The Evils of 1870s New York,'Sunday Morning Discourses on the Night Side of City Life, Recently Seen in the Company with Three High Police Officials'
Reverend T. De Witt Talmadge. Published J&W Corrie Johnson, Melbourne 1879. 204pp.
Twelve chapters with titles such as The Lepers of the High Life, Satanic Agitation, and Traps for Men, inspired by Talmadge's first hand experience of poverty, crime and dissipation in New York and his Christian informed analysis.
Original gilt titled dark green cloth boards are very worn to corners and edges. Internal hinges cracked. Text block spotted. Contents are mildly toned with occasional marks, overall good. (19x14cm)



Estimate $70-150