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CITY OF NEW YORK: A History Illustrated From the Collections of The Museum of the City of New York
by Patterson, Jerry E./Auchincloss, Louis (Foreword)/Noble, Joseph Veach (Introduction)/Rawls, Walton (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0810917084
- ISBN 13
- 9780810917088
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (1978) 252 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Faint sunning to bottom edges; bottom corners bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled. 292 illustrations, including 55 plates in full color. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24262NY
- Title
- CITY OF NEW YORK: A History Illustrated From the Collections of The Museum of the City of New York
- Author
- Patterson, Jerry E./Auchincloss, Louis (Foreword)/Noble, Joseph Veach (Introduction)/Rawls, Walton (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0810917084
- ISBN 13
- 9780810917088
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1978
- Keywords
- AMERICANA NEW YORK STATE HISTORY NY DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL NEW YORK CITY NYC IN ART MUSEUMS MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED PICTORIAL WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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