THE LEAVEN IN A GREAT CITY
by BETTS, Lillian W
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1902. First Edition. 8vo, pp. vi, 315. Illustrated with photographs. Black cloth with pictorial stamping in green, red and gilt with small applied colored photograph. Ex library with bookplate and stamps. Rear hinge tender, front hinge broken, cover scuffed and little worn at edges, o/w VG. A history of tenement life in New York City, and of the social centers, working girls' clubs and settlement houses that grew up to deal with the terrible conditions there.
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- Seller
- Second Life Books Inc
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 49173
- Title
- THE LEAVEN IN A GREAT CITY
- Author
- BETTS, Lillian W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1902
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
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