Lot 648
"The World that Vanished" – Photograph Book – New-York, 1947
Di Farshvundene Velt [The World that Vanished], edited by Rafael Abramovitch. New-York: Forward Association, 1947. Yiddish and English.
A book in album format, with photographs of Jews from East Europe. Numerous photographs of synagogues, streets, stores and figures, in two parts: Jewish cities and people. Photographs are from the collections of the Joint, Yivo and photographers Alter Kacyzne and Roman Vishniak. Cover illustration by Shlomo Yudovin.
575, [8] pp, 20X26.5 cm. Good- fair condition. First and last gatherings are loose. A number of detached leaves. Stains. Some tears at margins of first leaves. Minor blemishes to corners of leaves. Binding partly detached, with some tears to spine and corners.
