04. [Signed by the Most Famous Photo-Documntarian of Eastern European Jewry] Vishniac, Roman

POLISH JEWS: A PICTORIAL RECORD [BOLDLY SIGNED BY VISHNIAC]

New York, Schocken, 1947. Item #43029

First Edition. Original Cloth with Dust Jacket, Small folio, 17, 33 pages. BOLDLY SIGNED BY VISHNIAC ON THE HALF TITLE. With an introductory essay by Abraham Joshua Heschel.
A depiction of vibrant Jewish life in the years immediately prior to the Holocaust in such Polish centers as Cracow, Vilna and Warsaw; as well as Munkacevo (Munkatsch), Carpathian Ruthenia. The moving introductory essay by Abraham Joshua Heschel is in affect, an elegy for vanquished East European Jewry. The 31 photos included in this volume were selected from the two thousand taken by Vishniac on the eve of the Holocaust in 1938; many are now iconic images of Eastern European Jewish life. Roman Vishniac was born in St. Petersburg in 1898 and died in New York in 1990. This exact copy sold at auction in 2020 for $1250.00 with commission. Very Good Condition in Very Good- Jacket with a touch of edgewear. Gorgeous signed copy (B) (EE-3-20-XX-).

Price: $1,200.00