AMERICAN BOOK OF BEAUTY
by Isabelle Dorothea Cameron
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
R.H. Russell, New York:, 1904 11 unnumbered pages + 87 portraits. Large folio. 53 x 43 cm. 87 Wonderful photogravure portraits of many of the female social headliners of the era - including: Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Payne Whitney, and many many others. The powerful photogravure photo prints were mainly by Rudolf Eickemeyer, Histed, and others. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Large folio. Rudolf Eickemeyer Jr. (1862-1932) was an American pictorialist photographer. He was one of the first Americans to be admitted to the Linked Ring, and his photographs won dozens of medals at exhibitions around the world in the 1890s and early 1900s. Ernest Walter Histed (18621947) was an English-American photographer born in Brighton. He went to United States and created a successful business in Chicago, and then in Pittsburgh. He returned to England to set up a studio first in New Bond Street and then in Baker Street, London. Then he returned to New York, and operated a studio on Fifth Avenue. He moved to Palm Beach, Florida and continued to work until 1934. The largest collection of his work is held by the Museum of the City of New York. RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT OF AMERICAN HIGH SOCIETY WOMEN AND THEIR FASHIONS AROUND 1900. This is a large book - ask about shipping.. Hardcover. Very Good.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1668208202379
- Title
- AMERICAN BOOK OF BEAUTY
- Author
- Isabelle Dorothea Cameron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- R.H. Russell, New York:
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- PHOTOGRAPHY; WOMEN; GILDED AGE;
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHOTOGRAPHY; WOMEN;
Terms of Sale
THE FAMILY ALBUM
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
THE FAMILY ALBUM
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...