"The Colony: Portrait Of A Restaurant- And Its Famous Recipes" 1945 BRODY, Iles Valentino

"The Colony: Portrait Of A Restaurant- And Its Famous Recipes" 1945 BRODY, Iles ValentinoBRODY, Iles [296] pp. Greenberg: Publisher 1945 This is copy number 365 of a special De Luxe edition limited to 750 copies 9 1 2" x 6 1 2" There are many amusing bits of social history in the first section of this book about one of New Yorks most missed restaurants. In one such passage, the Colonys Socialist tendencies are exposedwaiters took diners bills to proprietor Gene Cavallero who would increase or decrease the total based upon his estimation

in Saint-Denis de La Réunion

Van Siclen Bibliopole 95 Fifth Avenue N

Weight: 12

Valentino Garavani

the glamorous Marmont reigned for decades as the spot for artists

The book was frequently destroyed by those featured and copies are scarce

John Phillip Law 1339 Miller Dr

" Film historian Kevin Brownlow repeatedly criticized the book

with all of the artist's notations on both front and back

Inscribed: 'With best wishes' on half-title page

w/ 10 cocktail recipes sliding index card

Slim Aarons has put together the best of them - many never published before - with a narrative of his experiences and impressions while photographing American aristocrats on their estates and at play at their favorite resorts