About this title: Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was an English-born humourist and writer. He dedicated his life to championing the cause of the oppressed. He wrote a very influential novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (1892). The use of the metaphorical phrase melting pot to describe American absorption of immigrants was popularised by Zangwill[s play The Melting-Pot, a hit in the United States in 1908-1909. He also wrote mystery works, such as The Big Bow Mystery (1892) and social satire such as The King of Schnorrers (1894). He was also involved in politics as an assimilationist, an ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Century Co
Date Published: 1897
Description: Fair. 384 pages. Soiling to the covers; pages are foxed; still solid book; library notice glued inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Inventory No: 063992. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, NY
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780836981834ISBN:0836981839
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Reprint of the 1896 edition. Very good. No dust jacket. Hard cover xiii, 384 p. Essay Index Reprint Series. read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00388 pages) israel zangwill (1864-1926) was an english-born humourist and writer. he dedicated his life to championing the cause of the oppressed. he wrote a very influential novel children of the ghetto: a study of a peculiar people (1892). the use of the metaphorica lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Edition: First American edition
Binding: original tan cloth with gold lettering and green design.
Publisher: century co., New York
Date Published: 1896
Description: Very Good. No dustjacket. slight foxing at endpapers and paper ends. this is a beautiful book with sharp corners and edges and clean and unmarked text. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: T. Fisher Unwin,
Date Published: 1896.
Description: Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. Jewish author and political activist, Israel Zangwill (1864-1926), was passionate about campaigning for the oppressed. Many of his works address womens suffrage, pacifism, Zionism, and Jewish emancipation. He was a strong believer of assimilitation and is best known for his influencial novel "Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People" (1892) which was later released as a play titled "The Melting Pot" (1908). Zangwill is credited with coining the term ... read more
Description: ZANGWILL, Israel. WITHOUT PREJUDICE. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 8vo., navy blue cloth. First Edition. Good (ink name half-title page, some wear covers). read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : The Century Co.,
Date Published: 1896
Description: Very Good. Smaller hardcover volume. Peach cloth boards with gilt lettering and green/gold designs to boards and spine. VG-/--. Non-gilt designs of boards and spine are rubbing off, some discoloration to spine. Shelf wear to boards. Text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight. 384 pages. Interior is strong and clean and exterior shows shelf wear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Century Company, New York
Date Published: 1896
Description: Good but Foxed spine Faded. 8 x 5 inch hard cover. Generally very good but endpapers & margins foxed. Owners bookplate. Spine faded. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781419194634ISBN:1419194631
Description: New. NOTE This book is a selection, slightly revised, from my miscellaneous work during the last four or five years, and the title is that under which the bulk of it has appeared, month by month, in the "Pall Mall Magazine. " In selecting, I have omitted t... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LULU PR
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781409951858ISBN:1409951855
Description: New. Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was an English-born humourist and writer. He dedicated his life to championing the cause of the oppressed. He wrote a very influential novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (1892). The use of the metap... read more
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