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

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Lot 236
Hapgood, Hutchins.

The Spirit of the Ghetto. STUDIES oF THE JEWISH QUARTER IN NEW YORK

FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by (Sir) Jacob Epstein pp. 311, (6). Original pictorial boards, slight wear. 8vo

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”