The Speakeasies of 1932
by Al Hirschfeld and Gordon Kahn
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/as new
- ISBN 10
- 1557835187
- ISBN 13
- 9781557835185
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Glenn Young Books/Applause, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. As new in dust jacket. First edition/printing. Oversized hardcover. 95 pp. Introduction by Pete Hamill. "...The subject is the New York speakeasy ,captured in drawings and words of Al Hirschfeld, in the final months of the preposterous American social experiment called Prohibition..." Each of the 70 full page Hirschfeld drawings is accompanied by a description of the interior, bartenders and others, foods they were noted for, of the featured speakeasy and the recipe for their specialty cocktail is also provided.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23948
- Title
- The Speakeasies of 1932
- Author
- Al Hirschfeld and Gordon Kahn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- as new
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1557835187
- ISBN 13
- 9781557835185
- Publisher
- Glenn Young Books/Applause
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- art, illustration prohibition, bars, taverns, new york city, speakeasies, drinking,
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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