Detmold Mabel (2 results)
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Published by The East 49th Street Association, 1964
- Hardcover
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.The Cary Collection
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. DETMOLD, Mabel [77] pp. The East 49th Street Association 1964 8 3/4" x 6" Turtle Bay Gardens is a 20-house historic enclave in Midtown Manhattan (East 48th/49th Sts) revitalized in the 1920s by Charlotte Hunnewell (later Mrs. Walton Martin). It converted 1860s rowhouses in…to a Mediterranean-style community with a shared central garden, attracting famous residents like Katharine Hepburn and Stephen Sondheim. Key Details of Turtle Bay Gardens Location: 20 brownstones on 48th and 49th Streets, between Second and Third Avenues. Creator: Charlotte Hunnewell (later Mrs. Walton Martin) purchased the homes in 1919-1920, with architects Edward C. Dean and William Bottomley designing the renovation. Design: Inspired by Italian villas, the design removed rear fencing to create a shared, central garden with a fountain, featuring iron turtle motifs on the front gates. Notable Residents: Katharine Hepburn (244 E 49th St), Stephen Sondheim, E.B. White, Bob Dylan, Leopold Stokowski, and Kurt Vonnegut. Detmold Connection: Mabel Detmold was a resident who noted theories on the name origin. The area is near Detmold Park, named for a local activist, Philip Detmold, who was murdered nearby in 1972.The enclave remains a private, highly exclusive "oasis" in Manhattan known for its quiet, verdant interior courtyard.
More imagesPublished by The East 49th Street Association, New York, 1964
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. dj. First Edition. Octavo, [10], 77 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. In full dark red cloth binding. Jacket is tan with dark blue titling, wrapped in an archival mylar sleeve. Jacket is scuffed along the joints, with some small stains and smudges along the top edges. Price unclipped: "$3.95"…. Boards show some light rubbing wear along the edges and at the corners. Text block is moderately age toned, with faint dust soiling to top edge. Interior clean. Signed flat in black ink by E. B. White on the half title page: "EB White". Shelved in Room F. . This book discusses the 20-house New York neighborhood of Turtle Bay Gardens, which has been home to many famous people over the course of its history, including actors Katharine Hepburn and Ricardo Montalbán, jurist Learned Hand, conductor Leopold Stokowski, and composer Stephen Sondheim, among others. Notably, E. B. White, who signed this copy, wrote Charlotte's Web while living in the community. Second Story Books is honored to offer this item from the personal collection of Neil and Susan Sheehan. Neil Sheehan (1936-2021) and Susan Sheehan (born 1937) were a distinguished husband-and-wife team whose careers helped define American literary journalism in the second half of the twentieth century. Neil Sheehan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, is best known for his role in bringing the Pentagon Papers to public attention and for his landmark book "A Bright Shining Lie", while Susan Sheehan built a parallel reputation as a leading voice at The New Yorker, crafting deeply reported narrative nonfiction on subjects ranging from mental health to social institutions, earning her own Pulitzer Prize in 1983. Their longstanding ties to major publications, particularly The New Yorker, placed them at the center of an influential cultural and intellectual network, and the books from their library carry added provenance through this close connection to the magazine's editorial and artistic community. 1413255. Special Collections - Upstairs. Signed.
