Nightlife Vanity Fair's Intimate Guide To New York After Dark

SHAW, Charles G.

Published by The John Day Company, 1931

About this Item

SHAW, Charles G. Written by Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974), at the time a freelancer for Vanity Fair and the New Yorker but also a founder member of American Abstract Artists. [182] pp. The John Day Company 1931 7 3/4" x 5 3/8" Decorated by Raymond Bret-Koch The French illustrator, Raymond Bret-Koch, was Staff Artist on Vanity Fair. The chapter titles give an evocative flavour of what's in store: speakeasies, The Great White Way, "A Few All-Night Druggists", dance halls and ballrooms, "all night chow", "chop suey with dancing", "chop suey without dancing", grill rooms, "with that Park Avenue air", roof gardens, Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, and, of course, Harlem ("the town's current hot-spot"), where there are namechecks for such jazz luminaries as Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, and Cab Calloway.

Seller Inventory # 42519

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nightlife Vanity Fair's Intimate Guide To New York After Dark
• Publisher: The John Day Company
• Publication Date: 1931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • New York
  • Restaurants