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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1939. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. New Revised Edition.. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1939. New Revised Edition. Very Good+/Good. Clean dark green cloth boards with black lettering on spine and small black design centered on front cover. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. No bumping or fraying. Pages and edges are clean; clean endpapers with no writing or bookplates. Dustjacket is not price clipped, is missing 2" X 2 1/2" section from base of spine and left bottom side of front panel. Jagged 1/2 inch chipping along top of spine. 3/4 inch deep chip at top of front corner. 301 pgs. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A collection of delightfully whimsical verses on the quaint, historical side of old New York. 8vo. New York City..

New York: Ecco, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Ecco, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. As-new condition. Clean white boards with blue spine, white lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 257 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Stated first edition in unchipped dust jacket. Beige boards with beige cloth spine (faint soiling to spine), gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean; remainder mark on top text block page edges. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 301 pages with index. Jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears, light rubbing; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Praeger, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition in original dust jacket. Light brown cloth boards with dark brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with maps, historical photographs, fold-outs. 174 pages with Bibliography and Index. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has chip at top edge of front panel, slight fading..

New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1992. First Edition. Fine/Fine. First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean gray/green boards with purple cloth spine, gray/green metallic lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A charming novel for children about a boy who talks to (and gets answers from) the carriage horses of Central Park in New York City..

New York: Dutton, 1954. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Dutton, 1954. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated First Edition hardcover book in clean original dust jacket. Clean red boards with black title box on spine. A couple of light bumps to board edges, tiny closed tear to top spine corner, no fading. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean. Sound hinges - no cracking. Clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 256 pages. Clean illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears, tiny chip on spine; nice photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Wonderful novel about a young man's life growing up in New York City's Greenwich Village..

Seattle & London: University of Washington Press (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books), 2007. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition, First Printing.. Clean trade paperback book. Color illustrated cover - no chipping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with wonderful black and white photographs, drawings. Foreword by William Cronon. 311 pages with index..

Philadelphia / New York: Lippincott, 1948. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Philadelphia / New York: Lippincott, 1948. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated First Edition in clean original unclipped dust jacket. Clean bluie cloth boards with gold title box on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. No cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Black and white photo portrait of La Guardia is frontispiece. 222 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (2.75 on front inside flap), unchipped, very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Brookfield, Connecticut: Roaring Brook Press, 2003. Book. Illus. by Mordicai Gerstein, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Later Printing.. Beautiful clean hardcover book and dust jacket, SIGNED by the author with wonderful sketch by the author. Book size is approx. 8-3/4" x 11-1/2". Glossy color-illustrated boards are clean and unworn. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages an edges are clean. Gerstein's original illustration is on the back of the front free endpaper (a figure crossing a tightrope with a bubble above him "For Akant!" and below the figure the signature : "Mordicai Gerstein." Color illustrations throughout. Number line on copyright page is 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 (third printing of the first edition. Dust jacket is clean and bright, not price clipped, unchipped, no tears; circular "Caldecott Medal" gold seal on front panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In 1974, as the World Trade Center was being… Read More

New York: Arbor House, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author Sydney Biddle Barrows. Clean black paper-covered boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "For Rick, All the Best - Sydey Biddle Barrows." Circular blank stamped ownership embossment (clearly Rick's) at top right corner of half-title page. 291 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped; unchipped; small scratch on lower white margin of front panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Soho Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Soho Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Very clean pale blue boards with dark blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 372 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Fiction..

Sisu Books Publishing, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. SIGNED first edition. Very clean, unworn large format hardcover book with glossy cover (size approx. 9" x 11-1/2"). First Edition, first printing with complete number line on copyright page. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. SIGNED by the author on title page: "Michael J. Worden." Illustrated with black and white photographs. 179 pages..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Very clean charcoal gray boards with black cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 432 pgs. with index. Illustrated. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. As new condition. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. True crime story of the life and death of a prostitute in nineteenth-century New York. Large 8vo. True Crime..

New York: Ecco, 2010. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Later printing.. New York: Ecco, 2010. Later printing. Very Good+/Near Fine. Later printing of the first edition in unworn dust jacket. White boards with red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 239 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: New York Zoological Society, 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Giraffe Edition. Clean hardcover book published 1904, "Giraffe Edition" stated on cover, with two giraffes pictured on paper covered board; rear board pictures a fawn (some light scratching to rear board. Green cloth spine, with about 1/8" fraying at spine ends. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs of animals, maps, plans. 114 pages with Index..

New York : Atheneum, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Clean stated First Edition (and first printing with complete number line) in clean original dust jacket. Clean gray paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear; slightest hint of fading to board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with maps, wonderful historical photographs. 269 pages. Clean dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has a couple of tiny closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A unique and fascinating story of the history of New York City, written by a well-known architect, historian and coauthor of the AIA Guide to New York City. A beautifully illustrated study of how New York came to be the way it is. .

New York: George Braziller, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. New York: George Braziller, 1967. Stated First printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing (stated "First Printing" on copyright page). Clean unfaded black cloth boards with silver lettering on cover, silver and red lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean black top-stained page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 218 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped(5.95 on front inside flap), no chips, a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Ned Rorem's New York diary begins where his Paris diary left off, with the author homeward bound on the S. S. United States..

New York: Girandole Books, 2012. Book. Very Good+. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Clean large format paperback (size approx. 7-3/4" x 9-1/4") SIGNED by the author. Clean color-photo illustrated cover, no creasing or chipping; previous owner name and note on half-title page, signed by the author on title page "Mary L. Knapp". Illustrated with photographs and drawings. All text pages and edges are clean and bright. 223 pages with index. Fascinating information about social life and customs in New York City in the 19th century, as well as information about life and features of a beautiful row house..

Boston/New York: Little Brown & Co (Easton Press), 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston/New York: Little Brown & Co (Easton Press), 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine. Easton Press Collector's Edition, bound in Genuine Leather. Full number line on copyright page. Very clean, unworn leather binding with clean color photo paste-on illustration of Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center twin towers, gold lettering and border decoration. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright with gilt edges all around. Mauve silk endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with color photographs. 192+ pp. Introduction by Rudolph Giuliani. Gorgeous clean, unworn collectible copy. Photo record of the terrorist attack on America on September 11, 2001, with photos of the victims, the fire fighters and emergency responders, remembrance ceremonies..

New York: Frank-Maurice, Inc., 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Frank-Maurice, Inc., 1926. First Edition. Very Good/Good+. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Light surface wear to corners, a few very small bubbles to cloth along front board edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers (very slight browning in gutter area) with no names, writing or marks. 291 pgs. Clean DUSTJACKET is not price clipped, has some very shallow edge & corner chipping. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Very scarce book. A novel set in New York City, a story of love, and the differences in the lives of those in poverty and luxury. "In the city and in the book meet people from all ends of the world. They pass and repass; they interweave, endlessly, in strange patterns of love and passion; of sacrifice and selfishness; of sudden frightful failures and bewildering sensational successes." 8vo. Fiction..