The Peril and Preservation of the Home: Being the William L. Bull Lectures for the Year 1903
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs Company, (1903).
Price: $500.00
Hardcover. First edition. A trifle rubbed at the spine ends, still just about fine, with the gilt lettering bright. Illustrated with 27 photographs which Riis used as lantern slides when presenting his lectures. A very scarce title.
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Jacob Riis
birth name: Jacob August Riis
born: 05/03/1849
died: 05/26/1914
Biography
Danish-born American social reformer, muckraking journalist, and pioneer documentary photographer.more