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Das Album Weltstadtleben in 500 Bildern nach der Natur (The Album of Metropolitan City Life in 500 Pictures after Nature)
by Reutlinger; Professor Stebbing; H. Walter Barnett; A. Block; W. & D. Downey; Paul Boyer; Dupont; E. Lagrange; Gerschel (Photographs by); Grün; J. Wely; F. Bac; B. de Monvel (Illustrations by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g+
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris; Leipzig: F. Krüger; A. Schumann, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. g+. Folio. 159, [1]pp. Original red cloth spine over red leatherette with gilt lettering and gold embossed illustration on front cover. Decorative endpapers. Photo-illustrated title-page. Exquisite work intended to be the most comprehensive collection of erotic images of pin-up style Parisian women at the turn of the 20th Century. This work is profusely illustrated throughout with 500 tinted photographic reproductions, many within decorative or illustrated frames, and numerous illustrations by J. Wely, F. Bac, and B. de Monvel. Includes 2 reproductions of posters designed by Grün for the Parisian cabaret "La Cigale" and for the "Grand Guignol" play performed at "Le Theatre Montmartre". The duotone photographs depict some of the most beautiful Parisian theater actresses and dancers of the period, such as: Luce Lhéry by Reutlinger; Lili Pinson, by Prof. Stebbing; Mademoiselle Laparcerie, by Reutlinger, etc. Slight age-wear on binding with minor abrasion on upper spine, and very few scratches on covers. Title-page slightly foxed. Previous owner's name on title-page. Text in German. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27781
- Title
- Das Album Weltstadtleben in 500 Bildern nach der Natur (The Album of Metropolitan City Life in 500 Pictures after Nature)
- Author
- Reutlinger; Professor Stebbing; H. Walter Barnett; A. Block; W. & D. Downey; Paul Boyer; Dupont; E. Lagrange; Gerschel (Photographs by); Grün; J. Wely; F. Bac; B. de Monvel (Illustrations by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- F. Krüger; A. Schumann
- Place of Publication
- Paris; Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- 19th century erotica, Tinted photographs, Parisian pin-ups in 1900, First edition, Illustrated, Reference
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- G+
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- Folio
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