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Riis, Jacob. The Making of an American by Jacob Riis. Autobiography.

Riis, Jacob. The Making of an American by Jacob Riis. Autobiography.

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Macmillan, March 1902, 5th printing [first issued in November 1901]. [Autobiography of one of the pioneers of social documentary photography. Includes images from Riis' earlier book, How the Other Half Lives.] 

  • Nonauthorial 1902 gift inscription on flyleaf, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, worn extremities, otherwise very good, custom made polyester jacket. 
  • Also available, 1966 Harper Torchback paperback edition with biographical essay by Roy Lubove, worn ex-library paperback, reading copy with illustrations higher quality than in the 1902 edition.
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