Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1938 A Near Fine, clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound hardcover. Pages crisp and fine. Dark blue cloth cover, gilt lettered on front and spine, is clean, lightly edge rubbed. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Chapters include: The Public Welfare System Under the New State; State-Wide Poor-Law Survey of 1823; Rise of the County Poorhouse; Immigration as a Relief Program; Delinquent, Neglected and Dependent Children; Institutions for the Mentally and Physically Handicapped - and much more. No dust jacket. 6 x 9"; xix + 395 pages. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Bookseller: Knickerbocker Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003626
Title: The History of Public Welfare in New York State 1609-1866
Author: Schneider, David M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1938
Bookseller catalogs: New York; Economics;

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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