POLISH JEWS: A PICTORIAL RECORD [inscribed by Vishniac's father, Solomon] de Vishniac, Roman - 1947

New York, Schocken, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio, 17, 33pages. First Edition. Inscribed by Vishniac's father, Solomon.With an introductory essay by Abraham Joshua Heschel. A most moving depiction of vibrant Jewish life before the Holocaust. 31 black and white photographs, many now iconic images of Eastern European Jewish life. Original boards, beautiful clean copy in jacket that lacks 3 inches of the spine and has spine label at the bottom but otherwise nice. Inscribed by Vishniac's father, Solomon, in the old Russian style, on the end paper. We had an expert from the Roman Vishniac collection at the Institute for Contemporary Photography take a look at it and this is what they concluded: "It's written in the old Russian language (tsarist's times) and says 'In memory to dear Ida Glezer from the devoted friend Solomon Vishnyak (signiture) Roman Vishnyak.' So here we have confirmation. Roman Vishniac's father, Solomon Vishniac, inscribed his son's book to a friend, in the old Russian language of tsarist's times (whereas, Roman Vishniac's Russian was quite modern...So, not signed by Vishniac, but by his father. Confirmed attribution." Very Good Condition in Good Jacket with damaged spine and spine label on jacket only (EE-3-20) xx.