Nightlife: Vanity Fair's Intimate Guide to New York After Dark

Language: English

Published by John Day Co., N.Y., 1931

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1st printing. Book shows almost no wear apart from small bumps to top corners of boards; illustrated front cover is bright and clear. Unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket is only fair, chipped at corners and along spine, with toning to spine. An absolutely delightful Prohibition-era guide to New York, laid out neighborhood by neighborhood with illustrations and plenty of commentary: 'I do not like the foyer of the Forrest Theatre, the pretentiousness of Reuben's, cocktails containing absinthe, and the bouncer at the Club Elite. I prefer the Colony Restaurant's entrees to the majority of its patrons. I regret that Columbus Avenue's Old Landmark isn't what it used to be. I have never witnessed anything worth a cent at the Cherry Lane Theatre. I admire the divan seats at the Capitol. I believe Manhattan night life to be gayer than that of London, less genuine than Berlin's, and more amusing than that of Paris. I believe that whether there be speakeasies or not New York will always have night clubs. I regret that some of the spots mentioned in this book have probably gone out of business.' Needless to say, in the past eight decades, nearly *every* spot mentioned in "Nightlife" has indeed gone out of business. Sigh. 182 pages. U.S. buyers, contact me for a possible discount.

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Title
Nightlife: Vanity Fair's Intimate Guide to New York After Dark
Author
Shaw, Charles G.; decorated by Raymond Bret-Koch
Publisher
John Day Co., N.Y.
Publication year
1931
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Fair
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
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Hi all! I've been accumulating volumes for well over half my life, mostly autographed and inscribed copies. Wrote a book on book collecting for a Random House imprint in 2004 and another, "Book Collecting Now: The Value of Print in a Digital Age," for Chatwin Books, published in 2019. I intended to keep most of these books forever, but my wife and I decided to move to Manhattan, which meant downsizing from an enormous suburban house, with practically unlimited bookshelf space, to an apartment in Greenwich Village. So hello, AbeBooks!

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