One Thousand and Twenty Fifth Avenue New York
New York: William Saloman, 1912. Original. Hardbound. Black library buckram. Deckled fore and bottom page edges. 56 mounted photogravures with tissue-guards. Oversize and heavy and will require extra postage. VG, clean and tight. Ex-library copy with perforation and number stamp on title page, small circular library stamp to each page at very lower right corner of image, or just outside. Few smudges in the margins here and there. Item #127936
The photogravures in this book are on fine, thick, woven rag paper. They are from photographs by Lillian Baynes Griffin, the wife of the American impressionist Walter Griffin (1861-1935). The mansion whose interior is depicted in these photogravures was purchased and redesigned by William Salomon, who utilized the Architectural services of architects Trowbridge & Livingston. The building was a massive three stories high. Mr. Salomon died in 1919, and, after the dispersal of his fine art and antiques collection (a monumental auction catalogue in it's own right), the house was demolished in 1924. Today, on the site of 1020 Fifth Avenue stands one of Fifth Avenue's finest apartment buildings, which was designed by Warren & Wetmore. Salomon was a financier and one of the managers of New York's Speyer & Co. This book is quite rare, even with the buckram binding and library stamps. Stunning images.
Price: $700.00