PATTEN, Simon Nelson.

The new basis of civilization. [American Social Progress Series. The Kennedy lectures for 1905, in the School of Philanthropy, conducted by the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York]. New York and London, Macmillan, 1907.

8vo, pp. [2], vii, [1 blank], 220; a very good copy in publisher’s printed brown cloth, spine gilt, slightly rubbed at base.

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PATTEN, Simon Nelson.

The new basis of civilization. [American Social Progress Series. The Kennedy lectures for 1905, in the School of Philanthropy, conducted by the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York]. New York and London, Macmillan, 1907.