BETTS, Lillian W.

The Story of an East-Side Family

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1903. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's pictorial blue cloth, with designs stamped in gilt, white, and green; 342pp. Slight wear to cloth, with a few scratches and spots of soil to cover, but still a well-preserved copy, with pictorial elements bright and clean; Very Good. Neat ink gift inscription to front endpaper, dated Christmas, 1904.

A stark yet sentimental tale of working-class tenement life in lower Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century. Betts (d.1924) was a pioneering social worker, organizer, and journalist whose work generally focused on the poor immigrant communities of Manhattan and Brooklyn. She was for many years the Home Editor for the progressive weekly magazine The Outlook. HANNA 340.

Price: $150.00

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