Yahadut Lita, T'munot Ve-Tsiyunim (Lithuanian Jewry, Pictures and Remarks)
Jerusalem: Mosad Ha'Rav Kook, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Octavo. (22pp.) 256pp. Bound in grey textured faux-leather boards. Assembled and edited by Lithuanian-born Hebrew poet Ya'akov David Kamson (1900-1980), the book is a striking and comprehensive visual and text survey of the modern pre-Holocaust history of Jews in Lithuania, with an emphasis on intellectual life. This work along with a number of other famous publications serves as invaluable documentation of the vanished and destroyed Jewish-Lithuanian life. Profusely illustrated throughout with countless b/w photographic reproductions.
Text in Hebrew.
Binding with a few minor smudges. Edge of book block with a few light stain. Interior with some creasing to the front free endpaper. Sporadic minor smudges and/or stains to a few pages throughout. Starting along the gutter of the interior back cover. Book block fairly tight overall. Binding in very good, interior in very good- condition overall. vg- to vg. Item #40592
Hebrew title: יהדות ליטא, תמונות וציונים
*This copy is missing the 25 pages (in roman numerals) of English reference and indices at the back of the book.
Price: $250.00