Add this copy of Impressions of Old New Orleans a Book of Pictures to cart. $200.00, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by George H. Doran Company.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by George H Doran Company, New York. 1926. 250 pgs. Illustrated 28 illustrations in the text followed 101 black and white plates. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Arnold Genthe (January 8, 1869 – August 9, 1942) was a German-born American photographer, best known for his photos of San Francisco's Chinatown, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and his portraits of noted people, from politicians and socialites to literary figures and entertainment celebrities. After emigrating to San Francisco in 1895 to work as a tutor, he taught himself photography. He was intrigued by the Chinese section of the city and photographed its inhabitants, from children to drug addicts, Due to his subjects' possible fear of his camera or their reluctance to have pictures taken, Genthe sometimes hid his camera. He also sometimes removed evidence of Western culture from these pictures, cropping or erasing as needed. About 200 of his Chinatown pictures survive, and these comprise the only known photographic depictions of the area before the 1906 earthquake. EB; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 250 pages.
Add this copy of Impressions of Old New Orleans a Book of Pictures to cart. $300.00, good condition, Sold by Princeton Antiques Bookservice rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlantic City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by GEORGE H. DORAN.
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GOOD. 8X11. Spine is worn with gilt lettering, dark green lettering on lighter green front cover which is of different material than spine. Back cover crease at spine is begining to crack. Boards exposed at corners. Name of former owners on front end page, cracked gutter, second end page has book plate. Twenty page foreword by Grace King and the author. The rest of book is stark black and white photos of mostly building and some people. Pages are clean and binding is good. _PAB_