A VANISHED WORLD; With a Foreword by Elie Wiesel
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984. Roman Vishniac. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. Square quarto (12 1/4" x 12 1/4" x 7/8"), black cloth with silver lettering on spine and blindstamped facsimile of "Vishniac" on front cover, Foreword by Elie Wiesel, Preface & Commentary on photos, illustrated with unique full-page glossy B&W photos of Jewish ghetto life taken by RV in the 1930's before Eastern European Jewry was destroyed by the Nazis, [xii] + 179, [180] pages. Weight: 4 lbs. 8 oz. Very Fine / Very Fine. Item #7858
Roman Vishniac (1897 - 1990) was a Russian-American photographer, best known for capturing on film the culture of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.
Very Fine/VF brilliant copy: virtually As New. Sharp evocative B&W glossy photos. No previous owner's or other marks. Tight, bright clean copy in comparable dust jacket (unclipped).
Price: $145.00