The Arcades Project

Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket but for short tear and tiny chip to finish at upper right corner of rear panel. "With a greater concreteness than had ever been achieved in historicall narrative, Benjamin's text immerses the reader in the milieu of the Paris arcades--those precursors of today's shopping malls--during the period 1830-1870--when the modern industrial world was taking shape. ¶ Like the arcades themselves, Benjamin's masterwork is a vast montage in which he quotes and reflects on hundreds of topics."; Large 8vo; 1072 pp . (Inventory #: 28227)