NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE VOLUME V; THE ESPLANADE RIDGE. [Vol. Five-5 only.]

Christovich, Mary Louise; Sally Kittredge Evans; Roulhac Toledano (authors). Betsy Swanson (photographer). The Friends of the Cabildo, Inc.

ISBN 10: 0882891510 / ISBN 13: 9780882891514

Published by Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. and The Friends of the Cabildo, Inc.,, 1977

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First printing (as stated upon copyright page). xx, 172 pages. Hardcover: H 29.75cm x L 23.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed with slight soiling; some foxing mostly along spine and flap folds; light bumping at spine and flap fold ends; negligibly short tear at front panel's top edge; front flap retains its original printed price. White cloth with black stamping to spine and front board; light bumping to spine ends. Top edge well foxed; light foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge. Some foxing to several initial and rear leaves; three-line ink inscription from co-author Roulhac Toledano and husband Ben C. Toledano "Merry Christmas 1977 | John and Patty | from Ben C. and Roulhac" on title page; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. With black endpapers illustrated with a section of an 1834 topographical map by Charles Zimpel delineating the Esplanade Ridge, frontispiece, Dedication by Leonard Huber, Foreword by President of the Friends of the Cabildo Elizabeth Pharr Moran, b/w photographs, maps, plans, illustrations, elevations, Epilogue, Selected Bibliography, and Index. Although houses were built on lower Esplanade Avenue as early as 1810, most were constructed in the 1830s or later, and hence many residences along the avenue's thirty-three blocks feature classic Greek Revival or Italianate styling. As summarized on the dj: "Bound along its entire 3.3 mile length by historic neighborhoods-such as the Vieux Carre, Marigny, Treme, New Marigny, and faubourgs St. John and Pontchartrain-the majestic avenue anchors a unified type of architecture: double-level brick or frame side-hall houses, galleried, with extravagant millwork, plaster, and marble mantles, and opulent interior decor." THE ESPLANADE RIDGE had the smallest print run among all eight books in the series and was never re-issued in cloth (i.e. the first printing is the only clothbound printing) and thus hardcover copies are quite uncommon. {LA-Shelf #6|CMS-00291} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE VOLUME V; THE ESPLANADE RIDGE. [Vol. Five-5 only.]
• Publisher: Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. and The Friends of the Cabildo, Inc.,
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0882891510
• ISBN 13: 9780882891514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana-Regional

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Synopsis

Profusely illustrated in black and white.