An Illustrated History of the Bentley Car de W. O. Bentley - 1964

Where Paris Dines by Julian Street stated first editionhardcoverPublisher:Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929Condition: Good - some wear to the covers and spine, rubbed spots on the back cover

This travel guide book is a follow up to an earlier publication by the same name. It is in very good condition, with a sound binding, black hardcover boards and spine with a rectangular title box at the top. Neither edges nor corners show wear. It has the original dust jacket, with a tear at the top edge, two missing strips on the front and slight wear at the top of the spine. The jacket is brightly colored and illustrted in stylized Deco figures by JAY. A mylar cover has been added. The front and rear panels of the jacket were trimmed on the corners (probably to facilitate insertion into the mylar) but the price is intact. The pages are clean. Owner's signature and date in ink on the first page. A very handsome copy.

New York: Doubleday Doran, 1929. Book. VG. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo. Black cloth with paper title label to spine and front panel. Tear to cloth at top of spine. Fullsome inscription to endpaper in pencil. Entertaining attractive book. lacsk dust jacket..

New York: Doubleday, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Facsimile. Original black cloth, corners slightly bumped, light wear, in a nice facsimile jacket. A revised edition of a previous Paris guide, but the first under this name. Inscribed by Street to Tracy Drake, founder of the Drake Hotel and the Blackstone Hotel and Theater. Street was from Chicago - a nice association of two turn of the century high society characters. 321pp A prodigious list of places to eat and drink in Paris between the wars along with a wine guide and a nice section of vocabulary. The inscription is dated Oct 25, 1930 "37 E. 38th St., NY". Perhaps a theater party they both attended in Murray Hill. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Travel & Places. Inventory No: CAT000791.

Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Co, 1929. First Edition. 321p octavo, A very good copy in black and yellow cloth. Inscribed in french on the front fly leaf "Pour la Loula Cherie, pour la rappeller son enforce et son Papa. Paul Ayres Rockwell 19 Novembre 1976" (his mother Loula Rockwell) Rockwell (1885-1989) volunteered to fight for France in the coming war (World War 1) with his brother Kiffin. They both ended up in the American Squad in Company 2 of the French Aviation Servive the American contingent known as "Lafayette Escadrille. The Esdcadri;;e's first victory was scored by Kiffin Rockwell on May 18, 1916, but was killed on Sept 23, 1916.