Madrich New York [“Guide to New York.”]

AUCTION 35 | Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 at 1:00

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Lot 33

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Madrich New York [“Guide to New York.”]

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew interspersed with English. Replete with black-and-white photos. On front cover, adhesive stamp of “El Al Israel Airlines.” pp.124, (4). Original illustrated wrappers, slightly worn. Sm. 4to

New York: Marstin Press 1954

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $350

First Israeli Guide to New York. “Brooklyn’s inhabitants are known as the “murderers of the English tongue,” having developed the distinctively Brooklyn accent, not uninfluenced by Yiddish” (p.17).