The Egyptian Peasant.
Translated by John Alden Williams; foreword by Chester Bowles, introduction by Morroe Berger. 12mo, bds, d.w. Boston, (1963).
POVERTY
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In the Midst of Plenty: The Poor in America.
Boston: Beacon, 1964. Illustrated. 207pp., small 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, lightly rubbed. Boston: Beacon Press, (1964). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.
London, 1899-1900; Map showing Places of Religious Worship, Public Elementary Schools, and Houses Licensed for the Sale of Intoxicating Drinks
London: Stanford's Geographical Establishment, 1902. Map. Color lithograph. Image size 26" x 36 3/4", page size 27" x 40 1/4". Iconic map which was included in the final series of three of Charles Booth's "Life and Labour of the People of London." The last series was a conclusion of the previous two. This particular map was intended to highlight the hierarchy of social influences in London, showing an overwhelming number of houses that sell alcohol as compared to schools and...
From the Depths: The Discovery of Poverty in the United States.
New York: New York University Press, 1956. Illus. 364pp. 8vo, gray cloth, pages slightly wavy throughout, otherwise very good. New York: New York University Press, (1956).
The Human Future Revisited: The World Predicament and Possible Solutions.
8vo, cloth-backed bds, d.w. New York: (1978).
Wages Of Neglect.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Chicago, 1969.
Torregreca: A World in Southern Italy
London: Macmillan, 1969. Illustrated. 335 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. London: Macmillan, (1969). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.
Torregreca: Life, Death, Miracles
Boston: Atlantic Monthly, 1969. Illustrated with photographs by the author. 335pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn. Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, (1969). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Long inscription to Shirley Hazzard and Francis Steegmuller, signed by the author.
Hidden Survivors, Portraits of Poor Jews in America.
190pp., 8vo, boards, d.w. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, (1980). Very good.
Homes and Hospitals: or Two Phases of Woman's Work, as Exhibited in the Labor of
Boston: American Tract, 1873. 336pp. plus ads, 8vo, red cloth; ownership signature title page, spine and outer margins of front cover darkened, foot of spine lightly worn. Boston: American Tract Society, 1873. A very good copy of this scarce title.
Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians.
New York: Knopf, 1991. xii + 475pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; some minor penciling in margins, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First edition. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.
Man and Land; The Essential Revolution.
8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, 1971. Analysis of the poverty and hunger in the Third World.
The Dispossessed; America's Underclasses from the Civil War to the Present.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. soiled, otherwise very good). (N.Y.): Basic Books, (1992).
London Through The Keyhole.
many illus. 88pp. 4to, pr. wrs. (Bulwell): Wicked Publications, (1991). Poverty and neglect in Victorian London.
Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation.
New York: Crown, 1995. 286pp. 8vo, 1/2 brown cloth, d.w. soiled. New York: Crown, (1995). Lives of children who grew up in poverty in the South Bronx.
Poverty, Yesterday and Today.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Thomas Crowell, (1973). vg.
Twilight London: A Study in Degradation.
London: Vision, 1971. 192pp., 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, minor chipping. London: Vision Press, (1971). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.
Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding; Community Action in the War on Poverty.
8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Free Press, (1969). vg.
Autographed Letter Signed
Mechanicsburg: 1840. 3 pages, 12.5 x 7.5 inches, Mechanicsburg, April 23, 1840. Outstanding autographed letter signed "Phebe Sergeant," who has moved from Michigan to Ohio in a quest to better his life, only to suffer one misfortune after another, in small part: "...We all lay sick most of the time with the fever...Susan Marie was born Sept. 26, 1838 and she died the 28th of September, 1839. What was the matter with her we don't know. She dwindled away until...
America's Struggle Against Poverty, 1900-1980
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981. Very good.
The Mysteries and Miseries of the Great Metropolis, with Some Adventures in the Country: Being the Disguises and Surprises of a New-York Journalist
New York: Appleton, 1874. Frontis plus 11 illustrations. v + 462pp.+ 2pp. of publisher's ads. 8vo, original gilt-lettered decorative green cloth, spine ends repaired, edges of corners worn, cloth lightly soiled, dampstained on some right margins and the back cloth cover. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. First Edition. Author was an investigative newspaper journalist in New York City.
Hunger and History: The Influence of Hunger on Human History.
New York: Harper, 1939. Illustrated. xvii + 269pp., 8vo, blue cloth; lightly worn. New York: Harper & Row, 1939. A very good copy.
The Black Man's Portion: History, Demography and Living Conditions in the Native Locations of East London Cape Providence.
Illus., charts, 170pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (spine chipped, large tear on back) Oxford UP: Cape Town, 1961. A very good(+) copy in a poor d.w.
How the Other Half Lives; Studies Among the Tenements of New York
New York: Scribner, 1914. 43 black & white illustrations, chiefly from photographs taken by the author. Small 8vo, blue cloth backed pictorial boards (rubbed and with a few small stains; internally clean), previous owner's name on inside front cover. New York: Scribner, 1914. A very good(-) copy.
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