Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls, or, War on the White Slave Trade
by Bell, Ernest A. et al
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
L. H. Walter, 1911. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 482pp. Thirty-two unpaginated pages of full-page bw photographs and prints. Prev owner name on ffep. Front hinge weak. Green cloth with black and gold lettering on covers and spine. Illustration tipped in on front board is worn with 1cm loss to top left corner. Corners bumped and showing mild wear. Head bumped, moderate wear to tail. Moderate wear to edges with 2cm of top back edge worn through. Includes chapters by twelve other contributors. First published by G.S. Ball, 1910. "A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young girls away from home and sell them to keepers of dives. The magnitude of its organization and its workings. How to combat this hideous monster. How to save YOUR GIRL [sic]. How to save YOUR BOY [sic]. What you can do to wipe out this curse of humanity. A book designed to awaken the sleeping and protect the innocent.... Illustrated with thirty-two pages of striking pictures shows the workings of the blackest slavery that has ever stained the human race."
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042634
- Title
- Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls, or, War on the White Slave Trade
- Author
- Bell, Ernest A. et al
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L. H. Walter
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Human trafficking - history. White Slave Trade - history. Prostitution. Pimping. Women's Studies, Violence in Society, Criminology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women's Studies; Political Science / Social Activism / Current Affairs;
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- FFEP
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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