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Early 20th Century Books on New Orleans.

Item Details

A collection of books on New Orleans. This collection features six cloth bound books including a four-volume set series, Old New Orleans, written by Frances Tinker and Edward Larocque Tinker (D. Appleton and Company, 1930s) presented in a slipcase; titles including Widows Only: The Sixties, Strife: The Seventies, Closed Shutters: The Eighties, and Mardis Gras Masks: The Nineties. Also included is New Orleans: The Place and the People by Grace King (MacMillan Company, New York, 1915), and The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld by Herbert Asbury (Garden City Publishing Co., New York, 1938).

Genre History
Binding Hardcover
Publication Year 1915, 1930s, 1938
Complete Set Yes
Number of Books 6

Condition

- some edge and corner wear; tears to dust jacket at the top edge of one book; some yellowing to items; light foxing; sun fading to pink cover.

Dimensions

3.5" W x 8.0" H x 5.5" D

- measured book in slipcase.

Item #

18DCC367-800

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