Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 261

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(JUDAICA.) [Noah, Mordecai.] Essays of Howard on Domestic Economy. 12mo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, front board attached by cords; foxing, moderate dampstaining to early leaves, both free endpapers incomplete. New York, 1820

Additional Details

A collection of Noah's essays from the New York National Advocate. Most of the essays blame poverty and bankruptcy on moral faults such as reckless spending and devotion to fashion. Along the way, we get vignettes of Manhattan scenes ranging from rowdy teens at a late-night oyster house (page 30) to Wall Street wives bidding recklessly at a silverware auction (page 53). BAL 14997; Shaw and Shoemaker 2557; no previous copies found at auction.