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New York: The Fifth Avenue Association, 1924. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio bound in dark green cloth with large color pictorial paste-down on front cover. 124 pages; followed by 66 pages of magnificent ads by contemporary retailers located on or close to Fifth Avenue. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings, several of the latter in color. First edition. No previous ownership marks. Very mild rubbing to extremities at tips and outer joints, else a clean, sound, unmarked and fresh copy. Near fine..

New York: Hyperion Press, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 201 pages. First edition, first printing with full number line. The 9 / 11 story of one New York City firehouse, Engine 40, Ladder 35, located on the West side of Manhattan near Lincoln Center , from which thirteen men departed on the morning of September 11, 2001 and only one would return. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: Rizzoli, 2005. Hardcover, light brownish red colth in original dust-jacket. Large quarto. 208pp., Index. profusely illustrated with monochrome and color photographs. Mo previous ownership marks. A clean, square, tightly bound copy. A fine copy in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Friends of High Rock, 1976. Trade paperback. 84 pages. Printed on tan stock. Illustrated with drawings by Marbury Brown. First paperback edition. White card cover show moderate foxing, interior clean and unmarked. A square, sound, tightly bound copy with no spine crease. Good. . First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Brooklyn, New York: Associate Alumnae of Adelphi Acacdemy, 1916. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, faux marbled paper covered boards, lettered in gold, in original onion skin [worn] dust-jacket. Top edge gilt. 167 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece with tissue guard present and full page plates. Sewn in ribbon marker present. First edition. No previous ownership marks. Text block untrimmed. Very slight bump to foot of spine. Original onion skin wrappers present but edge-worn and showing several chips, but intact. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+ in a fair dust-jacket. .

New York: The Citadel Press, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 220 pages. Illustrated with drawings by Edward C. Caswell. First edition. "Impressions of a happy childhood and youth at the turn of the century in New York's famous Washington Square." A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Very good in a very good dust-jacket. .

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1933. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, royal octavo bound in olive green cloth letterd in gold on front board and light green on spine. 311 pages. Index. Illustrated with map end-papers, frontispiece and 37 photographs. Early printing, no indication of printing on copyright page. No previous ownership marks. Spine lettering faded but legible. Minor mottling to cloth and incidental marginal toning to text block. A square, sound, tight and unmarked copy. Near very good. .

New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005. Hardcover, oblong quarto with gray cloth spine lettered in gold over pictorial paper wrapped boards. No dust-jacket as issued. 304 pages. Appendix, Selected Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 165 prints with accompanying letterpress. First edition, first printing with full number line. Published in celebration of the New York Historical Society's bicentennial and culled from their collection of over 175,000 prints, these offerings represent a sampling of the images of New York over the course of nearly 500 years. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Mild shaded spot on front end-paper and small corner crease to last leaf, else a fine copy. Near fine. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. re-issue. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, decorative green boards printed in black and gold, no dust-jacket as issued. 285 pages. Index. Illustrated with numerous drawings and etchings and 13 maps. New introduction by Edwin G. Burrows, (Pulitzer-Prize winning coauthor of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898). First St. Martin's Press edition, first printing thus with full number line. No previous ownership marks. Mild marking to lower front cover where retail sticker removed, else a fine copy. Near fine. .

Belleville, N.J.: Xplorer Press, 1997. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oblong quarto paperback. 160 pages. Profusely illustrated with numerous black and white and nearly 40 color photographs submitted by no less than nine individuals. First edition [stated], first priming. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine. .

Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, half leather with raised spine lettered and decorated in gold, over marbled paper covered boards. 560 pages. Contains the six monthly issues from July through December, 1846. No previous ownership marks. Moderate foxing to end-papers and prelims, with light (minimal) sporadic foxing to text. Volume is tightly bound and presents a handsome shelf appearance. Text is quite clean and readable. A wonderfully droll window into the interests and activities of mid nineteenth-century New Yorker's, from articles on spotting the causes of early consumption to travel sketches, religious commentaries and even a verse contribution entitled "Napoleon at St. Helena". Cosmo it's not, but then you do not have to wade countless advertisements to read the latest cutting edge literary offerings from 1846 New York. Very good. .

Staten Island, New York: Tottenville Historical Society, 2019. Book. New. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, quarto size volume bound in stiff pictorial card covers. 250 pages. Appendices, Bibliography and Index. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of color and black and white photographs. First edition. A well written and thoroughly researched history of the town of Charleston, aka Kriescherville after Balthasar Kreischer's brickworks founded in 1855. Hauck's narrative traces the history of this community from the late 17th century up through the 1990's. A brand new copy, pristine and unread. New. .

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, large quarto bound in black cloth and publisher's glossy pictorial dust-jacket. 480 pages. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of black and white photographs. First edition thus. This volume documents more than 936 landmarks in the five boroughs and includes descriptions and maps of New York's 58 historic districts. No previous ownership marks. Remainder stripe across bottom edge, else a clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A large and heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

New York: Welcome Books, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Small, thick octavo, pictorial boards in publisher's non price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket. 352 pages. Illustrated with color drawings throughout. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line. Everything one wants to know about New York in poems, prose, fact sheets, history and even recipes. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new with original Little Big Book book mark laid-in. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: American Legacy Press, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover in dust-jacket. 242 pages. Index. Illustrated with over 200 photographs depicting various architectural styles and periods. Reprint. No previous ownership marks. Blank, unused post card [1979] showing photograph of Lions Head/Municipal Building by Harry Wilks laid-in. Old retail sticker from the Strand inside front cover. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .

New York: R. R. Beam & Company, 1915. Book. Good. Hardcover. Publisher. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth boldly lettered in gold. 98 pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, drawings and numerous plates depicting several historic Staten Island buildings, now no longer extant. Included also are plates of Trinity Church in lower Manhattan. A signed presentation copy by the publisher, on front free end-paper, dated 1915. First edition. The book relates the story of Major Lancaster Symes and Queen Anne, the granting of royal land grants and the geographical areas of Staten Island and Manhattan. Included are chapters on historic places on Staten Island, Staten Island in Literature and a short Staten Island bibliography. An uncommon work, this copy has no previous ownership marks, no writing and no book-plates, albeit evidence of mild damp-stain just visible to upper margins, not affecting text or illustrations. Gold letting is bright,… Leer más

New York: R. R. Beam & Company, 1915. Book. Illus. by T. Near Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth boldly lettered in gold. 98 pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, drawings and numerous plates depicting several historic Staten Island buildings, now no longer extant. Included also are plates of Trinity Church in lower Manhattan. First edition. The book relates the story of Major Lancaster Symes and Queen Anne, the granting of royal land grants and the geographical areas of Staten Island and Manhattan. Included are chapters on historic places on Staten Island, Staten Island in Literature and a short Staten Island bibliography. An uncommon work, this copy has no previous ownership marks, no writing and no book-plates, not ex-library. Cloth generally clean though spine moderately faded, with slight bump. A square, clean, unmarked copy. A near very good copy. .

New York: Hastings House, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, quarto bound in tan cloth and publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 256 pages. Signed by author/photographer on end-paper. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition. A collection of over 50 prose descriptions from the pens of famous authors, from Dickens to E.B. White, highlighting the bridges, harbor, skyline, parks, etc. of New York City's shoreline. These prose depictions are illumed by numerous photographs taken by the author, most dating from 1972 - 1975. Printed byThe Rapoport Printing Corp., the premier printer of black and white photography books, located in lower Manhattan. Small private gift inscription on half-title page, dated 1976. Book is clean, tight, square and otherwise unmarked. Dust-jacket shows edge wear, mainly consisting of toning/foxing to upper and fore-edges A near… Leer más

New York: New York University Press, 1987. Hardcover, blue cloth in dust-jacket. 243pp., Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with tables, maps and photographs. First edition. No previous ownership marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+ in a very good dust-jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback. 128 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white captioned photographs. First edition. An homage to the now defunct Catholic lay retreat purchased in 1911 and closed in June of 2013 after being purchased by local developers. No previous ownership marks. A pristine and like new copy. As new. .