Empire State: A Pictorial Record of Its Construction

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1931. Decorative Boards. Near Fine. Vernon Howe Bailey. Copy #368 of an undetermined number of this 1931 1st edition. Very sharp, clean and Near Fine. An imposing, attractive history --issued by the Starrett Corporation-- of the construction of New York's Empire State Building, which officially opened on May 1st, 1931. Double folio, lovely illustrations (charcoals) throughout by Vernon Howe Bailey along the rectos, with generous captions along the facing versos. Lacking the publisher's original box but more than making up for it in its superb condition.