Search Results: the vanished world by editor raphael

Easton Press, 2014. First Thus. Leather Binding. Fine. A fine copy in original red leather decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, pictorial label on upper cover (slight evidence of use to gilt edges). B/w illustrations.

New York: The Forward, 1947. First edition. Hardcover . Good. Oblong 8vo; 582 pages, , Red cloth Covers worn/fade. with faded gold embossed lettering, woodcut on front cover. ,lacks page 417 and 418 (back to back) and page 415/416 has been inserted and has been shortened a bit and edges are torn,the page is worn... One of the defining works concerning the Jews in Europe between the War Photo album illustrating Jewish life in Eastern Europe in the 1920's and 30's. One of the most significant works on Jewish life in Europe before the War. 530 b/w photos by Roman Vishniac, Alter Kacyzna, M. Kipnis. Text in English and Yiddish.

New York: Forward Association, 1947. Hardcover. vg to near fine. Oblong 4to. 575pp. 21 x 27 cm. Red cloth with woodcut-illustrated paste-down and gold lettering. Illustrated title-page. This 1947 publication is the finest photographic documentary of Jewish life in Eastern Europe during the 1920's and 30's. It has never been superseded. In addition to choosing from some thousands of postcards and family photographs submitted by readers of the Yiddish "Daily Forward", the editors were able to reproduce images previously published in the Forward's Rotogravure section by the photographers Alter Kacyzna and M. Kipnis. Additionally, the now famous images of Roman Vishniak were first presented to the public in this work. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs. In two parts: 1) Jewish Cities. 2) Jewish People. Text in Yiddish and English. One of the most powerful photographic works on Eastern European Jewry ever published. Binding with some light sunning, light staining (extending… Read More