RARE account of the Kishinev pogrom that took place in April 1903 written under his literary pseudonym (Told) by Dr. Baruch Berthold Feiwel (1875-1937), an eminent Zionist leader, writer, poet, translator, editor, Zionist activist, director of Keren Hayesod and the Jewish Colonial Trust (JCT). Contains dedication page with illustration dedicated to Kishinev pogrom victims by the celebrated Jewish graphic artist Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874–1925), b&w woodcut reproduction (Plünderung des Judenviertels in Frankfurt am Main, 1612) and 4 b&w photographic plates. 250x190mm. 102 pages [+9]. Patterned rebound Hardcover with brown cloth spine. Cover yellowing, slightly curved and slightly stained. Spine edges bumped. Sticker on spine bottom part. Felt-tip pen writing on spine. Title-page and last page edges tattered/torn and partly taped. Dedication page edges tattered - NO damage to illustration. Pen inscription on title page edge near binding. Ex-library copy with stamp on title page, pages 23, 85, 101 and under photographic plates between pages 64-65. Some pages edge slightly torn - NO damage to text. Text block scratched. Some pages bottom corner tattered and/or slightly creased. Pages browning. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare historical publication concerning the notoriously infamous Kishinev pogrom has sustained some wear, but is still in good reading condition.
