Belshazzar Court or Village Life in New York City
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 190. Illustrated with two plates, preceding and following the text. "Published October 1914." Blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine and with illustration in gilt and black on the front board, top edge gilt. An especially fresh copy with a few leaves unopened. In the two color illustrated dust jacket: spine darkened, edges chipped, front panel separated at the spine, with old tape repairs verso. That the dust jacket exists at all is notable; it has preserved the book admirably. Near Fine / Fair. Item #6733
Essays, most of which first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly. According to a contemporary New York Times review, the work is filled with "the echoes of the strenuous life" and that New York presents a "fierce democracy of the street." Dust jacket preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
Price: $125.00