Sutton

ABOVE THE CLOUDS: [THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING ('Thrills akin to Mountain Climbing'; 'A View of Fairyland'; 'A Laboratory for Scientists'; 'The magnificient West View'; 'New York's Bridges'; 'What everybody wnats to know about Empire State')]. - PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED PROMOTION-BOOKLET for the then highest Building in the World.

1934 · 1912240869xbvk — ''Copyright 1934, by Empire State inc.''. 21 (1) pages on medium-glossy paper with Art-Deco drawing/woodblock at titlepage, Smith's photographic Portrait on the verso and 10 photographic illustrations from quarterpage to doublepage size ('The Tower acts as a lightning-rod. . .'; 'When Clouds hang low. . .'; 'Looking to the Northeast. . .'; 'Looking to the Southeast. . .'; 'At night the surrounding City and Country. . .'; 'Looking to the South. . .'; 'Looking to the North. . .'; 'Looking to the West. . .'; 'The West Lounge. . .'; 'The Tea Room and Cocktail Bar. . .' + another - apparently - 'photographic'-architectural drawing); no Photographer mentioned. - Stapled in light-grey, slightly ornamented and black-titled cardboard wrapper; small-8vo.(ca. 20 x 10 cm).