NEW YORK'S CHINA TOWN; An Historical Presentation of Its People and Places
Bohemia Publishing Company, 1898. B&W Period images. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Tall 8vo, black decorative cloth with silver lettering on spine & decorative front cover with dragon-enfolded title & objects, illustrated with B&W frontispiece, map of China town, 29 contemporary images & 33 B&W portraits, protective mylar added, xi, [xii] frontispiece photo of author + 332 pages. Weight:: 2 lbs. Very Good. Item #9557
VERY SCARCE if not RARE illustrated edition dealing with many aspects of NYC's China Town near the turn-of-the-century.
Covers a wide range of subjects such as the community description & layout, family life, occupations, economics, religious practices & superstitions, entertainments, artistry, crime & the Hop Sing Tong, gambling, opium dens and periphernalia, tobacco use, categories used for classifying women: wife, concubine, large- & small-feet, celestial beauty, slave, & prostitute.
This remarkable study also has photos with commentaries by various New York City officials, missionaries, and "experts."
Condition: Overall Very Good. Textblock is solid; spine, gutters, hinges firm. Pastedowns clean, no bookplates or ownership marks, no foxing. Covers have slight rubbing and some edgewear but gilt and color remain Very Good. The many B&W illustrations retain good definition are clean and unfoxed. The paper is uniformly and lightly age-toned with very slight darkening around the peripheries. No marks by previous owners.
Price: $245.00