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

Auction 35 · Lot 33

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

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
$350

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

Marstin Press

Place

New York

Publication

1954

Description

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew interspersed with English. Replete with black-and-white photos. On front cover, adhesive stamp of “El Al Israel Airlines.”

summary

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).
pp.124, (4). Original illustrated wrappers, slightly worn. Sm. 4to
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