PATIOS, STAIRWAYS AND IRON-LACE BALCONIES OF OLD NEW ORLEANS; A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY EUGENE A. DELCROIX.

Third printing (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page; originally published September 1938). 96 pages. Staple-bound paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.25cm. Brown paper covers with light creasing/curling to their bottom fore-edge corners; pictorial front cover; spine ends scuffed/nicked; a few small stains to rear cover. Slight foxing to text block edges. Light to mild wrinkling to interior leaves with some faint staining; mild soiling and foxing to first and last leaves; pages 95/96 have small stain at their upper fore-edge margins. With frontispiece and Introduction (pages 11-12) by Stanley Clisby Arthur. Features forty-one monochrome plates (including frontis) by Delcroix as well as an unattributed portrait photograph of Delcroix on page thirteen. The plates, each on rectos, show various Vieux Carre streetscapes, courtyards, buildings, etc., with their titles and brief explanatory captions on their opposing versos. Although his emphasis upon soft focus and shadow was similar to Arnold Genthe and the early work of Clarence John Laughlin, Delcroix's style remains wonderfully distinctive. However, despite his prominence, PATIOS, STAIRWAYS AND IRON-LACE BALCONIES remains the only publication specifically showcasing Delcroix's work. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.…