IN YIDDISH. VOLUME 5 ONLY dedicated to Yiddish theatre personalities who were victims of the Holocaust. SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION dated June 1967. Zalmen Zylbercweig (1894-1972) was an historian of Yiddish theater, best known as the author of the six volume `Leksikon fun Yidishn teater` (Encyclopedia of the Yiddish Theatre or Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre), the largest reference work on the history of Yiddish theatre. 300x235mm. 28+XVI pages & 1150 columns (575 pages: two columns to each page; this volume contains columns 3705-4854). Black cloth Hardcover with gilt front cover and spine. Cover and spine slightly rubbed. Cover edges and corners rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Stain on spine. Author`s dedication written in pen on front whitepage upper corner. Binding slightly loose and visible on inner cover. Few pages corner slightly wrinkled. Some pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: Save for some light external wear, this extremely rare volume of the largest and most authoritative lexicon of once vibrant Jewish theatrical scene is in good condition.