Famous Families of New York : Historical and Biographical Sketches of Families which in Successive Generations Have been Identified with the Development of the Nation (complete in 2 vols) by Hamm, Margherita Arlina - 1902

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Covers are in Near Very Good condition (see photos). Internal condition is Very Good. This is the 1902 First Edition. NOT library discards. A square, tight set. Oversize hardcover. Complete in 2 volumes, each 7.75" wide by 11.5" tall by 1.75" thick. Uniformly bound in the original black paper-covered boards with gilt-decorated vellum spines. Moderate rubbing/fraying at the corners/edges. Cream-color spines are somewhat darkened as usual, but all lettering remains easily legible. NO owner's name or bookplate. All text pages are bright white -- clean, crisp and unmarked with NO foxing. Shipping for this large, heavy 2 vol. set is most economical by MEDIA MAIL (you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume; we ship the second volume at no extra cost). Priority and International shipment are also available, but ONLY by special arrangement, and at significantly greater cost. Complete with tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits of John Jacob Astor and Robert Livingston. Illustrated throughout with 154 engraved portraits, prints and photos. Top edges gilt. Includes profiles of New York families: Astor, Barclay, Beekman, Brevoort, Clinton, Cornell, Cruger, Delafield, De Lancey, De Peyster, Duane, Duer, Fish, Gardiner, Hamilton, Hoffman, Jay, King, Kip, Lawrence, Lewis, Livingston, Morris, Osgood, Potter, Rapalje, Remsen, Renwick, Roosevelt, Rutgers, Schermerhorn, Schuyler, Smith, Stuyvesant, Tappen, Van Buren, Van Cortland, Van Cott, Vanderbilt, Van Rensselaer, Van Siclen, and Wendell. From the preface: "This work is based on a series of articles which originally appeared in The New York Evening Post. These articles have been revised and expanded by the author for publication in permanent form.". First Edition. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Near Very Good condition. 2 vols: xvii, 257pp + viii, 269pp .