New York New York: the City as Seen By Masters of Art and Literature by Gordon, John And Hill, L. Rust, (Editors) - 1965

New York: Shorecrest, Inc., 1965. A colorful, moving and provacative palette of people, places and events in New York City drawn and described by great writers and artists ( 27 authors and 78 artists) for over 300 years. 24 color plates, 84 B.W. illustrations. Herman Melville; Henry James, "The Jolly Corner"; F. Scott Fitzgerald, May Day"; Max Weber, "Rush Hour New York"; Thomas Wolfe, "No Door"; James Baldwin, "Sonny's Blues"; Winslow Homer; John Cheever, "Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor"; Hortense Calisher, "In Greenwich there are many Gravelled Walks"; George Bellows; Joseph Stella; John Marin; Edward Hopper; Piet Mondrian; Mark Tobey; Franz Kline and others. Brown cloth boards and spine. DW price clipped, grey illustrated. Ex-lib, small sticker to spine, inside flaps pasted down, lib. packet to f.e.p. front. Lower corner of f.e.p. creased, scuff to upper rear near spine edge, 1/2 closed tear front inside flap, to edge rolled. Top edge green, lower edge ex-lib stamp, clean, clear text, solidly bound. 4 to, 403 pp First Edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Herman Melville, Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, James Baldwin, Winslow Homer, George Bellows, Joseph Stella, John Marin, Edward Hopper, Piet Mondrian, Mark Tobey, Franz Kline, New York City Art and Literature, New York in Literature, New York in Art. Catalogs: Art, Literature, First Edition, New York.