I. Edward Kiev 1905-1975

Kiev, Isaac Edward. I. Edward Kiev 1905-1975. New York: The I. Edward Kiev Library, 1977. First edition. Short quarto. Brown cloth with gold lettering on front cover. Thick brown decorative endpapers. Frontis piece displaying b/w facsimile photograph if Isaac Edward Kiev, (1905 – 1975), was a an American rabbi and student of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise at the Jewish Institute of Religion seminary. He is best known for his post-World War II work, where he helped foster the restoration and growth of Jewish libraries. He served as secretary to the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction and president of the Jewish Librarians Association, (predecessor of the current Association of Jewish Libraries). Entire work is filled with b/w facsimile photographs accompanying historical text/ Minor scuffing to boards. Ex Libris Paul M. Steinberg, otherwise book is in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (20783) $50