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Book Condition: Used Very Good
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company

United States
About Item: New York: Macmillan, 1910. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Norah Hamilton. 8vo; ix, 462 pages, cocked, variant publisher's binding lacking the picture of Hull House on the top cover and the title, but titled with imprint on the spine. Classic autobiography by this great lady who invented settlement houses, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A "faithful record of the years since the autumn of 1889 when without any preconceived social theories or economic views, I came to live in an industrial district of Chicago - Preface." Color cover plate by Frank Hazenplug, Twelve plates, including 9 drawings by Norah Hamilton; textual illustrations including 4 photographs by Lewis W. Hine. [ CHICAGO BY THE BOOK 101 Publications That Shaped The City and Its Image, 30 ]
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