The Glory of New York
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926. Pennell, Joseph. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2324303
Limited edition, #345 of 355 copies. Signed by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, hand-numbered on limitation page Fore edge corners bumped, boards lightly scuffed.
[xxiv], 24 ff. A collection of 24 color reproductions of images of New York City by the American draftsman, etcher, lithographer and illustrator for books and magazines. This limited edition appears to be the first and only edition, which was released posthumously by his wife after his death. She also provides an introduction in which she states "To me it seems appropriate that after years of devotion, the work of his finest and latest period should have been the long series of water colours he has left as his tribute to the Glory of New York."
Price: $650.00