VOLUME I ONLY. RARE FIRST EDITION of the historical study of Jewish community of Kazimierz in Krakow by Meir (Majer) Balaban Bałaban (1877-1942) - the preeminent authority on Polish and Galician Jewry, and one of the founders of the Institute of Jewish Sciences in Warsaw. 275x195mm. 471 pages. Quarter-cloth marbled rebound Hardcover. Cover and spine worn and rubbed. Cover edges and corners peeling. Cover corners bumped. Spine slightly peeling. Wormholes on cover and inner cover near spine. Several wormholes on some pages inner edge (near spine) - NO damage to text. Library stamp and pencil marks on title page. Pencil underlining on several pages. Binding somewhat loose. Binding visible between pages 16-17, 96-97,192-193, 320-321, 432-433 and 464-465. Text block edges slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing, some pages slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of the magisterial monograph on the Jewish community in Krakow, indispensable for any serious student of Polish Jewry, is in good reading condition.