Titles starting with 5 from Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)

Small 8vo, original printed self wrappers, 23 pages. Illus. The Communist Party New York City Councilman from Brooklyn here makes the exptected arguments against the proposed subway fare hike and ties the proposals of the subway commission to large property owners looking for tax cuts; the transit union had apparently been willing to make the fare hike concession in order to secure wage increases.... more information

New York:: New York City Mission,, 1877. First edition.. Wrappers a little chipped and browned; a very good copy.. 8vo, original printed blue wrappers, 28 pages. On the aims and history of the mission, with an overview of a typical week at a city mission chapel--women's sewing groups, groceries available to the poor at wholesale prices, a Sunday school (with 600 young scholars), meetings for German mothers, etc. Small ink stamp at the foot of the first page. Early ink ownership signature at the head o... more information