NEIGHBORS. Life Stories of the Other Half.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. 8 pp undated ads. Original terra-cotta cloth pictorially decorated in black, white and gilt.
First Edition of this collection of nineteen brief stories of the "other half," the poor immigrants scratching out livings in urban tenements. The first page of ads notes that the Danish-born Riis ("social reformer and civil worker, 'New York's most useful citizen'") had died the same year that this was published.
Though not mentioned on the title page, this volume includes six illustrations by the noted Polish-American painter and illustrator W[ladyslaw]. T[eodor]. Benda. This copy of this handsomely-bound book is bright and just about fine, with scarcely any soil or wear. Item #15506
Price: $275.00