[SIGNED] The Murrays of Murray Hill, Manhattan

Monaghan, Charles. [SIGNED] The Murrays of Murray Hill. Brooklyn, New York: Urban History Press, 1998. First Edition. ISBN: 0966243005. [11647]

Near fine hardcover with very good dust jacket, inscribed by the author on the ffep: "For Charlie Cherry, with deep gratitude for all you friendly help and encouragement. Best regards, Charlie Monaghan, April, 1988." x, [2], 166 clean pp. Very good in very good dust-jacket. Hardcover.

This is the first study of the Murray family, the New York Quaker merchant family of Manhattan. It examines the remarkable career of Lindley Murray, the writer of school textbooks and the "largest-selling author of the world during the first four decades of the 19th century."