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The Lost And Found; Or Life Among The Poor

The Lost And Found; Or Life Among The Poor

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The Lost And Found; Or Life Among The Poor

by Halliday, Samuel B. (Byram)

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New York: Phinney, Blakeman & Mason, 1859. 8vo. 190 x 130 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 inches). 356 pp. Striking frontispiece engraving of a female child, her face in sharp focus with looser detail moving away from the focal point. Contemporary blind-stamped cloth binding. Toned. Corners rubbed and frayed. Some spotting on cover. Binding shaken. Samuel Byram Halliday (1812-1897) was a social reformer in New York City. He wrote this book about his work as a missionary with the American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless, discussing poverty and crime in the city. He went on to work as Henry Ward Beecher's assistant at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn Heights. The book was later published as The little street sweeper; or, Life among the poor. Julie Miller, Abandoned: Foundlings in Nineteenth-century New York City. New York: New York University Press, 2008, pp. 96. See Halliday, American Antiquarian Society Online Catalogue. Sabin 29903.

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Title
The Lost And Found; Or Life Among The Poor
Author
Halliday, Samuel B. (Byram)
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Publisher
Phinney, Blakeman & Mason
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1859
Keywords
New York, poverty

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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.

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