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London, Jack.
The People of the Abyss
New York, Grosset & Dunlap,
1907, Hardcover,
Condition: Very Good, Jack London's graphic detail of the East End of London, early 1900's. He spent 86 days gathering information and photographys. Swapped his clothes for a used outfit that would be in keeping with his new identity of a stranded American sailor and merged into the life of the East Enders, venturing into Frying Pan Alley. He discovered people who lived in the slums did so not by choice and not through laziness, but because of old age, disease, or accidents that had reduced their labor value. Escape from the slums was next to impossible, for their tiny wages did not permit them to live elsewhere. They had no resources, no money, and no strength left. Slow starvation was the common end. Reprint May 1907. Ove 70 illustrations, many photos taken by London. Ending poem "The Challenge" by Longfellow; followed by ads. Red cloth boards and spine, blind stamped decoration to edges.Spine mildly darkened, ends bumped, frayed to corners. Clean text, solidly bound. 12 mo. 319 pages
(London, Turn, Of, The Century, East, End, Of, London, 1900, S, Workhouses, In England, Whitchapel, District, London, Jack, London, American, Authors, American, Literature, London, East, Enders) Cat No. 2151.
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24.50
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London, Jack.
The People of the Abyss
New York, Grosset & Dunlap,
1907, Hardcover,
Condition: Very Good, Jack London's graphic detail of the East End of London, early 1900's. He spent 86 days gathering information and photographys. Swapped his clothes for a used outfit that would be in keeping with his new identity of a stranded American sailor and merged into the life of the East Enders, venturing into Frying Pan Alley. He discovered people who lived in the slums did so not by choice and not through laziness, but because of old age, disease, or accidents that had reduced their labor value. Escape from the slums was next to impossible, for their tiny wages did not permit them to live elsewhere. They had no resources, no money, and no strength left. Slow starvation was the common end. Reprint May 1907. Ove 70 illustrations, many photos taken by London. Ending poem "The Challenge" by Longfellow; followed by ads. Red cloth boards and spine, blind stamped decoration to edges.Spine mildly darkened, ends bumped, frayed to corners. Clean text, solidly bound. 12 mo. 319 pages
(London, Turn, Of, The Century, East, End, Of, London, 1900, S, Workhouses, In England, Whitchapel, District, London, Jack, London, American, Authors, American, Literature, London, East, Enders) Cat No. 2151.
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24.50
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Graeff, Arthur D.
The History of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company,
1944, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Written for history studies of High School. Graeff was Head of the Department for Social Studies at Overbrook High School, in Philadelphia. Beginning with the physical features of "Sylvania", the "Woods" and the origin of the Indians; through WIlliam Penn and the Quakers; invitation by Penn of the Palatine Germans, Scotch-Irish, Indentured Servants, Negroes and other continental groups to settle in the area. Colonial Pennsylvania, through to the World War II and "The Arsenal of America." Color frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Ex-school library stamps to front pastedown and e.p. Rear e.p. soiled, damp stain to upper rear board edge. All else clean, tightly bound. Green cloth, gilt lettering. tall 8 vo, 312 pages
(History, Of, Philadelphia, History, Of, Pennsylvania, Settlement, Of, Pennsylvania, Vintage, School, Books, Colonial, Pennsylvania, Quakers, Of, Philadelphia, The Algonquian, Indians, The Iroquois, Indians, Indian, Tribes, Of, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, And The Civil, War) Cat No. 2152.
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12.00
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Graeff, Arthur D.
The History of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company,
1944, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Written for history studies of High School. Graeff was Head of the Department for Social Studies at Overbrook High School, in Philadelphia. Beginning with the physical features of "Sylvania", the "Woods" and the origin of the Indians; through WIlliam Penn and the Quakers; invitation by Penn of the Palatine Germans, Scotch-Irish, Indentured Servants, Negroes and other continental groups to settle in the area. Colonial Pennsylvania, through to the World War II and "The Arsenal of America." Color frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Ex-school library stamps to front pastedown and e.p. Rear e.p. soiled, damp stain to upper rear board edge. All else clean, tightly bound. Green cloth, gilt lettering. tall 8 vo, 312 pages
(History, Of, Philadelphia, History, Of, Pennsylvania, Settlement, Of, Pennsylvania, Vintage, School, Books, Colonial, Pennsylvania, Quakers, Of, Philadelphia, The Algonquian, Indians, The Iroquois, Indians, Indian, Tribes, Of, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, And The Civil, War) Cat No. 2152.
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12.00
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Miller, Edgar, Jr.
American Antique Furniture: a Book for Amateurs, 2 Volume Set
Baltimore, The Lord Baltimore Press,
1937, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Covering general styles and periods: Jacobean; William and Mary; Queen Anne; Chippendale; Adam; Hepplewhite; Sheraton; American Directory; Duncan Phyfe; American Empire; Victoria and others. Contents: details of furniture; day beds, settes, etc; sofas; chests; high and lowboys; bureaus; desks and secretaries, etc; block front furniture; cupboards; sideboards; bedsteads; pole screens, stools; mirrors; tables, stands; clocks; tea caddies and small boxes. Sections on English Hall marks, furniture apprentices; auction sales and prices, etc. Profusely illustrated. Clean white text. Brown cloth boards, spotty marks to spines, rubbing of spine ends and edges. Volume one, cracked hinge. Bindings tight. First Editions, two solid volumes. 4to, 1106 pages
(American, Antique, Furntiure, Colonial, American, Furniture, Jacobean, Style, Furniture, William, And Mary, Style, Furniture, Duncan, Phyfe, Furniture, American, Empire, Furniture, Victorian, Furniture, American, Antique, Furniture, First, Edition, American, Furniture, William, And Mary, Furniture, Antique, Sideboards, Antique, Secretaries, English, Hall, Marks, Empire, Period, Furniture) Cat No. 2153.
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75.00
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