New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club Edition per same at bottom of front flap. No other indication of BCE; no blind stamp seen on back board. Hard cover in very good condition with gray boards, deep beige spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Front endpapers: black & white 1901 Byron photograph of Madison Square ( looking south from about 24th Street) when its hub was Madison Square Garden. Back endpapers: The drawing room of the W. C. Whitney home at 871 Fifth Avenue, 1899. Included in groups throughout are sections of black & white photos; approx 35 photos in total, Dust jacket very good with rubbing /tiny creases to corners and head & heel of spine. * From the book, ""Few streets in the world hold the allure of Fifth Avenue. And through the years - from its opening in 1826, through its development as the locus of New York society, to its present status as the hub of luxury commerce in New York - it has been the scene of, and witness to, some of the most extraordinary people and events in our nation's history.""

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Seller: Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: M000993
Title: Fifth Avenue: A Very Social History
Author: Simon, Kate
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Book Club Edition
ISBN 10: 0151307024
ISBN 13: 9780151307029
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1978
Keywords: History, Streets - New York, New York - History, Fifth Avenue New York City
Bookseller catalogs: History of New York; Sociology & Culture;

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Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....