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The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A - 1902

by Riis, Jacob A

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The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A - 1902

The Battle with the Slum

by Riis, Jacob A

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NY: The Macmillan Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, first gathering, including title page and Theodore Roosevelt portrait, loose.. 1902. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. xi, 465pp, index, illustrations. Navy gilt-decorated cloth. Top edges gilt. Riis' influential book about poverty in urban neighborhoods. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
  • Bookseller Old Saratoga Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, first gathering, including title page and Theodore Roosevelt portrait, loose.
  • Edition First Edition; Second Printing
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher The Macmillan Company
  • Place of Publication NY
  • Date Published 1902
  • Keywords SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL Work, Slums, POVERTY

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The Battle With the Slum

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The Battle With the Slum

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New York, NY: Dover, 1998. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. As issued. xiv,465 pp., illus. Facsimile republication of 1902 edition..
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The Macmillan Company, 1902-01-01. 2nd Second printing. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Bound in publisher's navy cloth. 2nd printing. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Internal binding shaken, some signatures loosened. Pp. xi. 465. Clean, unmarked pages. Jacob Riis was a "muckraking" journalist in late 19th century New York. He began his career as a police reporter on New York's Lower East Side in the 1870s. His combination of photographs with a powerful narrative inspired progressive, social reformers of the later 19th century.
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Mineola, New York, U.S.A.: Dover Publications, 1998. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Facsimile. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 465pp., index, ill., notes. Very light wear..
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New York: Macmillan Company, 1902. Riis describes the life of the slum and the various difficulties, not least Tammany Hall corruption, involved in fighting poverty. This copy has been professionally recased and has new end sheets. Hardcover, full green cloth with gilt lettering. General wear; spine ends & corners rubbed; tear in cloth on rear board; paper lightly tanned. Text clean; xi, blank, 465 pages with index, b/w plates & photos.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 6" by 8".
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New York: MacMillan Company, 1902. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 465 pp. Blue grained cloth binding in bright condition with gilt lettering and gilt illustrated front cover. First front end paper missing, back hinge starting but secure, clean, tight text block and many photographic plates showing virtually no wear or age. Frontispiece of Theodore Roosevelt, with double tissue guards. Riis, a police officer, sought to reform the slum conditions of New York City's lower east side tenements..
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Dover Publications, 1998-01-27. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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