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.

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $800

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author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

Jesse Haney

Place

New York

Publication

1879

Description

Frontispiece illustration of Liberty Bell, composed entirely of the text of the Declaration of Independence.

summary

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.

pp. 45. Original printed wrappers. Tall 8vo.

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