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Albany, New York: Albany Institute of History and Art, 1976. Published in 1976 in association with the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. NEAR FINE, in paperback binding. Clean, fresh and securely bound. Small owner name neatly penned on inside front cover, no other markings. Cover, printed blue and black on cream colored paper, is lightly rubbed at edges with a small abrasion at base of spine but is otherwise clean and unworn, spine uncreased.A little book that packs in a lot of information as well as illustrations. A history of Albany, New York during pre-Revolutionary days and the role it played during the Revolutionary War. 4 full-page maps plus several black & white photos and reproductions. 6 x 9"; 82 pages. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine.

Mattituck, NY: Amereon House/Ameron Ltd., 1996. 1996 Edition, printing unstated. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. AUTHOR INSCRIBED on the title page, in black ink, "For Pete and Susie with best wishes. Harry Havemeyer." A crisp, clean, otherwise unmarked copy. Pages crisp and unmarked - faint foxing to top page edge, otherwise pages are fine, firmly bound in a light blue leatherette hardcover, title gilt-stamped on front and spine. Small bumps to top outside corner tips, otherwise cover is fine. Binding and hinges firm and straight. Pictorial jacket is clean and complete; very slight shelf rub but no soiling or toning; no scuffs, tears, chips or creases. A well-written and informative history of Long Island's Great South Bay (stretching from approximately West Islip to Oakdale, east of Islip) from the 1840s when affluent New Yorkers, attracted by the cool Atlantic breezes, began building summer homes along the coast, through to the breaking up of the big estates in the mid-twentieth… Read More

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc., 1987. 1987 First Edition, NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and sturdily bound copy. Very faint marginal toning, otherwise pages fine, bound in handsome, unworn, burgundy cloth hardcover. Jacket is clean and colorful - a bit of wear along (small dents and a tiny puncture) along the rear spine fold - no tears, chips or creases. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges are tight, intact and straight. Published to accompany the 1987-1988 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Features Introduction by John Howat, 4 essays and 257 illustrations of which 85 are in full color. 10 x 11-3/4"; xv + 347 pages. A heavy volume, will require additional postage for Priority or International mailing.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to.

Don Mills, Ontario, Canada: Collier Books, 1988 First soft cover edition with full printing number line. NEAR FINE. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound in pictorial paper cover, price intact on rear panel. Pages crisp and near fine with faint marginal toning. Cover is slightly shelf rubbed but clean, no tears, chips or creases. No creasing to cover spine and binding is intact, no splits or cracks. A fascinating and well laid out history of New York City architecture from Dutch beginnings through the 20th century. Illustrated with finely printed B&W photos and reproductions. 7 x 10"; xi + 339 pages. First Edition Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1984. First Printing with full number line. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD price intact dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked, firmly bound copy in hardcover of gray boards with turquoise cloth spine, titled in silver. Pages fine. Binding and hinges firm and intact. Cover edges slightly toned, book otherwise fine. Unclipped jacket is clean with light edgewear - 4 short closed tears and a few small nicks/chips. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. A fascinating history of New York City, spanning the centuries from its Dutch origins to 19th and 20th century technical wonders such as the Brooklyn Bridge and Rockefeller Center. More than 80 buildings and monuments are discussed. Black and white photos throughout. 7 x 10-1/4"; xi + 339 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Club House, 1932 1932. The History, Constitution, By-laws, Rules and List of Officers and Members. The Club, organized in 1885 had numerous homes in New York City. In 1925 the Club moved to 30 West 44th, the site occupied when this book was published. (It is now home to The Penn Club.) Of particular interest are the five line illustrations of the building. This is a Very Good copy, clean and bright. Bound in hardcover of navy and gray cloth with gilt stamping front and spine. There is some scattered light spotting to the cover, very light soiling along the gray cloth spine but otherwise the cover is bright and clean. Text pages are clean and fine but penciled onto the last blank page is a home-made crossword puzzle! Very erasable if you don't want it. Binding is tight and square. 5-/14 x 7-3/4"; 105 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2002. 2002 Stated First Edition and full printing number line. FINE in FINE price intact dust jacket. A fresh, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages, hardcover and dust jacket pristine. Binding tight and straight. Kornblum, a native New Yorker, urban sociologist, and a sailor who has spent decades plying New York City's waterways in his ancient catboat "Tradition," reveals how the history of the city has been shaped by the water. Each chapter opening is printed with a map of the area to be discussed. 4-page Bibliography included. 5-1/4 x 8-1/8." xvii + 232 Pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Albany, New York: University of the State of New York, 1910. Second Edition, 1910 + 1914. VERY GOOD 2-volume set. Volume 1 (Part 1. Water Birds and Game Birds) is dated 1910 and includes a summary of New York State avifauna and life zones, information on migrations, detailed descriptions of genera and species (illustrated with some black & white photos) followed by 42 beautifully rendered color plates, artwork by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and a detailed Index. Volume 1 is NEAR FINE - pages and plates clean, unmarked and firmly bound in green cloth hardcover, gilt titled on spine. Small bumps to cover corners and a few light rub marks, cover very good. Volume 2 (Part 2. Land Birds) is dated 1914 and includes economic value of birds, bird refuges and preserves as well as status of bird laws, descriptions of genera and species (with black & white photos) as well as another 64 beautiful color plates by Fuertes, and an Index. It is GOOD+ - internally very good, pages clean and unmarked. Title page… Read More

No publisher or date noted. Probable First Edition of 1955 as this copy was manufactured by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co. of New York. The book was designed by renowned book designer and author Marshall Lee. 16 pages of archival photos. NEAR FINE hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket; A cleanm unmarked and firmly bound opy. Text pages fine. Hardcover is green cloth with blind stamped decoration on front cover, gilt spine lettering. Short strips of tape residue to endpapers from an old jacket protector that was taped to book. Jacket is remarkably clean and complete. Short strips of tape residue on flaps, spotting along bottom of back panel, and faint color fade at edges but otherwise clean with no tears or chips. Binding tight and book is square. Very scarce in this very good condition. 5-1/2 x 8". xiv + 156 text pages and 16 illustration pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000. AUTHOR SIGNED 2000 presumed First. Edition (printing unstated). FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. Signed by Lloyd Ultan on the tilte page. A clean, otherwise unmarked and tightly bound copy in dark blue cloth hardcover titled in silver on spine. Book is fresh and fine. Color pictorial jacket is clean and complete, bit of very light shelf rub but no scuffs, tears, chips or creases. Binding and hinges tight and straight. The history of the Bronx through the eyes of its writers, including Sholem Aleichem, James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac, Clifford Odets, Grace Paley, Edgar Allan Poe, Chaim Potok, Mark Twain, Tom Wolfe and Herman Wouk. Illustrated with black and white archival photos. 7-1/4 x 10-1/4"; xiv + 312 pages. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Bronx, New York: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1982. 1982. AUTHOR SIGNED on front free endpaper. FINE in NEAR FINE, unclipped, dust jacket. A fresh, clean, tightly bound copy. Author inscription penned on front endpaper, "Best Wishes - Edna Mead." Pages unmarked and fine. Hardcover of green cloth with gilt lettering front and spine is clean and unworn. Dust jacket has a bit of light surface rubbing but is clean with no tears, chips or creases, price intact on flap. Binding firm, hinges tight. Illustrated with black and white photos. The triangle surrounded by greenery - Bronx Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Mosholu Parkway and Woodlawn Cemetery. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4"; 144 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1985. Stated First Edition; First Printing with full number line. NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE price intact dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy, bound in brown cloth hardcover gilt lettered on spine. Tiny 1/8" stain to bottom page edge, affecting 4 leaves, otherwise book is fine. Unclipped pictorial jacket is clean, lightly edge rubbed; tiny creases, one small tear, to flap corners and spine ends, otherwise fine. Written in collaboration with The Bronx County Historical Society. Mayor Ed Koch wrote the Foreword. A wonderful illustrated history of the Bronx in its heyday. 8-3/4 x 11-3/4"; xxviii + 164 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc., 1991. 1991, printing unstated. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound in maroon cloth hardcover with blind embossed titling on front and spine. Book is fresh and "as new." Pictorial jacket is clean and complete, with a few light rub marks. The history of New York City's vibrant and richly varied city-within-a-city, profusely illustrated with beautifully printed black and white photos. 9-1/4 x 12"; 256 pages. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1998 A now scarce book, one in Arcadia's "Images of America" series. This is a Very Good+ copy - clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound. Pages fine. Paper cover is clean with rubbing to edges but no tears or chips. An entertaining tour, packed with archival photos of Brooklyn in the 1920s - from downtown to Gravesend, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands and New Utrecht. Trolley cars, unpaved streets, sewer lines still under construction, many areas retaining a distinctly rural feel. 6-1/2 x 9-1/4"; 128 pp. Soft Cover. Very Good+.

Tarrytown, New York: Sleepy Hollow Press, 1979 Stated First Edition. FINE in FINE price intact dust jacket. Seven historians contributed their insights into New York's economic development from Colonial to post-Revolutionary days. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked copy tightly bound in blue cloth hardcover. Pages, cover and dust jacket clean and bright. Slight rubbing to jacket edges. Jacket is a clear archival protector. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; vii + 209 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Plainview, NY: Cannonball Publications, 1998. 1998. NEAR FINE softcover. Clean, unmarked and securely staple-bound. No tears or chips, light creasing at staples and light edge rub to cover. Published in the 100th anniversary year of the enlargement of the original Grand Central Station - and the addition of the magnificent cast iron eagles on the terminal towers. In 1910 the terminal was demolished and the eagles mysteriously disappeared. At the time of this booklets' publication, 10 eagles had been accounted for. Author David Morrison is a railroad historian who tracked down some of the eagles. He was responsible for getting one back to Grand Central. (As of now, 2 of the eagles have returned.) Here is an accounting of the eagles' whereabouts as of 1998 - generously illustrated with both color and black & white photos. 8-1/2 x 11". 32 pages. Softcover. Near Fine.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007. 2007 Edition, printing unstated. FINE softcover. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages crisp and fine; pictorial paper cover is fresh and fine; no tears, chips or creases - price intact on rear panel. Binding firm - no splits or cracks. A fascinating illustrated history of a survivor: Castle Clinton in Manhattan's Battery Park, built before the War of 1812. Its fame rests on the years it was known worldwide as Castle Garden, serving as a public events hall and theater, then the landing place in Manhattan for millions of immigrants and then a municipal aquarium (until 1941). Illustrated with archival photographs throughout. 6-1/2 x 9-1/4". 128 pages. Soft Cover. Fine.

New Windsor, NY: NAP Publishing, 2005 2005 probable First Edition. FINE hardcover. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Hardcover of color printed paper with gloss lamination is fresh and unworn. An 'as new' copy. A unique, beautifully color-illustrated collection of poetic short stories - the accompanying artwork created by over 30 children , 5th, 6th and 7th graders, from Orange County, New York. Orange County is located in New York State's lower Hudson River Valley and is famous for its parks and scenic beauty, historic sites - and apple orchards. The flavor of the region is captured in this charming, and scarce, book. 10-1/2 x 8-1/4" (oblong) 80 pages. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Students of Orange County, NY.

New York: Board of Water Supply of the City of New York, 1917. 1917 Edition. NEAR FINE. A bright, clean, and well bound copy. The only marking is a gift inscription on reverse of front free endpaper "To William Hadu, from his Principal, Robert S. Stantial. 3/6/18". Pages near fine; bound in very good hardcover of dark green cloth over beveled boards, blind embossed ruling on front and rear boards, gilt decoration and lettering on front, gilt lettering on spine. There is a small white spot on front cover; spine ends and corner lightly rubbed with bit of board showing at tips. Binding very good: hinges are tender but intact, no tearing to the printed floral endpapers. Illustrated with diagrams and archival photos, including views of the construction of the Croton Aqueduct tunnels and Kensico Dam. Also, charts of statistical items of interest and a brief chronology. A fascinating and scarce item of New York City history. 6-1/4 x 9-1/8"; 67 numbered pages.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

New York: The New-York Historical Society & Trinity School, 1984. 1984 NEAR FINE softcover of the catalog published for the 1985 exhibtion. A crisp, clean, unmarked copy. Slight rubbing to cover, otherwise fine. Essays and artwork cover the history of childhood life in New York City - from the colonial period of the early 18th century to the mid-twentieth century. Illustrated througout with black & white reproductions as well as 8 color plates. 8-1/2 x 11". 48 pages. First Edition Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine.