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Bidding Information
Lot #    18222
Auction End Date    6/12/2007 11:51:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    The Spirit of Paris
Author    [First Ed.] Paul Cohen-Portheim
City    Berlin
Publisher    Klinkhardt & Biermann
Publication Date    1930
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   First edition. 224 pp., 16 photo plates in photogravure (Tiefdruck), 153:93 mm., usual light age staining, some spotting. A very good copy bound in the original boards, rubbed and split.
          
Detailed
Description
   A great travelogue of pre-war Paris with photographs by Sasha Stone. Paul Cohen-Portheim's eloquent books are hard to find in first editions - this book on Paris is quite rare.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    German
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica