Greenwich Village by its Artists

New York: Arthur H. Moss, 1917. Limited Edition. Loose Leaves in Portfolio. Very Good. Harold True (cover illustration). Folio. 17 leaves printed recto. Black & white gravure reproductions of fifteen sketches and photographs on heavy cream paper, plus historical foreword and map, in stiff textured gray paper portfolio with titles and illustration printed in black on the cover, six flaps. Black on yellow label for The Quill a Magazine of Greenwich Village affixed to back cover and introduction leaf. Cover with light stains and small edge chips, a few leaves with creased corners else crisp and bright, complete set intact. This undated "folio de luxe" of romantic street scenes was announced as a limited edition in The Quill Vol. 1 No. 6 of November 1917. Several of these images had appeared in the pages of that magazine of Village artistic and bohemian life. In his historical résumé, Dr. I. L. Nascher credits John George Brown, the painter of "ragged urchins," and Albert Bierstadt with establishing the first artist's studios there.Quite scarce: OCLC locates only two institutional copies (Brooklyn and Philadelphia). Now preserved in a clear archival sleeve with acid free backing.