O Albany! An Urban Tapestry – William Kennedy

Signed by Kennedy at title page. Third printing. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good plus.

Kennedy’s work here is a nonfiction biography of his hometown, Albany, which he characterizes as, “Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels”. Part journalism, part history. It includes 50 vintage photographs of the uncommon characters described by Kennedy, along with 11 maps drawn specially for this work.