How the Other Half Lives Studies Among the Tenements of New York
by Jacob A. Riis
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-205. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1894. Xv, 471 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Later Printing. Bound in 1/4 blue and decorated brown paper covered cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (crown of the spine is chipped and worn). Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In How The Other Half Lives New Yorkers read with horror that three-quarters of the residents of their city were housed in tenements and that in those tenements rents were substantially higher than in better sections of the city. In his book Riis gave a full and detailed picture of what life in those slums was like, how the slums were created, how and why they remained as they were, who was forced to live there, and offered suggestions for easing the lot of the poor. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Last Exit Books (US)
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- 63490
- Title
- How the Other Half Lives Studies Among the Tenements of New York
- Author
- Jacob A. Riis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Place of Publication
- E-205
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.