Rare books from Blum and Rosen Books

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 298 pp. Brown cloth binding with black titles. Spine cloth darkened, spine titles faded but clear, spine ends frayed, light soiling to covers, corners bumped, interior toned, spine a bit shaky but hinges and text secure, corner of page 9 torn off not affecting text, text clean, prior owner's pencil signature on front endpaper. Yezierska's first book, a collection of short stories previously published in magazines, and later made into a movie, about Jewish immigrant ghetto life on the Lower East Side of New York. Scarce first printing of author's first book.

New York: New York Book Company, 1870. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 650pp. 42 plates of engravings. illus. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine titles. Hinges broken, front end paper missing, old masking tape connecting front paste down and frontispiece verso, mostly mild/ some moderate foxing to interior, light wear to board edges and spine ends, spine mildly cocked. This is an apparent reissue with a twist of original title by the publisher of the 1869 Women of New York or the Under-world of a Great City by Ellington - a pseudonym according to OCLC, possibly for James Dabney McCabe in the opinion of one scholar (citation on request). The contents: Women of Fashion, Women of Pleasure, Married Women, Wicked Women, Female Artistes, Life in a Female Seminary, Other Women, Female institutions. The last paragraph of the preface sums up the book's general premise: " There are doubtless many true and noble women among the fashion and… Read More

New York, N.Y.: Dolph & Stewart, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 72 pages. 15"x11". Heavy paper wraps in metal spiral binding; front cover illustrated with photograph of the Taconic Parkway. Overall moderate wear to wraps, lower 2" of front cover detached from spirals, small tear to corner of front cover, mostly small bends to corners and text pages,, old staining to covers and lower edges of first 20 pages, text block intact, clean, map colors bright, binding secure. Comprehensive presentation of Westchester "the richest and most beautiful County in the world" (page 2) as it was circa 1940, with 12 full page color annotated maps, many photographs of residential buildings, schools, private homes, parks, historic sites,roads, advertising material, indices and more.