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TEXT IN YIDDISH, with table headings, captions and contents pages (Inhalts-Verzeichnis) IN GERMAN. RARE FOUR VOLUMES (No.1 through 4 BOUND TOGETHER) of a journal of Jewish demographics founded by the World Jewish Congress in order to better learn about, and thus better help the impoverished Jewish communities. Published from 1923 to 1924, and collected in one volume in 1924, the journal contains data on the Jews of the European countries, the USA, North and South Africa, Australia and New-Zealand, Palestine, Syria and India. Among other data, the journal contains statistical information on the geographical distribution of Jews, distribution of income, ages and family size, along with data such as the fate of Jewish assets that were seized during the pogroms of the late 1910s. 300x230mm. 292 pages. Maroon cloth Hardcover with gilt front cover and spine. Gilt lettering and decorations partly peeled. Cover curved. Cover and spine rubbed and stained. Cover corners and bottom edge bumped. Spine edges bumped and tattered/peeling. Front whitepages coming loose from binding. Binding visible on front inner cover and between front whitepage and title-page. Front whitepage fore edge slightly torn. Pages 289-292 and rear whitepage detached from binding. Library stamp on pre-title and title-pages, and page 292. Small ink inscriptions on title-page and page 292. Pages yellowing/browning. [SUMMARY]: This valuable collection of hard data on Jewish life prior to the Holocaust is otherwise in good condition.