1983 First Edition Paris Hardcover Coffee Table Book John Russell

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Vintage First Edition Book 'Paris' by John Russell

Publisher-Henry N. Abrams, Inc.
First Edition
1983


The Washington Post called this … Read more Vintage First Edition Book 'Paris' by John Russell

Publisher-Henry N. Abrams, Inc.
First Edition
1983


The Washington Post called this book perfect. Illustrated with more than 300 paintings, pastels, drawings and photographs both old and new. Paris is simply the best book on everyone's favorite city.
310 photos-85 color
352 pp.
12” H x 9.25” W x 1.3” D

Cited from book publication page:

For Rosamond

This book owes its new, enlarged, and updated existence to the galvanic activity of my wife, Rosamond Bernier. Not only did she convince me that it was a good idea, but she persuaded our friend and neighbor Robert Morton, Director of Special Proj- ects at Harry N. Abrams, Inc., that it was the kind of book that Abrams could foster without disgrace. Within Abrams itself I had the delight of working above all with Eric Himmel, who turned out to know Paris better than I do, although he has never yet been there.

The multifarious documentation of the book owes a great deal not only to Rosamond Bernier but to our friend Claude Nabokoff, who undertook many a difficult task for us in Paris and proved herself a scholar, a diplomat, and something of a saint. We also think with gratitude and affection of our friends at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and the

Musée Carnavalet who took so much trouble on our behalf.

J.R. Valentine's Day, 1983 See less