The Unofficial Palace Of New York

New York: Privately Printed, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto pictorial cloth. 177pp. Design and decorations by Warren Chappell. Many tipped-in illustrations. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown, offsetting on title page, else near fine in a very good unprinted slipcase with worn extremities. Contributions by Herbert Hoover, Lucius Boomer, Lowell Thomas, B.C. Forbes, and many others. Hotel… Read more about this item

New York: Privately Printed, 1939 177 pages. One of 5,000 copies (and yet the book seems to be quite scarce). SIGNED and inscribed by Lucius Boomer, who opened the Waldorf-Astoria in 1931 and operated it until his death in 1947. It is inscribed to Meyer Davis, who conducted the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra from 1929 to 1932. Size: 4to. Illus. by Illustrated.… Read more about this item

New York: Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corp., 1939. Book. VG+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Color printed cloth-effect boards. Minor rubbing to spine extremities, text block edges mildly tanned by age. Front flyleaf and several early leaves show minor soiling and some evidence of handling, interior otherwise fine. xx,178 pp., illus. w/ tipped-in plates,… Read more about this item

New York: Friends of Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 1939 Promotional book celebrating the architecture, interior design, restaurants, guests, personalites, and the roles played in New York social life by the hotel, in its Park Avenue location since 1931. First edition, 1/5,000 copies. 4to; 177 pp.; illustrated, including many tipped-in plates from photographs. Dent to bottom of backstrip; else a very… Read more about this item

New York: Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corporation, 1939. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Inscription on the first free end paper:" "Presented to Chas H. Blair by Lucius Boomer on the occasion of the 9th Quinquicenntenial Dinner of the "1900 Club". Feb. 9th. 1940". Five Thousand copies of this book have been printed. Bronze & pictorial covers. 8-3/4"… Read more about this item

See Description, 1939-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear.