A Vanished World

Vishniac, Roman; Elie Wiesel (Foreword by). A Vanished World. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1983. First edition. Small Folio. Unpaginated. Original photographic dust-jacket over dark brown leatherette with blind-stamped facsimile signature on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Magenta endpapers. Frontispiece. This remarkable work offers the first comprehensive selection of Roman Vishniac’s celebrated photographs of the Jews of Eastern Europe taken between 1934 and 1939. The 179 stunning and poignant b/w photographs compiled in this work depict the daily life of East European Jews shortly before the Holocaust. DJ with bookstore sticker on lower inside front flap. Binding with light bump at lower front cover. Name inked to inside front cover. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (39807) $75