Naked City
by Weegee, ; Fellig, Arthur 'weegee'
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-201: Essential Books. Good. 1945. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Essential Books, New York. 1945. 246 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Photo endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with blue titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities (corners lightly bumped; light soil present to the spine). Bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. For Naked City, his first collection, Weegee cruised the streets of 1940s New York in the wee hours in search of the sensational. Lewd, louche, licentious but always brimming with life (except when brimming with death) , Weegee's photographs have endured decades of modern art criticism and are again enjoying a much-deserved cult revival. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65412
- Title
- Naked City
- Author
- Weegee, ; Fellig, Arthur 'weegee'
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Essential Books
- Place of Publication
- E-201
- Date Published
- 1945
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