Changing New York . Text by Elizabeth McCausland.
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1939. Quarto (11 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches, 285x220 mm). Illustrations after photographs of Berenice Abbott Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. Condition: The jacket with numerous small tears, with some loss to head and foot of spine panel, most repaired with adhesive tape, some discoloration, signs of old light water-staining, some light browning. Provenance : author's signature on the front free endpaper. first edition in dust jacket, signed by the photographer. “Each picture in “Changing new York” is an individual gem of photographic art worked into a whole that presents the true spirit that is New York, with its constant change and thrilling tempo. This is a book for those who love the city and have a romantic interest in its historic past; it is in an exciting, beautiful and historical volume for any person … who is interested in an enduring, absolutely accurate … record of the changing times and places and people in this great, throbbing metropolis” ( blurb on front flap ).
Changing New York . Text by Elizabeth McCausland.
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1939. Quarto (11 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches, 285x220 mm). Illustrations after photographs of Berenice Abbott Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. Condition: The jacket with numerous small tears, with some loss to head and foot of spine panel, most repaired with adhesive tape, some discoloration, signs of old light water-staining, some light browning. Provenance : author's signature on the front free endpaper. first edition in dust jacket, signed by the photographer. “Each picture in “Changing new York” is an individual gem of photographic art worked into a whole that presents the true spirit that is New York, with its constant change and thrilling tempo. This is a book for those who love the city and have a romantic interest in its historic past; it is in an exciting, beautiful and historical volume for any person … who is interested in an enduring, absolutely accurate … record of the changing times and places and people in this great, throbbing metropolis” ( blurb on front flap ).
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