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NEIGHBORS. Life Stories of the Other Half
by Riis, Jacob A
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1914. Benda, W[ladyslaw]. T[eodor].. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. 8 pp undated ads. Original terra-cotta cloth pictorially decorated in black, white and gilt.
First Edition of this collection of nineteen brief stories of the "other half," the poor immigrants scratching out livings in urban tenements. The first page of ads notes that the Danish-born Riis ("social reformer and civil worker, 'New York's most useful citizen'") had died the same year that this was published. Though not mentioned on the title page, this volume includes six illustrations by the noted Polish-American painter and illustrator W[ladyslaw]. T[eodor]. Benda. This copy of this handsomely-bound book is bright and just about fine, with scarcely any soil or wear.
First Edition of this collection of nineteen brief stories of the "other half," the poor immigrants scratching out livings in urban tenements. The first page of ads notes that the Danish-born Riis ("social reformer and civil worker, 'New York's most useful citizen'") had died the same year that this was published. Though not mentioned on the title page, this volume includes six illustrations by the noted Polish-American painter and illustrator W[ladyslaw]. T[eodor]. Benda. This copy of this handsomely-bound book is bright and just about fine, with scarcely any soil or wear.
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- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15506
- Title
- NEIGHBORS. Life Stories of the Other Half
- Author
- Riis, Jacob A
- Illustrator
- Benda, W[ladyslaw]. T[eodor].
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Poverty; Social Justice
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction;
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About the Seller
Sumner & Stillman
Biblio member since 2009
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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