The Battle with the Slum
by Jacob A. Riis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Navy blue cloth with gilt design/lettering to front and spine. Top edges gilt. First edition, matching dates to title and copyright pages. This copy is VG. Covers are rich. Gilt is bright. Modestly rubbed all over including edges/tips/spine ends. Inside has dime sized paste residue on FFP, small PO notation on rear paste down . Otherwise unmarked, firmly bound with expected toning. Illustrated with photographs/drawings. Tissue guarded frontispiece of Teddy Roosevelt. Second printing in December 1902 after the first in October 1902.Some uncut pages..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002378
- Title
- The Battle with the Slum
- Author
- Jacob A. Riis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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- Uncut Pages
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- VG
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