One Thousand and Twenty Fifth Avenue New York.
Salomon, William.
Folio. Three-quarter vellum over paper-covered boards with title in gold on cover. Binding protected by mylar jacket. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed, as published. A delightful pictorial journey of this gorgeous house on New York's Fifth Avenue. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of plates in photogravure. Photographs by Lillian Baynes Griffin, who was the wife of the American Impressionist Painter Walter Griffin (1861-1935). Each plate protected by a tissue guard. William Salomon (1852-?) was an American financier and one of the managers of the New York firm Speyer & Co. In 1902 he founded the banking-house William Salomon & Co. He was very active in railroad finance and has contributed a number of articles on financial and other topics to the magazines of the day. Minor staining on boards. Foxing to endpapers, sporadic foxing on margin of plates. Very good condition. Scarce.
Book ID: 16655
Price: $7,500.00