The Coming City
by Ely, Richard T
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1902. Lecture on urban reform and city growth, offering remedies based in part on the European experience; the author posits that government is a profession, not a business, requiring training in many specialized fields and some experience of government. Ely was one of three Town of Madison supervisors and Professor of Political Economy and Director of the School of Economics and Political Science in the University of Wisconsin. First edition. Hardcover, full burgundy cloth, gilt titling. Light wear, bookplate of Wisconsin & Illinois utility executive B.F. Lyons inside front cover; hint of fading to spine. Text clean; 110 pages + 1 page publisher's ad.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5" by 7½".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- n0662
- Title
- The Coming City
- Author
- Ely, Richard T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Urban Studies, Sociology, Economics, Political Science
- Size
- 5" by 7½"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Gilt
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