Research Catalog

Title

Europe's children, 1939 to 1943 / by Thérèse Bonney.

Author

Bonney, Thérèse, 1894-1978

Publication

• New York, N.Y. : Published by "Children in Peril" [Thérèse Bonney], [1943]
• New York, N.Y. : National City Bank.
• ©1943.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wiener, Paul Lester, 1895-1967
• National City Bank of New York, distributor.

Description

130 unnumbered pages : 62 illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

Contains 62 full-page half-tone reproductions of photographs, with brief letterpress captions (forming a continuous text running through the book) on facing pages.

Alternative Title

Europe's children

Subjects

• Photography of children > Europe
• World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Europe > Pictorial works
• World War, 1939-1945 > Food supply > Europe
• Bonney, Thérèse, 1894-1978
• World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees > Europe > Pictorial works
• Photobooks
• War photography > Europe

Genre/Form

Photobooks.

Note

• "This is the story of not one, but of too many European countries, the story of an eye witness ... There are no staged pictures, no misleading captions. With my camera I have made this record in France, Spain, England, Sweden and Finland"--Photographer's statement, page [5].
• "Limited autographed edition, $3. Send your check to National City Bank, 32nd Street Branch, 1 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. account No. 123"--Back flap of book jacket. Some copies have label covering this information, with text: "Limited autographed edition, $3.00 a copy. Published by 'Children in Peril,' 117 East 30th Street New York 16, N.Y." 117 East 30th Street was Bonney's address at the time.
• Photographer's statement is signed in ink by Thérèse Bonney.
• Self-published in an edition of 2,000 copies. See Time, December 6, 1943, page 99; Rosenblum (cited below), page 311.
• Some sources credit Plantin Press, New York, as publisher.
• Subsequently published in a revised and expanded edition (68 illustrations) by the Rhode Publishing Company, distributed by Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc., [1944].
• "Typographic arrangement: Paul Lester Wiener"--Page [130].

Indexed In (note)

• Rosenblum, N. History of women photographers, second edition,

Binding (note)

• Issued in stiff paper covers; front cover illustrated with full-page reproduction of photograph on page [27].

Call Number

MFXZ (Bonney) 17-2494

OCLC

4765264

Author

Bonney, Thérèse, 1894-1978, photographer.

Title

Europe's children, 1939 to 1943 / by Thérèse Bonney.

Publisher

New York, N.Y. : Published by "Children in Peril" [Thérèse Bonney], [1943]

Distributor

New York, N.Y. : National City Bank.

Copyright Date

©1943.

Edition

Limited autographed edition.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Rosenblum, N. History of women photographers, second edition, page 370

Binding

Issued in stiff paper covers; front cover illustrated with full-page reproduction of photograph on page [27].

Local Note

NYPL copy lacks the book jacket. Information from jacket and label transcribed from booksellers' descriptions and images.

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Wiener, Paul Lester, 1895-1967, typographer.

National City Bank of New York, distributor.

Research Call Number

MFXZ (Bonney) 17-2494