A Vision of Paris Book

1980 reissued, 211pg, ex-lib GC. Unique volume - Pages are bound and printed correctly up to 177. Backing p177, is p99 - upside down, then 98 upsidedown. Backing upside down p98 are pp180,181; then upside down 87, 86. Occuring twice more until p192 to the end which are correct, followed by contents page. Very unique, probably one of a kind. The pages are actually VG+, no marks, tears or folds, toned with age which enhances the early 1900's photos. The webbing shows between the cover and first endpaper, binding is solid and not loose. DJ is in a mylar cover with one 2" tear at the top edge near spine; has some shelf wear/rubbing. Library pocket inside front cover, library stamp on top edge. Red dot on top edge (probable remainder). Book cover is lightly worn/frayed on edges and corners. Scotch tape marks on front and back. Photos available upon request. "4-11" in ink, first endpaper, penciled price below ink. "This volume does bring together the work of two superlative artists so that thew art of one may both illuminate and reinforce the art of the other. Marcel Proust and Euge'ne Atget shared more than a consuming passion to record with creative insight the complex life and quick pulse of a great city at the turn of the century; they shared, too, an intense concern with the evocative power of the visual image as a means of aesthetic communication. In both text and photograph, the images presented by Proust and Atget are more than symbols of ideas and emotions--they are works of art, complete in themselves." from the introduction by Arthur D. Trottenberg.Read More