Item #934 Naples and its Surroundings. Translated and adapted by J. H. Shaw. Y. Labande, E. -R.
Naples Reproduced in all its Glory

Naples and its Surroundings. Translated and adapted by J. H. Shaw.

London: Nicholas Kaye, 1955. Item #934

8vo.  225 x 155 mm., [8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches].  226 [2] pp.  Illustrated with a folding map of Naples and 173 heliogravure photo reproductions.   Original cloth , dust jacket; jacket chipped at head and tail of spine and a bit fragile; protected with mylar sleeve.  Dust jacked after a painting by Yves Brayer.

First English language edition, originally published in Paris the previous year.  Beautifully illustrated travel guide to Naples, with high quality photographs illustrating the City and the everyday life of the Neapolitan people.   The high-quality heliogravures were printed by Braun & Cie, Mulhouse of Paris and give the book a crispness and clarity unusual in most travel books from the period.  With faults to the dust jacket a  nice copy of a well-illustrated book.  

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Price: $65.00

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