The Spirit of the Ghetto. STUDIES oF THE JEWISH QUARTER IN NEW YORK
AUCTION 40 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 236
Hapgood, Hutchins.
The Spirit of the Ghetto. STUDIES oF THE JEWISH QUARTER IN NEW YORK
New York: 1902
Est: $100 - $150
PRICE REALIZED $150
The writer Hutchins Hapgood (1869-1944) was well known as a philosophical anarchist within the Bohemian environment of turn-of-the-century New York City. In the present work, he sympathetically reports on the character, lives and pursuits of East Side Jews. The book contains much first-hand information concerning rabbis, scholars, writers, poets, odd characters, institutions, newspapers and the theatre”