IN YIDDISH. VOLUME TWO ONLY 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. This comprehensive six-volume encyclopedia was compiled and edited by the eminent historian of Yiddish theater - Zalmen Zylbercweig (1894-1972). 300x235mm. VI+800 columns (575 pages: two columns to each page; this volume contains columns 801-1600). Black patterned rebound Hardcover. Gilt decoration on front cover. Gilt decoration partly peeled. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Spine edges and hinges wrinkled. Ex-library copy with stamps on front whitepage and English title-page. Endpapers wrinkled. Front whitepage and several first pages age-stained. Hole on rear white page fore edge - NO damage to text. Pages I-VI corners and edges tattered - NO damage to text. Last page partly detached from binding. Binding slightly visible between two last pages (columns 1596-1597). Some pages slightly age-stained (mainly edges/corners). Pages yellowing and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: Save for some mostly external wear, this extremely rare volume of the largest and most authoritative lexicon of once vibrant Jewish theatrical scene is in good condition.