Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs, 1865 - 1929
New York: Dover Publications, 1978. Softcover. Brown ill. wraps. 160 pp. 157 bw plates. VG- with light creasing to covers. Very interesting inscription inside to Clare Boothe Luce on her 75th birthday. from Adele Menken, sister of artist/film-maker Marie Menken Maas (poet Willard Maas's wife). Item #34797
ISBN: 0486235874
Offers a rare glimpse of the developments of 19th century Brooklyn. The lengthy inscription to Mrs. Luce is from Adele Menken, sister of artist/film-maker Marie Menken Maas (poet Willard Maas's wife). Adele explains that the home where the Maases lived when Marie retired from Time, Inc., as a clerk in the foreign department, is pictured in this book. The Luces owned Time, Inc.
Price: $29.97