Back to the Soil: Or from Tenement House to Farm Colony, a Circular Solution of an Angular Problem
by Gilman, Bradley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, library stamps and markings on front and rear endpapers, front hinge cracked.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: L. C. Page and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, library stamps and . markings on front and rear endpapers, front hinge cracked.. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering stamped on front boards and spine. Top edges gilt. Preface by Edward Everett Hale. Several illustrations. A call for relieving crowded and unsanitary urban living conditions with a return to rural living in farm colonies. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages .
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- Seller
- Old Saratoga Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 27235
- Title
- Back to the Soil: Or from Tenement House to Farm Colony, a Circular Solution of an Angular Problem
- Author
- Gilman, Bradley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, library stamps and markings on front and rear endpapers, front hinge cracked.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- L. C. Page and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Back To Nature, Back To The Land, URBAN Planning
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Sciences; The Art and Science of Country Living;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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