The Battle with the Slum
by Riis, Jacob A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Blum and Rosen Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22786
- Title
- The Battle with the Slum
- Author
- Riis, Jacob A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NEW YORK CITY
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York City;
Terms of Sale
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Blum and Rosen Books
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Ardsley, New York
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....