Description
Gordon, Samuel. Strangers at the Gate: Tales of Russian Jewry. (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1902)
Duo-decimo. 458 pages, followed by a blank leaf and 10 pages adv. Hardbound in green cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Blind stamped on front cover with a circular emblem.
Condition: VG. Some sunning on spine, binding tight and square. Darkening of page edges, small stain to bottom of text block. Title page has a tiny dog ear to bottom of page and some damp wrinkling that limits itself to the half-title, title page and Table of Contents. A nice copy.
“Gordon, Samuel: English novelist; born at Buk, Germany, Sept. 10, 1871. He went to England with his parents in 1883, and was educated at the City of London School and Cambridge University. He was appointed secretary of the Great Synagogue, London, in 1894. He has published several novels and volumes of short stories, almost all dealing with Jewish life and character, among them “A Handful of Exotics” (1897); “Daughters of Shem” (1898); “Lesser Destinies” (1899); “Sons of the Covenant” (1900); and “Strangers at the Gate” (Jewish Publication Society of America, 1902). “In Years of Tradition” (1897) and “The New Galatea” (1901) have been his chief attempts outside Jewish lines.” – Jewish Encyclopedia Website
