{"product_id":"letters-from-new-york","title":"Letters from New-York","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Letters from New-York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Child, L. [Lydia] Maria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e New-York: Charles S. Francis and Company, 1843.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e First edition of this collection of essays about New York City and related social commentary by reformer Lydia Maria Child, covering a wide range of topics from women's rights, animal magnetism, street musicians, the Jewish and Irish communities, a Black minister named Julia Pell, abolition, and more.  Bound in full publisher's purple cloth over boards, stamped in blind and gilt. 7.75 x 5 inches; ix, [3], 276 pages. From the collection of Arthur Williams Hall (1873–1952) of Massachusetts, bibliophile and manufacturer of laboratory equipment, with his neat pencil notes on front pastedown; thence by descent through three generations. Binding with moderate rubbing and edgewear and a rather sunned spine; interior with moderate foxing, especially to flyleaves, title page, and terminal leaf. Good. \n\nLydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Indigenous rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Many of the essays first appeared in the National Anti-Slavery Standard. Reference: Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 3144.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head to Tail Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52974021050681,"sku":"000757","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/2697\/2473\/files\/000757_1.jpg?v=1782159739","url":"https:\/\/headtotailbooks.com\/products\/letters-from-new-york","provider":"Head to Tail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}