Fare Thee Well: A Backward Look at Two Centuries of Historic American Hostelries, Fashionable Spas & Seaside Resorts

Language: English

Published by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964

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VG/VG. First Edition. 1964. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards, bit faded, w/ orange lettering & design to spine, wear to edges & corners. Dust jacket in protective plastic cover, tanned & price-clipped, small tears, chips, edge and corner wear. Binding tight, solid & square. Interior pages evenly tanned throughout. Sm. pencil notation to front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Illustrated w/ b&w photographs throughout. Oversized; 9 x 11 x 2. 328 pp. Pictorial survey of two centuries of American hostelries, fashionable spas & seaside resorts, archiving rare engravings and ephemera of Gilded Age leisure culture. Ships in box from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Fare Thee Well: A Backward Look at Two Centuries of Historic American Hostelries, Fashionable Spas & Seaside Resorts is a massive 328-page pictorial survey of early American resort culture, incorporating hundreds of historic prints, vintage engravings, and primary source advertisements that map the rise and decline of iconic American gathering places. From Boston's Tremont House and New York's Astor House to the mineral spas of Saratoga Springs, the book documents how the architecture and social rituals of these establishments shaped Gilded Age leisure and hospitality culture. Leslie Dorsey was an interior designer and store display manager in New York City who spent decades collecting and archiving 19th-century visual media, assembling a specialized commercial stock illustration library that forms the core of this volume. Janice Devine was a professional researcher and historical writer who adapted Dorsey's extensive pictorial collection into a detailed chronological social history, giving narrative structure to an otherwise scattered archive of American ephemera.…

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Title
Fare Thee Well: A Backward Look at Two Centuries of Historic American Hostelries, Fashionable Spas & Seaside Resorts
Author
Leslie Dorsey; Janice Devine
Publisher
Crown Publishers, Inc., New York
Publication year
1964
Condition
VERY GOOD
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First Edition.
Printing
1st printing
Item weight
59 ounces
Dimensions
9x11x2
Seller catalogs
Americana, Illustrated Books, Travel

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