"The Mauve Decade American Life At The End Of The Nineteenth Century" 1937 BEER, Thomas (SOLD) Louis Vuitton

"The Mauve Decade American Life At The End Of The Nineteenth Century" 1937 BEER, Thomas (SOLD) Louis VuittonBEER, Thomas[268] pp. Alfred A. Knopf19378 1 4" x 5 7 8"This "Alblabooks" edition includes a binding design by W. A. Dwiggins VG VG This "Alblabooks" edition includes a binding design by W. A. Dwiggins In a book charged with vitality and lacking no detail that it was possible to gather from books, un published letter or journals, and word of mouth tadition, Thomas Beer presents the morals, politics, society, and literature of the 1880's and '90s in

"The Old-Time Gangs of New York"

Pencil signed (LL)

assembled largely since 1985

With 216 illustrations

and the restaurant Fouquet's

Standard Brands Inc

Chest (pit-pit) 22"W

André Breton wrote of this work: "no one could have been a more astute detector of the unwonted in all its forms

which he dubbed "Sea Sauce"

of recipes

a district in London that was once a fashionable and elegant place to live

and the transient nature of Parisian society