The breadwinners : a social study /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hay, John, 1838-1905
Corporate Author: Harper & Brothers
Other Authors: Hay, Clarence L. (Clarence Leonard), 1884-1969 (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1916], c1911.
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Description
Item Description:The first edition to bear Hay's name on the title page; with an introduction by Clarence Leonard Hay.
Originally published under title: The bread-winners : a social study (New York : Harper & Brothers, 1884).
On verso of title page: "Copyright, 1883, by the Century Company / Copyright, 1883, by Harper & Brothers / Copyright, 1911, by Clara S. Hay ... "; at foot, Harper printing code E-Q, i.e. May 1916, the date of the first printing of this edition.
Issued in blue cloth, lettered in gold, with no decorative additions; also in tan paper over boards, spine and front cover title The bread winners, with a graphic design of wheatears as found on covers of the first edition. Dust jacket with spine title The bread winners and cover title The breadwinners; front cover with portrait of Hay and extract from the introduction; publisher's advertisement on back for Seventeen (Tarkington), The twin sisters (Forman), The daughter of the storage (Howells), The hidden spring (Kelland) and Love at large (Kerr).
Collation: [unsigned, 1² 2-21⁸]; 162 leaves, pp. [4 unnumbered (first leaf blank)] [1-5] 6-319 [320 (blank)].
Physical Description:[4], 319, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
Place of Publication:United States -- New York (State) -- New York.