Author: Hutchins Hapgood
Title: The Spirit of the Ghetto: Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York
Description: New York, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1909. Revised 2nd edition. Hardcover. 312p. A hardcover book bound in decorated green cloth. Very good condition overall. Edges lightly rubbed. The spine is toned and has a few light spots near the bottom Patchy tanning on front and back endpapers, miroring the flaps of the dustjacket (which is no longer present). Contains the bookplate of well-known Chicago businessman G. George Fox; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. A study of New York City's heavily Jewish Lower East Side, featuring black and white illustrations by Jacob Epstein. This is the second revised edition with a striking decorative cover. The author was an American journalist mentored by the famous muckraker Lincoln Steffens. Very Good .

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