Account Of The Terrific And Fatal Riot At The New York Astor Place Opera House On The Night Of May 10th

$225 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

New York: Published by H. M. Ranney, 1849. 8vo 9” x 5.875” , printed wrappers, wood engraving on rear wrapper. 32 pp. CONDITION: Very good, front wrapper detached. A highly partisan account, including eyewitness descriptions, of the infamous Astor Place Riot—a deadly display of nativist sentiment, sparked by a rivalry between a beloved American thespian, Edwin Forrest, and his British rival, William

• Binding: Wrappers

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