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RIIS, Jacob A. Making of an American. Signed copy
Macmillan Company / Macmillan & Co., Ltd., New York / London, 1903,
RIIS, Jacob A. The Making of an American. With Numerous Illustrations. New York : The Macmillan Company / London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., (June) 1903.Ninth Printing. Pp [i]-xiii,(1),1-443,(3), frontis + 8 (of 9) plates. Also , text illustrations. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt to front board and spine. "Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 - May 26, 1914), a Danish-American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer, was born in Ribe, Denmark. He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City, which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and photographic essays. He helped with the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. As one of the first photographers to use flash, he is considered a pioneer in photography." - from wikipedia.org. Inga Hoegsbro Christensen (b. 1872) was a pianist and leading exponent of Scandinavian and Finnish music in America, and a friend of Jacob Riis. Covers worn and waterstained, inner hinges broken and tape-repaired, with a number of Riis obituaries pasted in, a typed Tribute to Jacob Riis by Inga Hoegsbro, along with two postcards from Riis and a signed inscription from Riis to Inga Hoegsbro.A poor but interesting copy. As is. 300.00
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RIIS, Jacob A. Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half.. US no dj.
1914,
RIIS, Jacob A. Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half. N.Y. : Macmillan Co., 1914. Pp (4),v-ix,(1),1-209,(1),(8,ads),frontis + 5 plates. 8vo, illuscloth. Hinges cracked, library label to spine, remnants of library bookpla te to front pastedown, covers worn, else vg. 50.00
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