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New York, NY: Valentine's Manual, Inc.. G/No Dustjacket. 1925. ........ Cloth. Gilt design Tpage . 12mo., 392 pp., cover rubbed, corners frayed, writing on ffe, ink stamp inside front cover .

New York: Valentine's Manual, Inc. [Printed by the Chauncey Holt Co.], 1925. Book. Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Limited edition, bound in dark green 1/2 leather, green cloth covered boards, 5 raised bands; spine panel lettered in gilt, top text block edge in gilt, marbled endpapers. Rubbed corners with mild exposure and rubbed joints. Firm binding. 404 pp., illus. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover..

NY: Gracie Mansion, 1923. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xix, 386. Index. Editor's presentation on flyleaf. Illustrated in B&W and color. Blue cloth, stamped in gilt. TEG. One hinge tender, cover little worn at corners and spine, o/w VG. Inscribed by the author.

New York: The Chauncey Holt Co. for Gracie Mansion, 1924. Book. Fine. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Limited edition in black 1/2 leather, blue cloth covered boards, 5 raised bands; spine panel lettered in gilt, top text block edge in gilt, marbled endpapers. Mere hints of shelf wear, virtually as issued, an essentially unimprovable copy. Firm binding, clean interior. xix,392 pp., illus. w/ sepia-tone plates..

1913. BROWN, Henry Collins. Book of Old New-York. New York: Privately Printed for The Subscribers, 1913. 1st ed. Folio. xix,392pp. Frontis. illus., plates. Orig. armorial cloth, T.e.g. Spine lightly rubbed, else near fine.

New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers, 1913. Original blue cloth.. First Edition. Very Good.

Privately Printed, 1913. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Finely crafted full leather binding in custom felt-lined clamshell box with decorative leather label. Approx 13''x 10" Contents elaborately produced and assembled with extensive photos and illustrations printed on rag paper. Inlaid NYC seal on front cover. Outside hinges have been repaired with matching leather -- very nicely done, scarely noticeable. Back cover with some small nicks to leather; other edgewear. Silk end papers. Contents clean. An extraordinary compendium of NYC history with contents and images unavailable elsewhere.

New York, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. Presentation leather binding, replicating the cover design of the pictorial wrappers (bound in) in gilt. Joints worn and quite tender; edges rubbed. Inscribed by Henry Collins Brown: "to my amicable friend...W.W. Corwan (?)...who needent go west to find an Indian. With the salutations of the compiler...Henry Collins Brown..Oct. 9th 1922." A richly illustrated in b/w and full-color throughout. With laid-in photo-illustration, double-page b/w, aerial photo of mid- and lower-Manahattan (neato -- Brooklyn and Jersey are also visible). Covers very lightly rubbed and age-toned, and just a little wrinkled along the edges. Images of old New York (horse-drawn carriages, just a few people) and new New York (cars and crowds), sometimes placed side-by-side for comparison). Also includes images of ships in the harbor, a facsimile reproduction of a whaler's log book, landmark buildings, wars days, Liberty Loan campaigns, the Hudson, the Palisades, and more.

New York: Privately Printed, 1913. First. hardcover. good. 106 plates, 5 in color. xix, 392pp. Small folio, decorated blue cloth, spine worn and repaired, corners worn and repaired, cloth lightly soiled, page margins uncut. New York: Privately Printed, 1913. First Edition.<br/> <br/> Profusely illustrated with rare old prints from private collections. Internally a bright, tight copy.<br/> <br/>

New York: Privately printed for subscribers, 1913. First edition. [xix], 392 pp. 106 plates, 5 in color with tissue guards. 4to. Decorative blue cloth boards with gilt stamped titles and borders on cover with colorful insignia, gilt titles on spine, some rubbing at head and foot of spine and a little at corners, some separation at hinges and pastedowns, though overall it's a handsome, very good copy. First edition. [xix], 392 pp. 106 plates, 5 in color with tissue guards. 4to.

Privately Printed, 1913. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine Copy In Full Black Leather. Privately Printed For Subscribers. First Edition 1913. Six Raised Bands With Embellishments Gorgeous Fresh Copy. Scarce In this Condition Especially In Full Leather..