![]() Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper.Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms. ![]() Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Shipping and insurance charges are additional. Next-day or second-day air service is available upon request. We ship worldwide and all packages will be sent via UPS or Federal Express unless another carrier is requested. We do ask that if you are not satisfied with the item, you contact us by phone as quickly as possible and return the item within ten days. For first-time buyers, we prefer a credit card and we will only ship to the billing address on the card. We accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, checks and wire transfer. All of our items are guaranteed as described and are shipped on approval. For some items, we can also email digital photographs. If you are interested in an item from one of our catalogues or our website and would like more information before ordering it, please give us a call one of our salespeople will be happy to speak with you and answer any questions that you might have. Small inked checkmarks to books listed on dust jacket rear panel.īook fine, slight edge-wear, faint rubbing to near-fine dust jacket. The first edition in English was published in London in the same year as this first American edition. It was first published in 1955 as Und die Welt hot geshvign ( And the World Remained Silent), then compressed by Wiesel into La nuit and published in France in 1958. Encouraged by French writer François Mauriac, who also wrote the foreword to Night, Wiesel broke a long silence about his Holocaust experiences with a manuscript written in Yiddish of over 800 pages. Praised by the New York Times as a work of “terrifying power,” Night is one of the first autobiographical accounts of Nazi death camps. “If I had not written Night, I would not have written anything else” (“A Conversation with Elie Wiesel”). Housed in a custom clamshell box.įirst American edition of Nobel laureate Wiesel’s masterpiece, in scarce original dust jacket.Įlie Wiesel’s masterpiece, Night, is a book Wiesel describes as the basis for his life’s work. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. NO ONE HAD EVER HEARD THAT NAME”: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF ELIE WIESEL’S NIGHT
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