Early American Jews by Friedman, Lee M - 1934

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press , 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs but for a bookplate from the library that donated the book to Rabbi Samuel Penner Library from one Jewish organization (of Sacramento) to another (of San Diego); not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Handsomely bound in a bright brick-red cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, printed, showing moderate cover wear and chipping along top edge, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom-edges. Friedman recounts the narrative of the first and earliest waves of Jewish settlers in especially Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, complete with genealogical notes and historiography. List of (8) illustrations. Rough-cut fore-edges, remarkably bright of interior. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xii [2], 4-238 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.