Paul Zunz. The Crisis: A Celebrated Case at Manhattan Beach. First Direct Answer and Challenge to Corbin. War on Messrs. Corbin, Hilton & Co. and the New York Herald.

AUCTION 61 | Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Paul Zunz. The Crisis: A Celebrated Case at Manhattan Beach. First Direct Answer and Challenge to Corbin. War on Messrs. Corbin, Hilton & Co. and the New York Herald.

Frontispiece illustration of Liberty Bell, composed entirely of the text of the Declaration of Independence. pp. 45. Original printed wrappers. Tall 8vo.

New York: Jesse Haney 1879

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $800

The owners of the Manhattan Beach resort, Austin Corbin and Judge Henry Hilton founded the American Society for the Suppression of the Jews. The present tract is an attack against their attempts to ban Jews from the newly developing summer colony of Coney Island, New York.