Photo-Illustrated Books & Photography Albums
RIIS, Jacob (1849-1914). How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
RIIS, Jacob (1849-1914). How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
Sale 2112 - Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Oct 24, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 -
600
Lot Description
Photo-Illustrated Books & Photography Albums
RIIS, Jacob (1849-1914). How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
RIIS, Jacob (1849-1914). How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
8vo. 43 plates including frontispiece after halftone photographs. Original blue-grey cloth stamped in blue and gilt (spine slanted and sunned with some cloth repairs at ends, spotting to covers, joints and fore-corners frayed).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS LANDMARK WORK, in a rare variant binding and printed on thicker paper. See previously lot for the more common issue. Parr & Badger, The Photobook p.53.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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