Settlement Movement from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Original illuminated document on parchment; hand-lettered in italic with gilt illuminations at upper left and right margins; signed beneath work by the calligrapher, "E. von E." (unidentified). With original signatures of 71 board members and staff of the Henry Street Settlement. Mild soil at margins; Near Fine. A handsome, hand-lettered tribute to outgoing President of the Board… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1902. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's pictorial cloth, stamped in colors with gilt spine titles; 315pp; frontispiece and 35 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Square and tight with a trace of rubbing at board corners; Near Fine. Unusually nice copy of this richly-illustrated survey of New York slums, with much on… Ler mais sobre este item

London: George Allen & Unwin, (1919). First Edition. Octavo. Olive drab boards, lettered in black on spine and front cover; xvi, 336pp. Inserted advertising leaf tipped in before first page of Preface. Tight, straight and unmarked copy, Near Fine. Social survey of British labourers (mainly in the city of Sheffield), undertaken immediately following the Great War. The Society was… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. Later but early printing (first published in 1909). Octavo. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth (hardcover); 274,14pp. A bright, clean copy, close to fine, free of markings or wear. Devine (1867-1948) was a pioneer American sociologist and an early director of the New York School of Social Work and an advocate of the Settlement… Ler mais sobre este item