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New York - the definitive testament
WHEN WE PRESENTED THE "NEW YORK" LUXURY LIMITED-EDITION TO THE WORLD, WE GOT ASKED BY MANY PEOPLE OVER MANY MONTHS, "WHICH CITY IS NEXT ON YOUR LIST?" AND THE ANSWER IS THAT AT THE TIME OF WRITING, THERE IS UNLIKELY TO EVER BE A NEXT ONE. IN SHORT, THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE LIKE NEW YORK AND NO OTHER CITY THAT COULD FILL ONE MILLION SQUARE CENTIMETRES WORTH OF PAGES PER UNIT.
(For the mathematically inclined, that's one billion centimetres worth of limited-edition that we've just published).
There's no other city that could consume that much resource and justify a business expending that much energy.
What drew us to it was the towering emotion that makes up the place. That emotion and that unbelievable New York Vertical. That sense that the city is higher than it is long. That claustrophobic sense of 24-hr drama, energy, power and even loss, all battling it out in one single place. ?Oz" as Pete Hamill described it, or more specifically, how his mother described it to him from Brooklyn Bridge one warm day in 1941.
For him and for millions of others, it will always be Oz. And finally, it would be negligent not to state the obvious about the towering work we've accomplished. This lovingly crafted luxurious tribute is a milestone work about a single city and a must-have for lovers of New York everywhere.
- 756 PAGES
- ROUND BACKED SPINE AND HAND-BOUND
- OVER 200,000 WORDS
- PRINTED THROUGHOUT IN EIGHT COLOURS, INCLUDING RESILIENT METALLIC INKS
- OVER 1,500 IMAGES
- OVER 12KGS
- COVERED IN PRINTED AND EMBOSSED SETALUX® ITALIAN SILK
- 20.6" x 14.12"
ABOUT GLORIA
Gloria is the world's leading, luxury limited-edition, big-book publisher. The company was founded in 2004 by Ovais Naqvi, with a unique vision to create the biggest, most beautiful books in the world. 'Biggest', in Gloria parlance is not simply a reference to physical dimension, but more importantly to the volume of the editorial, design and production expertise that goes into each meticulously crafted limited-edition. A Gloria product typically takes up to two years to mature ? the publishing equivalent of a fine wine ? and with strictly controlled print runs, ensuring that each customer receives a truly rare and special collector's piece.
PELÉ
Giant, Signed Limited Edition
Pelé is a global symbol of where sporting brilliance, drive and humanity can take you and he remains football's only genuine, universal icon. Including definitive text and photography, the 450mm x 350mm 696 page 'Pelé' finally does justice to his extraodinary life. Only 2,500 are available and each numbered copy is personally hand signed by Pelé making this the ultimate collectible.
SUPERYACHT
For more than 150 years, luxury yachts have reflected the highest aspirations of the world's most powerful and most influential people. The superyachts phenomenon has reached unprecedented status in modern culture. It is truly an extraordinary story.
Gloria have produced the definitive, modern collector's piece on the key people and the biggest boats, from ancient times to the current, produced in an elaborately-designed, ultra-large, limited-edition format. It is an insider's view of the industry, created only for those who are part of it. 'Superyacht' is premium-priced and limited to only 1,000 units globally. Today's palaces on water are the ultimate expression of luxury. So is this work.
Inside NY
Chapter 1 - Original America
The birth of New York City, 1524-1825. By Ric Burns & James Sanders
Chapter 2 - Rapid Flux
New York, 1825-1865. By Ric Burns & James Sanders
Chapter 3 - Matrix Gotham
New York, 1865-1898. By Ric Burns & James Sanders
Chapter 4 - Muscle & Modernity
New York, 1898-1919. By Ric Burns & James Sanders
Chapter 5 - Culture Flurry
New York, 1919-1931. By Ric Burns & James Sanders
Chapter 6 - Kinesis
New York, 1931-1939. By Ric Burns & James Sanders
Chapter 7 - The Big Machine
New York - 1939 to the present. By Ric Burns & James Sanders
Chapter 8 - Kings of New York
New York city mayors, 1898 to the present.
Chapter 9 - The Punctured Sky
New York's greatest ever buildings. By Fred A. Bernstein
Chapter 10 - Conservation and Equilibrium
A survey of New York's traditional architecture. By Paul Goldberger
Chapter 11 - Precious Area
The city's smartest residences revealed. By Steven Gaines
Chapter 12 - Triumph of the Gladiators
New York's greatest ever sporting moments. By Dave Anderson
Chapter 13 - Craft and Creative
The evolution of the New York art scene. By Sophie Fels
Chapter 14 - Shoot To Capture
A special portfolio of the work of eighteen seminal New York photographers. By Ben Arogundade
Chapter 15 - Celluloid City
Groundbreaking movies set against the backdrop of New York. By James Sanders
Chapter 16 - Tales From The Tube
Seminal television shows set in New York City. By David Blum
Chapter 17 - Arena of Thespians
The eclectic drama of the New York theatre scene. By Michael Kantor
Chapter 18 - Curved Air
New York's contemporary dance scene, past and present. By Deborah Jowitt
Chapter 19 - Imagining New City
A history of New York's literary set, from Walt Whitman to Don DeLillo. By Shaun O' Connell
Chapter 20 - The Message Makers
A unique tribute to New York's world beating newspapers and magazines. By Elizabeth Spiers.
Chapter 21 - Sound Scene
The evolution of New York's eclectic music scene. By Anthony DeCurtis
Chapter 22 - Night Heat
New York nightlife, past and present. By Jada Yuan
Chapter 23 - Tribes of the Urban
New York street fashion revisited. By Ben Arogundade
Chapter 24 - Life Force
The power players of New York philanthropy revealed. By Stephanie Strom
Chapter 25 - Power Performers
The heavy moves of New York's power elite. By Bruce Knecht
Chapter 26 - Hard Glamour
New York fashion then and now - best designers, best collections. By Penelope Rowlands
Chapter 27 - Stars on the Street
From Robert Redford to James Brown, an exclusive portfolio of celebrities snapped on the streets of New York. By Ben Arogundade
Chapter 28 - Metropolis Metamorphosis
Twenty events that changed New York. By Paul Joseph
Chapter 29 - The New York 20
The twenty most influential people in New York history. By Paul Joseph
Chapter 30 - 9/11
September 11, 2001 - a special rememberance. By David Remnick, Don DeLillo and John Updike
Chapter 31 - After the Fall
The re-construction of ground zero begins. By Paul Goldberger, Paul Joseph and Shari Last
Chapter 32 - Fast Forward
The world's greatest architects convene for the city's ambitious re-development plans. By Alexandra Lange
Chapter 33 - The New Classics
The greatest photographs of New York ever taken. By Ben Arogundade
Coda
Comprehensive chronology of New York.
The Collectible
ABOUT THE EDITIONS
We are creating three editions of 'New York' each accompanied by archival print(s) from some of the most prominent photographers in the history of modern photography.
16" x 20" silver gelatin and state-of-the-art digital prints created specially by archival print specialists in New York. Numbered limited editions. Archive stamp or signed by living photographers.
THE COLUMBUS EDITION
$15,000 / £7,500 / €10,500
ISBN: 0-9552940-4-5 / 978-0-9552940-4-4
Limited to 100 units. Features five 16" x 20" limited-edition archival prints
THE LIBERTY EDITION
$4,500 / £2,250 / €3,150
ISBN: 0-9552940-5-3 / 978-0-9552940-5-1
Limited to 250 units. Features two 16" x 20" limited edition archival prints
THE LENAPE EDITION
$2,500 / £1,250 / €1,750
ISBN: 0-9552940-6-1 / 978-0-9552940-6-8
Limited to 500 units. Features a 16" x 20" archival print from the Corbis archive.
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHY
"The photography market is in rude health. Prices have risen another 30% in the last twelve months (+207% in ten years) and new records are becoming commonplace, both for modern and contemporary images." Art Market Insight, July 2006
'New York' features amazing archival and modern photography from Annie Leibovitz, Alfred Stieglitz, Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Eugene De Salignac, Patrick Demarchelier, Weegee, Jerry Schatzberg, David Bailey and many others.
Our partners in this landmark project include the International Center for Photography (ICP), the Museum of the City of New York, Gallery m and The New York Municipal Archives.
THE COLUMBUS EDITION
A truly unique version of 'New York', which comes in an edition of only 100 units (numbered from 0001 to 0100) features five unique 16" x 20" limited-edition archival prints by Evelyn Hofer, Jerry Schatzberg, Berenice Abbott, Jacob Riis and Weegee. These prints are either hand-signed by the photographer or include a custom authenticity stamp from the archive. These photographers are globally recognised, highly collectible and their collective body of work on New York spans the last century of the city's history.
THE LIBERTY EDITION
The Liberty Edition limited to 250 units features 2 unique 16" x 20" limited-edition archival prints by the renowned Andre De Dienes and one from the newly discovered lifework of Eugene de Salignac, unearthed by Michael Lorenzini at the Municipal Archive in New York.
THE LENAPE EDITION
The Lenape Edition is limited to 500 units and features a 16" x 20" archival print by Sam Goldstein from the Corbis archive.
COLLECTING MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY IS AN ESTABLISHED INVESTMENT CLASS AND GLORIA PRESENT THREE VERSIONS OF 'NEW YORK', EACH FEATURING A UNIQUE ARRAY OF 16"x20" ARCHIVAL PRINTS FROM SOME OF THE GREATEST NAMES IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY.
COLUMBUS EDITION ARCHIVAL PRINTS - PHOTOGRAPHER BIOS
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s. Upon seeing the city Abbott immediately saw the photographic potential of the city. Her work has provided a historical chronicle of many now-destroyed buildings and neighborhoods of Manhattan and New York's landscape. This was all guided by her belief that the camera deserved to document the 20th century.
Jacob Riis (1849-1914) is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City, which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and photographic essays. Riis worked with middle-class and upper-class philanthropists to utilise private wealth to transform the slums into better places to live. As one of the first photographers to use flash, he is considered a pioneer in photography.
Weegee (1899-1968) was the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig, an American photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography. He is best known as a candid news photographer whose shots documented street life in New York City. Weegee worked mostly at night; he listened closely to broadcasts and often beat authorities to the scene. His photos of crime scenes, car-wreck victims in pools of their own blood, overcrowded urban beaches and various grotesques are still shocking.
Jerry Schatzberg (b. 1927) has been published in Vogue, McCall's, Esquire, Glamour, and Life in the 1960's and captured intimate portraits of the generation's most notable artists, celebrities and thinkers (from Bob Dylan to Robert Rauschenberg). In the 1970s he explored the medium of film and participated in the renaissance of American cinema, directing films such as: Puzzle of a Downfall Child, The Panic in Needle Park, Scarecrow.
Evelyn Hofer (b. 1922) was born in Germany during the Nazi regime and was tutored under two Swiss photographers, which occasioned the start of her quietly seminal career. Her long career includes early fashion shoots for Harper's Bazaar, books of photographs taken in Italy and Spain, and portraits and interiors for magazines such as Vogue and House and Garden. Her photographs are included in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Houston Museum of Fine Art, and David Rockefeller, Jr.
INSIDE THERE IS HISTORIC AND NEWLY-COMMISSIONED WRITING FROM SOME OF THE KEY JOURNALISTS AND WRITERS IN NEW YORK CULTURE, INCLUDING RIC BURNS, TOM WOLFE, GAY TALESE, PETE HAMILL, JOHN UPDIKE, E B WHITE, MICHAEL KANTOR, DAVID REMNICK, DAVE ANDERSON AND MANY MORE.
The book contains the best-of-the-best archival and modern photography from 75 extraordinary photographers and writers who epitomise the greatest of New York's creative talent.'
Press
- The Guardian
- Wallpaper
- Robb Report
- Harpers
- Design Week
- GQ
"The latest phenomenom in publishing" VOGUE
"The publishing business has got a fashion label - and its name is Gloria" GUARDIAN
"Every page presents a new treasure." SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
"The ultimate coffee table book, if you have the ultimate coffee table" TATLER
"New York is this year's hottest must-have luxury item" INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
Gloria
ABOUT GLORIA
Gloria is the world's leading, luxury limited-edition, big-book publisher. The company was founded in 2004 by Ovais Naqvi, with a unique vision to create the biggest, most beautiful books in the world. 'Biggest', in Gloria parlance is not simply a reference to physical dimension, but more importantly to the volume of the editorial, design and production expertise that goes into each meticulously crafted limited-edition. A Gloria product typically takes up to two years to mature ? the publishing equivalent of a fine wine ? and with strictly controlled print runs, ensuring that each customer receives a truly rare and special collector's piece.
PELÉ
Giant, Signed Limited Edition
Pelé is a global symbol of where sporting brilliance, drive and humanity can take you and he remains football's only genuine, universal icon. Including definitive text and photography, the 450mm x 350mm 696 page 'Pelé' finally does justice to his extraodinary life. Only 2,500 are available and each numbered copy is personally hand signed by Pelé making this the ultimate collectible.
SUPERYACHT
For more than 150 years, luxury yachts have reflected the highest aspirations of the world's most powerful and most influential people. The superyachts phenomenon has reached unprecedented status in modern culture. It is truly an extraordinary story.
Gloria have produced the definitive, modern collector's piece on the key people and the biggest boats, from ancient times to the current, produced in an elaborately-designed, ultra-large, limited-edition format. It is an insider's view of the industry, created only for those who are part of it. 'Superyacht' is premium-priced and limited to only 1,000 units globally. Today's palaces on water are the ultimate expression of luxury. So is this work.
FAQs
WHO IS GLORIA?
Gloria is a unique 21st century organisation focused solely on creating giant monuments of unsurpassed quality. We select only a limited series of subjects that we believe in - people whose power we can feel - and we are driven by unique design values and truly world class editorial and production quality. The bed rock of our work is digging deeper than anyone to find the best material and we only have the best people involved in what we do.
HOW BIG IS THE NEW YORK BOOK? HOW MUCH DOES IT WEIGHT?
The book's inside pages are sixteen and a half inches by twelve and three fifths inches and it weighs 12 kg each unit. The tower case stands twenty and a half inches.
HOW MANY PHOTOS AND WORDS DOES A BIG BOOK CONTAIN?
The size of the big book format allows Gloria's works to contain the definitive selection of words and images. As a ball-park figure our products contain over 1,700 images, many which will never have been previously published, and include over 300,000 words of archival and new text.
HOW LONG DOES A BIG BOOK TAKE TO PUT TOGETHER?
Gloria aims to deliver the perfect product to its customers and anything on the scale of a big book cannot be rushed. The editorial process involves early development and concept research through to commissioning writers and photographers through to meticulous archival research in key subject-specific locations around the world. Time is also spent on development and creation of the world-class graphic design and packaging including testing and refinement of the manufacture and printing processes. Overall the process can take two years or more.
WHO ARE THE DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH WORK IN 'NEW YORK'?
Annie Leibovitz, Alfred Stieglitz, Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Patrick Demarchelier, Weegee, Jerry Shatzberg and David Bailey, Weegee, Jacob Riis, Jerry Shatzberg, Evelyn Hofer to name but a few.
WHAT DOES LENAPE MEAN?
Lenape is the term to name the first tribe that inhabited New York. The Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) were, in the 17th century, organized bands of Native American peoples with shared cultural and linguistic characteristics. These are the people who were living in what is now New Jersey and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, the northern shore of Delaware, and the lower Hudson Valley and New York Harbor in New York, at the time of the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ? and some continue to live in this area today. Their Algonquian language is known as either Lenape or "Delaware".
IS IT DELICATE?
Due to the luxury of natural materials used, the book must be handled with care although gloves are provided and the book is also protected by the Lucite tower case.
WHAT MATERIALS ARE USED TO MANUFACTURE THE BOOK?
756 high-quality Lumisilk paper pages, resilient metallic inks to print the pictures and the unit is hand-bound and covered in printed and embossed Setalux Italian silk.
The book comes in a Lucite Tower case.
WHAT IS THE TOWER CASE?
It is a Lucite tower case with the book presented standing up as if it's a mini sky scraper as a reflection of New York's architecture.
WHAT IS THE TOWER CASE MADE OF?
The material used to manufacture the tower case is Lucite
WHERE WILL I PUT IT?
The book itself is a highly-designed modern oeuvre d'art which can be displayed anywhere in the house, corporate office or even in a gallery space.
WHERE IS IT MADE?
The production is internationally spanned through USA, Europe and Far East.
HOW DO I PAY?
If you supply your address and phone number on the registration form our sales staff will be able to direct you; we accept payment by bank transfer or credit card.
CAN I CHOOSE AN EDITION NUMBER?
If you have a request for a specific edition number we will try to accommodate this request, but cannot guarantee availability due to high demand.
WHERE CAN I SEE THE BOOK? WHERE IS IT SOLD?
We have various international retail locations, specifically Barneys in New York and Beverly Hills and Harrod's in London. If you are in New York or London, our sales staff may also be able to arrange a personal demonstration meeting. Please email customerservice@glorialuxury.com
WHERE CAN THE BOOKS BE SHIPPED TO?
Our product can be delivered anywhere worldwide and our sales staff will be able to advise you further.
HOW LONG WILL SHIPPING TAKE?
We despatch by courier when orders are confirmed. Courier timing according to delivery address can be from 1 to 21 days.
DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SHIPPING?
Yes. We will provide a quote for shipping & handling when an order is placed and delivery address confirmed.
HOW MUCH WILL SHIIPPING COST?
Our sales staff can advise you on this.
WILL I HAVE A PROBLEM AT CUSTOMS?
This is unlikely as we work with a reputable courier company that takes care of all customers considerations.
CAN I ARRANGE MY OWN SHIPPING AND DELIVERY?
Unfortunately, this is not a service we offer, however, our sales team can talk to you about various options that may work for you.
Contact Gloria
CALL: NEW YORK: 212 714 5505 INTERNATIONAL: +44 (0) 870 279 7353
EMAIL: QUESTION@GLORIALUXURY.COM
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