[Rarebooks] FS: Finely bound set. A photo survey of American life by a Frenchman, circa 1910

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Huret, Jules. L'AMERIQUE MODERNE. Ouvrage Illustre de 180 [360] Planches Hors Texte en Couleurs et en Noir. Paris: Pierre  Lafitte & Co. 1911. 2 volumes. Lg. 4to. (13" x 10"). (4),240,(8);(4),240,(8)pp. Titles printed in red & black. Each volume with 180 full page photographic plates of life in America (i.e., 360 plates total), including a double page panorama and numerous photos tinted one color (red, orange, green). This set beautifully bound in dark blue crushed morocco over blue mottled paper boards. Spine with 5 raised bands. Fine.    $300.00 (trade discount allowed)
A fascinating view by a French traveler writing on American life circa 1910, with chapters on Universities (Smith College, Harvard, etc.), life on the West Coast with chapters on Los Angeles, San Francisco, "China Town," three chapters on the Negro condition, three chapters on the Mormons, also Yosemite and Yellowstone, American railroads and manufacturing, even American sports (football and baseball). The photos are fantastic.

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