Magical City: Intimate Sketches of New York
by Bailey, Vernon Howe; Maurice, Arthur Bartett
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. 254pp. Original blue cloth. Pictures by Vernon Howe Bailey. Notes by Arthur Bartlet Maurice. Gift inscription on half-title page. Signed by Vernon Howe Bailey on dedication page; no inscription. Inner pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowed with age. Binding is cracked in a few spots (hinges are a bit loose and text block is pulling away from boards); pages still attached but delicate. Covers are sunned/scuffed/dust soiled (especially to spine). Some discoloring/damp staining/foxing of end-papers. Crease to FEP and some minor chipping to right page edges. Blue ink to upper page edges has slightly bled onto pages due to moisture. This is not a remainder or ex-library. Nice reading copy. . Inscribed By Illustrator. Second Printing, Collectible. Oversized Hardcover. Fair +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021057
- Title
- Magical City: Intimate Sketches of New York
- Author
- Bailey, Vernon Howe; Maurice, Arthur Bartett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing, Collectible
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- New York Architecture SIGNED
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; American Culture;
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- Inscribed
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- Chipping
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- Jacket
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