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THE SECRET PARIS OF THE 30'S
by Brassai (Gyula Halasz)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394408411
- ISBN 13
- 9780394408415
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books/Random House. The classic collection of photographs of night life in Paris during the 1930s by the French-Hungarian artist-photographer Gyula Halasz who used the pseudonymn Brassai as he visited and photographed the city's nightclubs, brothels and opium dens. It is also Brassai's memoir of an underworld that, a hundred years later, has been changed by wars, politics and technology to the point it no longer exists. First American edition, first printing. About 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches, unpaginated, with numerous full-page black & white photos. Includes a list of illustrations at back. Bound in plain black-paper-covered boards. The dustjacket's front panel contains a graphic featuring author and title in three different colors bordering a black & white photo of three nude women confronting a fully-clothed man and woman at the door of a building. This copy was once in a school library and contains a few library stampings and residue from a card envelope once glued to the front end page. The dj itself is glued to the book's boards. Book, boards and dj have been protected by a clear plastic dj protector that has done an excellent job of protecting the book and its photographs if you can ignore ignore the damage to the boards and the dj. It also means we can offer this first edition as a reading/study copy at an economical price. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1976.
Synopsis
The Secret Paris of the '30s is the compilation of the well-known but never-seen "secret photographs" of Brassai. This evocative photographic memoir is affectionally captioned by the photographer himself, and reveals the forbidden Paris of the 1930s - its brothels, whores, pimps, and opium dens. A must-have for any fans of Brassai or playwright Henry Miller, who often accompanied the photographer on his trips to the underground.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006182
- Title
- THE SECRET PARIS OF THE 30'S
- Author
- Brassai (Gyula Halasz)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394408411
- ISBN 13
- 9780394408415
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books/Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- photography, nudity, sex, erotica, Paris, 1930s, Brassai, whores, nightclub entertainment,
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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