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EXTREMELY RARE! VOLUME 1/PART 1 ONLY - WARSAW/WARSZAWA. In 1921, the American Joint financed a thorough economic survey of the Jewish population of the nascent Polish state. This survey was meant both to better direct funds aimed at the rehabilitation of the Jewish economy, and to refute the claims that the Polish Jewry engaged in war profiteering. The results of the surveys were published in 8 volumes. RARE volume which encompasses the results of the survey for the Jews of Warsaw. The book, written in Yiddish, Polish and English, contains a general introduction on the survey methods and some general conclusions, followed by a wealth of data captured in numerous tables. The data deals with subjects such as occupations, wages, working condition, marketing information, credit, employment and so forth. 280x230mm. [LXXXII] + [LXXX] + [444] + [XC] pages. Brown quarter-cloth Hardcover. Faded gilt lettering on spine. Cover worn and slightly stained. Few wormholes on cover (NOT penetrating into pages). Cover edges and corners bumped. Sticker traces on spine. Spine worn. Spine hinges slightly cracked. Spine edges bumped and worn. Sticker and tape residues on endpapers and whitepages. Whitepages slightly torn. Pen inscription and library stamp on Yiddish whitepage and title page. Various stamps on other title pages. Pages upper corner bumped. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare compilation of accurate statistical data on the Jews of Warsaw is internally in good condition.