Grolier Club - New York Revisited. Engravings by Gaylord Schanilec.Text by Kenneth Auchincloss.

New York Revisited. Engravings by Gaylord Schanilec. Text by Kenneth Auchinloss. Royal 8vo, pp.xi[1],44 + colophon, Printed by Gaylord Schanilec at Midnight Paper Sales, Stockholm, Wisconsin, for The Grolier Club, New York, 2002.

One of 200 (250) copies set in Monotype Emerson, printed in light blue and black on Zerkall paper and signed by the author and artist / printer. Illustrated with a total of 13 four-colour wood-engravings: 9 full-page (two combining to make a double-page), and 4 smaller (two combining). Full silver silk-covered boards with morocco spine label, gilt, and matching slipcase. A fine copy.

This book was conceived as a sequel or 'revisit' to the New York portrayed in Rudolph Ruzicka's colour wood engravings of the city published by The Grolier Club in 1915. Schanilec, like Ruzicka, is not a New Yorker, and his superb colour engravings convey a sense of awe of the city. Evocative and graceful, the illustrations (cut before the events of September 11th) provide a final glimpse of the Twin Towers. The book is dedicated to the memory of its victims.