New York: Valentine's Manual Inc., 1923 VERY GOOD. Clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound in half-leather hardcover. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Black leather spine and corners with olive green cloth over boards; spine is gilt titled and has 5 raised bands. A few leaves chipped at thumb edges due to a careless cutting apart of pages; edge gilt dulled, otherwise internally fine. Cover is moderately rubbed but clean and sturdy. Profusely illustrated with both sepia toned illustrations and plates: photos, drawings and reproductions, as well as six color plates - including frontispiece with view of Gracie Mansion and Carl Schurz Park, and a double-page view of lower Broadway. 5-1/4 x 7-5/8"; xix + 386 pages. Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo.

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Bookseller: Knickerbocker Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004500
Title: Valentine's Manual of Old New York. 1924
Author: Brown, Henry Collins (Editor)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Publisher: Valentine's Manual Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1923
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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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...