The Parakeet Named Dreidel. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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4 Singer, Isaac Bashevis (translated by the author and Elizabeth Shub) THE FEARSOME INN
New york Charles Scribner's Sons 1967 4th Printing Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian 
Color Illustrations; Children's Book. Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of extremely light bumping and rubbing. Sturdy reinforced library binding (but not ex library copy) . Illustrated cloth covered boards have black and gray lettering to the front cover and white lettering to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. Endpapers are a solid white color. There is some light toning in strips by the spine joints. There is also a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front pastedown. Overall, a very good+ copy. "It was as if the snow treasures of heaven had been opened. The snow fell day and night, sometimes straight down and sometimes slanting. Now and then it swirled in the air like a dog chasing its tail." 
Price: 15.00 USD
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5 Singer, Isaac Bashevis THE KING OF THE FIELDS
New York Farrar Straus Giroux 1988 0374181284 / 9780374181284 1st American Edition; 1st Printing Hardcover Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket 
Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of light bumping and rubbing. Text pages clean & bright. Dust jacket spine ends & corners have a bit of light bumping. Overall, a nice bright copy. 
Price: 14.00 USD
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6 Singer, Isaac Bashevis THE POWER OF LIGHT Eight Stories for Hanukkah
New york Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1980 0374360995 / 9780374360993 1st Edition; 1st Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket Illustrated by Irene Lieblich 
Copper plate; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has a couple of small to smallish edge tears and nicks and some light toning / darkening to the spine and edges. "Eight tales - one for each night of the Hanukkah celebration - once again demonstrate the inventive story-telling powers of Nobel Prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer. Miracles and visitations abound in the world Mr. Singer portrays, a world in which love triumphs over time and tribulation, and faith prevails." 
Price: 20.00 USD
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