[Rarebooks] FS: Luther Burbank INSCRIBED to Jacob Riis

[Charles Agvent]

BURBANK, Luther. THE TRAINING OF THE HUMAN PLANT. New York: The Century 
Co., 1908. First Edition. Early but not first printing, which was in 
April 1907, of this title which advocated improved treatment of children 
and eugenic practices such as keeping the unfit and first cousins from 
marrying. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to 
Jacob Riis: "To Jacob Riis/with the profound admiration/of/Luther 
Burbank/Santa Rosa Cal Mar 20th/1909." Small stain at the top of the 
front cover. Very Good or better.
Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist, and a pioneer 
in agricultural science who developed more than 800 strains and 
varieties of plants. Jacob Riis was a pioneering photojournalist and 
author of the influential book HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, an illustrated 
examination of poverty in New York City. His work influenced Lincoln 
Steffens and helped to create what would become "muckraking" or 
investigative journalism. (#016440)        $1,250.00

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