Twenty Years Hull House by Addams Jane, First Edition (42 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. *Veteran-Owned, Family-Run, Small Book Store in the Pacific Northwest*.

1990 Addams, Jane TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE; WITH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Introduction and notes by James Hurt Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1990 first printing 283pp, index, notes, black and white illustrations Norah Hamilton 8vo Scattered light spotting on upper edge of textblock, fine bright softcover with uncreased spine.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Good condition, no DJ, ex-library with all attendant stamps and markings. No markings to the text block. No marks of personal identification or prior ownership.; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; 21st printing of a 1938 copyright; fading, scuffing, and shelf wear to exterior; fading to pages; bumps to corners; binding reinforced; otherwise in good condition with clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Photographs, Illustrations By Norah Hamilton (illustrator). 1st Edition. Xvii, 462 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt, Later Printing, 1929, Of The First Edition Of 1910. Fine, Gilt Brilliant.

Leather bound. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket issued. First Edition, Thus. Part of The Franklin Library's The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs of Hull-House and the immigrant experience. Bound in full red leather, decorated and titled in gold. Hubbed spine, gilt page edges, silk moire end sheets, silk ribbon bookmark. Indexed, 267 pp. Owner's book plate.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Former Library book. 1st trade edition. "Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1910." Spine ends worn. Boards rubbed and edgeworn. Front hinge weak, repaired with cloth tape. Bookplate inside. Minor pencil marks inside. (social conditions, peace, reformers).

Leather Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. B/W Illus (illustrator). 1st. 1st thus limited edition; full red calf with three raised bands, 22 carat ornamentation and textblock, silk moire endpapers, and silk pagemarker, all edges gilt; 267 clean, unmarked pages. Size: 8 vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photos (illustrator). First Edition. Third impression, in the same binding format with color pastedown and gilt title. The covers are in excellent shape, with bright and unchipped pastedown and bright gilt titles, clean cloth and no fraying. Rear hinge is cracked but holding on the webbed backstrip. Text block is fine and unmarked. Covers and gilt are clean and bright. Still an attractive copy meriting bindery restoration to rear hinge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Norah Hamilton (illustrator). First printing. 8vo; ix, 462 pages, cocked, variant publisher's binding lacking the picture of Hull House on the top cover and the title, but titled with imprint on the spine. Classic autobiography by this great lady who invented settlement houses, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A "faithful record of the years since the autumn of 1889 when without any preconceived social theories or economic views, I came to live in an industrial district of Chicago - Preface." Color cover plate by Frank Hazenplug, Twelve plates, including 9 drawings by Norah Hamilton; textual illustrations including 4 photographs by Lewis W. Hine. [ CHICAGO BY THE BOOK 101 Publications That Shaped The City and Its Image, 30 ].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. 1st. The Franklin Library Limited Edition. Illustrated With Photographs Which Are Rare Historical Documents Of Hull-House And The Immigrant Experience. Bound In Full Rich Red Leather With Extra Gilt. Aeg. 267 Pages Including Index. There Is A Silk Ribbon Sewn In As A Permanent Bookmark. The Spine Has Raised Bands With Four Compartments. The Endpapers Have A Moire Finish. Crisp And Tight. Previous Owner's Bookplate On Half-Title Page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG, stains on tp, illustrated by Norah Hamilton, 1st edn but 4th reprint (1911), slightly toned spine but titles readable, paper illustration on front cover intact, TEG, 462pps w/index, ads.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1930, 1st printing November 1930. Published by The Macmillan. Hardcover in full cloth, no DJ. Condition very good, slight edgewear, spine slightly darkened, some discoloration on the edge of rear cover, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent pages. Not a reminder. 8vo, xiii + 413 p. illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Brown cloth, colored pastedown illustration on cover, top edge gilt; B/w frontis & b/w plates; Binding slightly cocked, cloth extremities have some wear, vintage note on the endpaper; small scratches on the cover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: VG. NY 1930 first edition. Macmillan. 413p. Hardcover octavo. Reddish brown cloth with gilt lettering. VG bookplate partly removed. no dj. Binding secure and text clean.

ADDAMS, Jane. The Second Twenty Years at Hull House, September 1909 to September 1929. With a Record of a Growing World Consciousness. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. 1st ed. xiii,413pp. Illus. Orig. cloth. Near fine. Ownership signature of Adelaide M. Cromwell, with some notes by her on rear free endpaper. Adelaide Cromwell Hill (1919-2019), a prominent sociologist and a granddaughter of John Wesley Cromwell, was the first Black instructor at Hunter College and at Smith College. She was the author of several books on Black history and a study of Boston's Black upper class.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Norah Hamilton (illustrator). 1st Edition. Limited Edition #160 of 210 Copies. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photographs, Illustrations By Norah Hamilton (illustrator). 1st Edition. Xvii, 462 Pp. + 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Red-Brown Cloth, Gilt, Color Illustration Mounted On Front Cover, Top Edge Gilt, Light Green Endpapers. Third Printing, December 1910, Of The First Edition. Signed "Jane Addams Hull-House" And "Louise De Koven Bowen" On Preliminary Blank, With Signature Beneath Of Mrs. J. E. Howe Dated 1910, And A Few Pencil Notes Relating To Gertrude Howe Britton (1868-1951), Social Worker And Birth Control Activist, Resident Of Hull-House, Who Was In Charge Of The Hull-House Children's Clubs, Later A Member Of The Chicago Board Of Education And Was Wife Of James Howe Britton (1876-1956), Resident Physician Of Hull-House, They Were The Parents Of The First Child Born At Hull House. She Is Frequently Mentioned In Articles And Books About Addams And Hull-House; In The 1929 Year Book She Is Cited For Meeting Weekly With The Mexican Consul And Neighborhood Residents. With Ephemera: Photographically Illustrated "From The Christmas Concert Hull House, Christmas Card Circa 1910/1930 Of The Brittons; An Invitation From Jane Addams To The Brittons' 25Th Anniversary At Hull House 1929; An Invitation From Addams And The Brittons To A Reception For The Brittons' Son James Howe Britton; An Invitation To The Christening Of Their Daughter Janith, And A Related Newspaper Clipping; And An Announcement For The Opening Of The Joint Medical Offices Of The Brittons' Father And Son In Altadena, Probably Circa 1950. Louise De Koven Bowen (1859-1953) Had An Activist Career In Social And Women's Issues In Chicago For Many Decades. She Was Vice-President, Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, Director, Woman's Club Of Chicago, Treasurer And President Of The Board Of Directors, Hull House, President, Juvenile Protection Association, Auditor, Nawsa; She Donated Extensive Country Lands For The "Camp And Summer Camp At The "Hull-House And Bowen Country Club". With Other Ephemera Including Newspaper Clippings And Magazine Articles; Brochure "All Work And No Play: A Plea For Saturday Afternoon", By Jane Sheldrick Howe, 1910, Juvenile Protective Association; Hull-House Year Book 40Th Year (1929), Discussing Gertrude Howe Britton's Work Including Her 1925 "Our Mexican Patients In Central Free Dispensary"; "Cathedral Of Compassion: Dramatic Outline Of The Work Of Jane Addams 1860-1935", Signed Limited Edition Additionally Inscribed To Kathryn Howe Miller "Old Hull House Kid)(Mrs. Herman W. Miller) From Hazel Taylor, And With A Loose Slip Regarding Subscriptions To Announcements Of Hull House Exhibitions; "Before And After Trouble", Pamphlet, Hull-House1956; "A Social Settlement In Times Of Neighborhood Change", Hull House 1957; Announcement, Invitation, And Personal Letter From The President Inviting The Recipient To The Hull-House Moving Party, 1963; "Hull House Association", Brochure, 1963. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Xvii, 462 Pp. #107 Of 210 Copies Of The Signed, Limited First Edition, Large Paper 9 5/8" Tall. Vellum Spine Over Brown Paper Covered Boards. A Very Nice Copy, Clean, Hinges Tight, Spine And Cover Gilt Lettering All Brilliant, Small Losses Of Paper On Edges At Tops, A Few Tiny Losses Of Paper At Edges Of Front Cover, No Damage To Vellum, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. Signed by Author(s).

Half title, 2pp ads preceding front. port.; e.ps sl. browned. Orig. brown cloth, lettered in gilt; spine v. sl. dulled. Stamps of Co-operative Union, Manchester. v.g. Jane Addams, 1860-1935: pacifist, philanthropist and public servant, 'Chicago's most useful citizen'. She founded Hull House, a social settlement for impoverished migrants arriving in Chicago, and was also president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, founded in The Hague in 1915.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hamilton, Noah (illustrator). First Edition. With Autobiographical Notes. 12 b/w plates. 462 pp. plus ads. White endpapers with light foxing, previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. Both boards a little loose. Brown cloth with gilt titles and colour plate. Small scratches on the plate, corners bumped. GOOD. Book.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. xiii, 413. Illustrated wtih drawings or woodcuts at chapter heads. Rust cloth, stamped in gilt. Partially unopened. Probably ex-library, with pocket and date slip removed; no stamps. Cover little scuffed, o/w VG. Jane Addams (1860-1935) settlement founder, social reformer and peace worker was born at Cedarville in north central Illinois. Her father was a Republican legislator and vigiorous abolitionist. She attended the Rockford Female Seminary and with Ellen Starr opened the Hull House Settlement House in 1889. She was President of the International Congress of Women (1919) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize which she shared with Nicholas Murray Butler (1931).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First edition. About fine in chipped and tape repaired, fair only dustwrapper. Addams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, and died in 1935.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Book plate to second free end page. Pristine. A Limited Edition. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine. Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+, Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A limited edition published under the auspices of The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in leather boards. Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. ; First Easton Press Edition.