Children of the Tenements
by Jacob A. Riis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +. C.M. Relyea. A tight, very solid copy of the October 1903 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its olive pictorial cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. A bit of light spotting at the spine, one scuff mark to the rear panel. 12mo, 8 full-page illustrations complementing Jacob Riis's text by C.M. Relyea and others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22363
- Title
- Children of the Tenements
- Author
- Jacob A. Riis
- Illustrator
- C.M. Relyea
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- rare New York, rare Jacob Riis, rare poverty in New York, rare New York sociology
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...