Sunshine and Shadow in New York
by Smith, Matthew Hale
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hartford, CT: J. B. Burr and Company, 1868. First Edition. Cloth. Good Plus. 8vo. 712 pp. + 2 pp of ads. Compendium of New York institutions of day, Wall Street, Alexander Stewart, clubs, moneycracy, morality of city, Harper Brothers the publisher, John Jacob Astor, Beecher, crime, the police, Cornelius Vanderbilt, detectives, Blackmailing, the Five Points, the Bowery, sailors, Fernando Wood, the new Central Park, the lowly, gambling, and on and on. A must for anyone with a passion for old New York. Purple boards soiled. Boards remain attractive, spine less so. While there is slight looseness to front hinge, still reasonable tight and pages clean, if very toned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000474
- Title
- Sunshine and Shadow in New York
- Author
- Smith, Matthew Hale
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Burr and Company
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, CT
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- New York City
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- New
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.