Preface by theodore roosevelt (4 risultati)

Near fine with near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket is lightly bumped at top front edge and has a small spot on front panel. 89 pages with illustrations by Frederic Remington. Tall 8vo size.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Edition; xxxviii, 275pp, illustrated, 18 b/w plates. Blue cloth covers with green and silver title panel to spine. History of Iceland, lore and legends,explorers.The first settlers of Iceland were mainly Irish, later mostly Scandinavian. Shelfware, small mark to front cover, front end paper cracking at hinge, pages age toned, some minor foxing, contents clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Iceland; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2864. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Dust Jacket. No publication data is included, but we can assume that this was published by the Municipal Court in Philadelphia in 1917. The text is clean and the binding is holding, but the covers are stained, the corners are worn, and the book has met with a bit of moisture, which has caused some staining along the edges of the pages, not affecting the text. The content, however, is fascinating. The courts involved are domestic (family), juvenile, civil and criminal, but criminal is given less weight here than the others. This is not just a record of court hearings, trials and the like. It is primarily a collection of analyses of the social status of various sorts of offenders, and charts showing an amazing array of statistics regarding matters brought before family court (called domestic relations court at that time), such as the reasons for divorcing or for bringing domestic abuse charges (alcoholism leads by a mile), or for cases involving the legitimacy of children or child abandonment. Juvenile court is likewise dissected. You will learn a great deal about the social structure of Philadelphia from this book, homely though it is. Theodore Roosevelt's preface was reprinted from the May 1917 issue of Metropolitan Magazine.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1917. FIRST EDITION. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; First Edition (1917).NearFine Hardcover (DarkGoldenRod cloth, Brown lettering, no dj). No Wear. Clean. Free of marks,inscriptions, etc. throughout. Strong tight binding, perfect hinges. 7.7"x5.3"x1.25". be27347. …