"MANHATTAN OASES - NEW YORK'S 1932 SPEAK-EASIES" BOOK BY AL HIRSCHFELD.
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Auction #196 - Part II
Item numbers 976 though 2670 in auction 196
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Item Description
9x12.25" cloth-bound hardcover with applied 3x4.25" label to front cover and .75x3.75" paper label to spine. Published by E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. ©1932. 82 pages with 36 caricatures by Hirschfeld, a review of speakeasies of New York during the ending days of Prohibition. Bars and their famed bartenders are featured alongside text reviews and a drink recipe for each bar. This is the first edition of Hirschfeld's first book. Moderate aging to spine/label with margins of front and back covers also aged. Cover is VG/Fine with Exc. pages. Great, interesting content.
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