Sins of the City by Jim Heimann

Sins of the City by Jim Heimann

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A daring photographic compendium of vintage vice in Los Angeles from the 20's to the 50's. Heimann has scoured archives and newspaper morgues for prime examples of Southland's past, presenting a history of its notorious corruption.

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Sins of the City by Jim Heimann

Sins of the City is a daring photographic compendium of vintage vice in Los Angeles from the 1920s to the 1950s, the true life pictures of a milieu immortalized in hard bitten novels and films.'

Jim Heimann, a cultural anthropologist and graphic design historian who has written multiple volumes on architecture, pop culture, and the history of the West Coast, Los Angeles, and Hollywood, is the Executive Editor for TASCHEN America. His unique private collection of ephemera has been featured in dozens of books and museum exhibitions throughout the world.

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ISBN 13 9780811823197
ISBN 10 0811823199
Title Sins of the City
Author Jim Heimann
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Chronicle Books
Year published 1999-05-01
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.