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Franklin Library, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Limited edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Endpapers are Moire fabric with silk ribbon marker. Gilded page edges, clean and unmarked. All pages are intact and binding is tight. Bound In full leather with hubbed spine. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Franklin Library, 1981. Leather Bound. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Franklin Library, 1981. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in full red morocco, gilt-stamped and decorated spine and covers, spine with partly raised bands, matching red moire-patterned silk endpapers, all edges gilt, lighter red silk bookmarker (slight wear, spine faded). xvi, 266 pages + plates. Fine-bound issue of the notable memoir by the founder of the famed Chicago institution (in particular for the chapters 'Tolstoyism', 'Echoes of the Russian Revolution' and 'Socialized Education'); with an index at rear. Originally published in 1910. Addams (1860-1935), American social reformer and pacifist, founder of Hull House in 1889, after studying settlement work in Europe during her convalescence; known for her unceasing recruitment efforts for her own institutions (chiefly among women) and for her opposition to war in any form (particularly in the last 20 years of her life). Over 5 b/w Illustrations / plates.

Franklin Library, 1981. First Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Gilded page edges and satin ribbon marker. Clean and unmarked. All pages are intact and binding is tight. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1981. Leather. A deluxe leatherbound Franklin Library reprint edition of the memoirs of Jane Addams (1860-1935). The author founded and lived at Hull-House, a settlement house which provided living quarters and cultural activities to some of the poor families of Chicago, many of them immigrants. Illustrated with photos from Hull-House and of the author. An entry in the publisher's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. --- Bound in full red bonded leather covers with three raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Red silk moire endpapers, with… Read More

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo, full leather gilt, fine. Part of the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature, "a limited edition collection published under the auspices of The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Reissue. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Faint blemishes to gilt on edges, otherwise an excellent copy. 1981 Full-Leather. xvi, 267 pp. Crimson full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with photographs of Hull-House and the immigrant experience. Hull House was a settlement house in the United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, Hull House (named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull) opened to recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had grown to 13 buildings. In 1912 the Hull House complex was completed with the addition of a summer camp, the Bowen Country Club. With its innovative social, educational, and artistic programs, Hull House became the standard bearer for the movement that had grown, by 1920, to almost 500 settlement… Read More

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. 1st thus limited edition; full red calf with three raised bands, 22 carat ornamentation and textblock, silk moire endpapers, and silk pagemarker, all edges gilt; 267 clean, unmarked pages.. 1st. Leather Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by B/W Illus. 8 vo.

Franklin Library, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front, back and spine. All edges gold. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Foxing to edges. Clean, unmarked pages.

Jan 01, 1981. Fine. HARDBACK. Brand New Condition Copy. Never Owned, Read or Used. Spine never cracked. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1981. Full-Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo..(over 7 3/4 inches by 9 3/4 inches tall). From the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature limited-edition collection. Deep red boards w/exquisite decorative gilt on boards, spine, blocks & fore-edge. GORGEOUS Moire end leaves and matching ribbon marker. All edges gold gilt, (a.e.g.). Historical B&W photographs throughout, from several prestigious museum collections, recording social conditions of immigrants in early nineteenth- and twentieth centuries. Wonderful frontispiece of Jane Addams. 267+ pp. include Autobiographical Notes and Index.