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1681180631Paris: Chez Lavrent d'Hovry sur le Quay des Augustins à l'Image saint Iean 1681. Hardcover. As is needs rebound age toning to block and pages as expected with age but text and illustrations are otherwise clear. Missing covers marble illustrated end pages two volumes/parts in one. Volume 1 has a bw illustrated title page 22 257 pp. with several bw illustrations. Volume 2 has a bw illustrated title page 259 pp illustrated throughout in bw. Text is in French. Both parts are bound together with their own title pages. The beginning unnumbered pages include a preface a table of contents for part one and a table of contents for part two. Part one was published in 1681 part two in 1677. Title translates to: Iconology: or New explanation of several images emblems & other hyerogliphic figures of virtues vices arts sciences natural causes different moods human passions & c. Divided into two parts. Taken from research and figures of Cesar Ripa moralized by J. Baudouin of the Académie Francoise. Chez Lavrent d'Hovry, sur le Quay des Augustins, à l'Image saint Iean hardcover books
1904D16958New York: Macmillan 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall 12mo. Original pictorial cloth. No dust jacket. Each page has delightful pen illustrations in the margins. A nice copy. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
003729New York: Macmillan 1924. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wear to extremities. Autobiography of New York reporter and author of landmark expose which led to improvement of living and working conditions for immig rants - HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. Over 80 illustrations. 442 pp. New York: Macmillan, 1924 unknown books
1902022503New York: The Macmillan Co 1902. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece of Theodore Roosevelt 465pp. 1pp. publisher's ad. This is a sequel to the author's other work titled "How the Other Half Lives" and he tells how far we have come and how. The author discusses the slum areas and how they became slums about immigration the tenements the people lived in the meals they could have at 15 cents the cost of one months rent for a dollar or less. He wrote much on the New York street gangs and the dangerous hours and which streets to avoid during that time. This was New York and how life was lived on the other side of the tracks. An accurate description of the poor and of course the belligerent youth of the period. Has much changed today A very good copy bound in dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt spine gilt some rubbing to spine foxing to first and last few leaves. The Macmillan Co unknown books
190055994Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. First edition 8vo; pp. 8 267 1; original navy-blue cloth; gilt lettering on front cover and spine; frontispiece of Col. George E. Waring Jr.; 11 half-tone plates; spine extremities and corners slightly scuffed; ex-Merriam Public Library with their bookplate and accession sticker on spine; small deaccession stamps on front and rear endsheets; otherwise very good. Most well-known for his 1890 exposé How the Other Half Lives "Riis was a Danish-American social reformer "muckracking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in America at the turn of the twentieth century" Wikipedia. Riis and the photographers he employed were among the first Americans to utilize flash photography. <br/><br/> Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
191322097New York: MacMillan. Very Good. 1913. Second Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library in original binding with label removal on FEP pocket on REP and library number on spine; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall . MacMillan hardcover books
189956109NY: Century Co 1899. Vol. LVII No. 4. 8vo. printed pictorial wraps. Very Good minor wear & small chip spine; contents clean & tight. <br/><br/> Century Co paperback books
18901326106New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1890. Hardcover. Octavo; Poor/no DJ; Ex-library; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine blue with gold print library call number in white ink at bottom; Boards quarter bound with blue cloth to spine and illustrated grey paper to boards tattering to spine caps and corners spine head torn away peripheral tanning to paper shelfwear; Text block is detached from cover see photo pastedowns torn away string binding of book signatures loose so that signatures are separating library stamp on front flyleaf and title page light age-toning to paper; xv 304 pages frontispiece illustrated b&w "with illustrations chiefly from photographs taken by the author".<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in bookcases next to Ephemera section. 1326106. FP New Rockville Stock. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1891D17845London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1891. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Good. Original pictorial olive cloth quite worn. Spine cracked and split repaired unprofessionally. With illustrations from photographs chielf from the offer. The extremely scarce UK edition of Riis' famous study published in New York the year prior. <br/><br/> Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington hardcover books
190223299New York: Macmillan Company 1902. First Edition. Large octavo. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue-ribbed cloth; 465pp; illus. TEG. Private library label to front pastedown John R. Pratt. Frontis. portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. A tight clean copy Very Good or better including many halftone reproductions of photographs by the author. Macmillan Company unknown books
1901264664New York: Macmillan 1901. First. hardcover. very good-. Illus. 443pp. 8vo blue cloth edges of corners very lightly worn cloth lightly soiled spine ends rubbed. New York: Macmillan 1901.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1909JC9618New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Pictorial cloth; 8vo; pp. xiii 443 2 ads plus frontispiece and 9 plates and numerous illustrations in text. Spine tips and corners gently bumped; spine lettering rubbed. A tight clean copy. <br/><br/> Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1902240525New York: Macmillan 1902. hardcover. very good. Frontis. illustrated. xiii 442pp. 8vo blue cloth; lightly rubbed inner hinges mended bookplate front free endpaper. New York: Mamcillan 1902. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
194367402New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1943. Hardcover. 443 pages. Green cloth covers with black printing. Covers are slightly soiled with rubbed spine ends and corners. Inscribed on the half title page by Bill Riis . The contents are bright and nice. About Very Good. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1902213222New York: The Macmillan Company 1902. Later printing. Illustrated. xiii 433 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf with A.L.S. tipped in publisher's advertising folder tipped to verso of frontispiece. With Robb's bookplate on front pastedown and label on back pastedown. Recased. Later printing. Illustrated. xiii 433 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed with A.L.S. Riis has inscribed the flyleaf: "Ellis D. Robb with the hearty regard of Jacob A. Riis"<br/>Additionally there is an autograph letter on Macmillan Co. stationery dated Dec. 4 1902 addressed to Ellis Robb mayor of Eldora Iowa thanking him and discussing an upcoming lecture tour that would be bringing him to the Midwest. The Macmillan Company unknown books
1937164009New York: Macmillan 1937. hardcover. 8vo cloth; cloth lightly soiled. N.Y.: Macmillan 1937.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
191071969NY:: Macmillan. Very Good. 1910. Hardcover. First edition. Minimally marked ex-library copy with a few typical markings else very good in green decorated cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket.; 328 pages . Macmillan, hardcover books
20042287740Barnes & Noble Books 2004. Reissue. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Reissue. Faint edge wear. 2004 Trade Paperback. After finding employment as a newspaper reporter Riis experimented with photography and he was able to document the overcrowding of tenements the dismal conditions of many dwellings shiftless drunkards decrepit alleys and groups of newspaper boys shoeless!. Meticulously documented conditions census figures and income of his subjects reveal a horrendous picture of "the other half" of New York. Barnes & Noble Books paperback books
1997URIIHOW00HMRPenguin 1997. Very Good. Riis Jacob A. How the Other Half Lives. New York: Penguin 1997. xxvii 228pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with old price sticker on rear cover. Penguin paperback books
1904WN38615New York: The Macmillan Company 1904. Original blue cloth decorated in green and gilt. TEG other edges untrimmed. 4 pages 7-12 injured at lower edge and some occasional staining but overall a very attractive book with margins filled with black and white Chritsmas illustrations. Four pages of adverts at rear. An unusual book by the great sociologist. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
1903008254Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. 1903. SCARCE. Very Good in original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering top edge gilt the cloth a bit rubbed prior owner name and bookstore stamp front end pages bookseller code in ink rear paste down. 190 pp illustrated with black and white photographs used by the author during his lecture. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George W. Jacobs & Co. Hardcover books
190459358New York: The Outlook Company. Very Good. 1904. Hardcover. 471 pages brown boards with gilt stamping slight scuffing to spine rear cover previous owner signed contents are bright and complete. Very Good. . The Outlook Company hardcover books
304836New York: Mulberry St Sept 20-94. 8 pages. 8vo. Old folds with some tape marks some splitting. Very Good. 8 pages. 8vo. Playgrounds In NYC Schools. Riis writes in reply to Miss Elizabeth Van Winkle calling for more adequate playgrounds in New York City schools and including his views on recreation housing and scholarship. Mulberry St unknown books
19002613551900. Pen and ink on paper 8 pp. stapled booklet chapters I-VII and 2 pp. on single sheet portions of chapters XII-XV. 4to. Light toning. Pen and ink on paper 8 pp. stapled booklet chapters I-VII and 2 pp. on single sheet portions of chapters XII-XV. 4to. Draft Outline of Riis' Autobiography. The autograph outline of the first seven chapters of Riis's autobigraphy The Making of an American 1902 as well as outlines for parts of chapters twelve through fifteen. The opening chapters recount stories from Riis's boyhood in Denmark meeting his future wife Elizabeth Gortz and his arrival in America. "The story commences on a bridge over the river Nibs on the outskirts of the ancient town of Ribe which is on the Danish north seacoast. A boy & girl have met .". unknown books
1923W083RNew York: The Macmillan Company 1923. Original blue/green cloth with dark green holly decoration and gilt lettering. Top edge appears to have been stained. Spine sunned and streaky fading on lower board. Owner name stamp on frontpastedown. Interior is very clean and good. Rather unusual collection from Riis the famed sociologist of urban America. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
