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New York: Pellagrini and Cudahy, 1953. First edition. Boards, slight shelf wear on bottom edge, otherwise a fine copy, slight spotting on the inside of the (otherwise) fine, unworn dust jacket. Inscribed by Weegee "to George Sakal who sold me my first 35 m.m. camera, and showed me how to use it -- Many Thanks. Weegee / Worlds Greatest Photographer /1954"
Naked City. by WEEGEE pseud. of Arthur Fellig - 1945
by WEEGEE pseud. of Arthur Fellig
Naked City.
by WEEGEE pseud. of Arthur Fellig
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New York: Essential Books,, 1945. First edition, first printing. Weegee's first book. His nickname (from the Ouija board) derived from his apparently psychic ability to beat authorities to the crime scene, a feat actually made possible by eavesdropping the emergency services on a portable police-band shortwave radio. He maintained a working darkroom in the trunk of his car in pursuance of this urgent street aesthetic. Naked City was his first book of photographs, and formed the foundation for the 1948 film of the same name. Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to front cover and spine in dark blue. With dust jacket. A unusually sharp copy in the remarkably nice dust jacket, with just a small chip at the top of the spine panel and a few further trivial snags at the tips, a few short closed tears and the odd mark. That said this is a truly exceptional copy, the vivid yellow and red at the spine is bright and fresh, the minor loss is really negligible when compared to the vast majority of other copies. A superb copy and deeply uncommon thus. Roth p. 118
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- Place of Publication New York: Essential Books,
- Date Published 1945
Naked Hollywood
by Weegee (pseud. of Arthur Fellig) and Mel Harris
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CHESTER, Connecticut, United States
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SPOT MURDER AT W 37TH ST, BETWEEN 11 - 12TH AVES
by Weegee [pseud. of Arthur [Ascher] Fellig]
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Akron, Ohio, United States
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Vintage 8 x 10 inch silver gelatin photograph, with ferrotype finish. Slight piece lacking from the blank margin of the upper left corner, a few faint creases; else very good. Tipped to archival mat board with a window over-mat, 14 x 17 inches. On the blank reverse is stamped " This Photo sold for use by one Publication only... CREDIT LINE MUST READ Photo by A. FELLIG, 5 Center Market Place, N.Y.C." Faint date stamp of Nov. 22, 1937, and in the photographer's hand is written in ink "Spot Murder at W 37th st. between 11 - 12th Aves." Arthur Fellig left his darkroom job at Acme Newspictures in 1935 to strike out on his own as a freelance photographer in New York. He rented a room across from police headquarters on Center Market Place, and monitored the police emergency signals on his own radio and would race to the scene of the crime or fire. In 1938, he had obtained official permission to install a police radio in his car, the only photographer granted such license. His photos prior to 1938 bears his…
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