Chas Laborde; Paul Morand — Rues et Visages de New-York
Lacouriere Paris First Edition Very Good Condition 44cm x 34.5cm. [42] pages, 15 colour plates, black and with illustrations in the text. Quarter vellum portfolio with cloth ties. Streets and Faces of New York. The final, and posthumous, of Charles Laborde's series of works on famous world cities, having previously produced similar volumes on Paris (1926), London (1928), Berlin (1930), and Moscow (1935). The New York volume produced from sketchbooks he made on his trip in 1932, containing 15 accompanied by text by Paul Morand. One of 200 numbered copies on Arches from a total edition of 230. Text is in French. Bump to spine crown of folder and text block, more so to the upper and decreasing but still present to the lower, thus minor marginal creasing to one corner of the frontispiece plate, and very minor marginal creasing to one corner on the remaining plates which are housed at the rear. Category: Art & Design; North America; 20th Century: 1950s; French Language; Travel & Exploration. Inventory No: 0035328.
