The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg

Poll, Solomon. The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg. New York: Free Press of Glencoe, 1962. First edition. 8vo. x. 308pp. Half red cloth over paper boards with gilt and silver lettering to spine in original dj. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Tears to top and bottom of dj. Chipping, creasing and staining to dj. Residual of previously pasted in paper on front endpaper. Illustrated end papers. Forepage edge untrimmed. “A sociological study of Brooklyn’s Hasidic community, its roots in Hungary, and its present social and religious structure.” Both the dj and the end papers are illustrated with b/w photographs of the Brooklyn bridge, a map of Williamsburg and reprinted warnings of the Rabbinical Congress of the United States. Dj in good, book in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (13834) $35