Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction at the Eighteenth Annual Session Held in Indianapolis, Ind., May 13-20, 1891
by Barrows, Isabel (Ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1891. Not First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding rubbed at extremities, slightly cocked; spine ends & corners frayed; boards & backstrip scuffed & smudged; hinges, one point in textblock cracked, front hinge starting to separate; some leaves lightly dampstained; corners of a few leaves bent; leaf edges, paste-downs & endpapers foxed. No dj. ; B&w frontis photo.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" ; 435 pages .
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- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48411
- Title
- Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction at the Eighteenth Annual Session Held in Indianapolis, Ind., May 13-20, 1891
- Author
- Barrows, Isabel (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Not First Edition
- Publisher
- Press of Geo. H. Ellis
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- 19th Century Relief Organizations, Public Outdoor Relief in Indiana, History of Poverty in Indiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sociology;
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