THE PERIL AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE HOME
by Riis, Jacob A
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- first
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1903. Being the William L. Bull Lectures for the Year 1903. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., (1903). Original navy blue ribbed cloth lettered in gilt on the spine.
First Edition of this group of four lectures delivered by Jacob Riis, the Danish-American social reformer (and photographer), and muckraking journalist, who did much for the cause of the urban poor -- beginning with his landmark HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES in 1890. Riis had become a police reporter and photographer during the 1870s, which showed him first-hand the living conditions of the poor in "Hell's Kitchen"; he later was joined in this crusade by Theodore Roosevelt. This book includes 27 photographic plates illustrating the second and third lectures -- from the lantern slides Riis used to illustrate those lectures. An uncommon book, this copy is bright and close to fine.
First Edition of this group of four lectures delivered by Jacob Riis, the Danish-American social reformer (and photographer), and muckraking journalist, who did much for the cause of the urban poor -- beginning with his landmark HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES in 1890. Riis had become a police reporter and photographer during the 1870s, which showed him first-hand the living conditions of the poor in "Hell's Kitchen"; he later was joined in this crusade by Theodore Roosevelt. This book includes 27 photographic plates illustrating the second and third lectures -- from the lantern slides Riis used to illustrate those lectures. An uncommon book, this copy is bright and close to fine.
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- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15505
- Title
- THE PERIL AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE HOME
- Author
- Riis, Jacob A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1903
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction;
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Sumner & Stillman
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Yarmouth, Maine
About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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