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The secret Paris of the 30's

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Description: One of the most evocative photographic memoirs every published. It was known that Brassai had taken a series of 'secret photographs' which could not be published because of their daring nature--the forbidden Paris, a sordid bas-monde where high society mingled with the underworld.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1976.
Call number: 646488
Creator: Brassaï (1899-1984)(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0394408411; 9780394408415
Provenance: Gift of Leon G. Fine, MD, February 2017. Provenance signature on front free endpaper: "Chris Kraemer, Chicago, 21 October 1976".

Secret city

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"Jason Langer's first monograph is a journey through damp-lit streets of anonymous cities, an experience that could be frightening--alone, in the dark--but is here infused with poetic sensibility and intrigue ... The beauty and romanticism are a lure, asking questions and probing one's psyche. There is a strong feeling that Langer finds adventure exploring a side of the world that many would choose to avoid: a world of shadows and portents, where he openly faces and challenges the powers of the night. In 'Secret City', the viewer can choose to travel with him as he guides us to our own underworld, or be content with looking over his shoulder. Either way, these pictures are a reminder of the place within ourselves that is solitary, private and has a touch of fearlessness and yearning"--Publisher's description.

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A copy of a speech given about the Secret Service.

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Secret Six (Los Angeles)

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Approx. 12 items: originals and copies of several items related to the "Secret Six" organization of the mid-1930s. Notable items: two issues, 3/9 and 3/20, 1935, of The Unemployed Vigilante (Civil Service Assn.) including Pg. 1 stories on "The Secret Six" ; one issue, 3/30/1935, of The Equalizer ; 5-pp. (onionskin ppr) "Statement to the newspapers and public of Los Angeles City and County, from The Secret Six, outlining their aims and goals ; related letters and information.

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The great train robbery

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In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who could predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England's industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, as lively as legend, and studded with all the suspense and style of a modern fiction master, here is a classic caper novel set a decade before the age of dynamite--yet nonetheless explosive ...

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My secret history

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The secret life of an American writer, Andre Parent, describing his dreams, his privacies, and everything he keeps hidden.

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My secret history

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The secret life of an American writer, Andre Parent, describing his dreams, his privacies, and everything he keeps hidden.

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