Category: New York City

Bronxville: Views and Vignettes Eighteen Ninety-Eight to Nineteen Seventy-Three [1898 to 1973]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Bronxville, NY, Bronxville Diamond Jubilee Committee : 1974

Seller ID: 046306

ISBN: B000HZ1QHY

Royal blue cloth, lettered in gold foil, oblong format. Slightly rubbed corners and spine extremities, virtually as issued. No. 321 of an edition limited to 500 copies, hand-numbered on front colophon and signed by Mayor C. Paul Slater, with the city's embossed seal. Pictorial dust jacket mildly rubbed along edges, now in mylar. 120 pp., illus. w/ photographs.
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Custom House Souvenir of The Port of New York [A Souvenir of the New York Custom House and Index of the Imports and Shipping Facilities of this Port]

Price: $195.00

Publisher: New York, Port of New York : 1893

Seller ID: 047860

ISBN-13: 9780484145626

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

ORIGINAL 1893-94 EDITION. Dark blue and burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt with Statue of Liberty illus. in silver foil at top left corner of front cover, beveled edges. Minor shelf wear. Firm binding, intact hinges, clean interior. Nicely preserved copy, scarce. 169 pp., b&w plates, many ads.
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Dutch Treat Club: Yearbook [21 Volumes: 1947, 1963, 1977-89, 1991-96]

Price: $495.00

Publisher: New York, Dutch Treat Club : 1947

Seller ID: 058005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Partial run of Dutch Treat Club yearbooks/directories, comprised by the annual entries for 1947, 1963, 1977-89, 1991-96. Most 8vo in printed cloth or leatherette, various colors, 1947 in printed paper-covered boards, 1963 in felt-covered boards, 1978 in stiff wraps. Most are essentially without wear, Fine, a few showing slight soiling to covers, 1947 issue with modest shelf wear, thus Near Fine overall. 1963 is signed by Roger C. Whitman, and a number of the '80s volumes show an embossed address stamp of William Y. Archibald on front flyleaf verso. The Dutch Treat Club was founded in 1905 ...
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Fifty Years on Fifth, 1907-1957

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Fifth Avenue Association [Printed by International Press] : 1957

Seller ID: 045764

ISBN: B0056K841G

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Black and gold paper-covered boards, lettered in white. Very slightly rubbed extremities, virtually as issued. 162,[46] pp., illus.
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Going to the Fair: A Preview of the New York World's Fair 1939 Together with What You Should Look for and What You Should See in the City of New York

Price: $19.95

Publisher: New York, Sun Dial Press w/ New York World's Fair : 1939

Seller ID: 024693

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG-

Blue cloth, lettered in orange. Both covers show mildew soiling (not active!) on lower portions and along fore-edges, else only mild shelf wear. 96 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Endpapers a bit toned, interior otherwise clean. Color pictorial dust jacket (blue and orange) shows rubbed edges with some chipping, minor loss, toning due to age, discoloraton spot on lower front panel, now in archival mylar. Some cosmetic issues, but essentially intact, still acceptable as reference copy.
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Manhattan Gold Book

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Slesinger Communications : 1987

Seller ID: 000149

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

1987 edition. Slightly soiled covers, fingerprints evident on gold endpapers. Interior otherwise clean. Gilt edges, color photos throughout.
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Manna-hatin: The Story of New York

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Port Washington, NY, Ira J. Friedman : 1968

Seller ID: 029356

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Orange cloth, lettered in black. Re-issue; first published in 1929. Ex-library, or more likely prepped for library use but never actually circulated, minimally marked/stamped and virtually unworn. Clear laminate applied over covers. Ink notations and surface paper loss on front flyleaf, otherwise clean. xviii,270 pp., illus.
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New York Social Register 1887 - Facsimile Edition

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Social Register Association : 1986

Seller ID: 057842

ISBN-13: 9780940281004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Black "leatherette" paper-covered boards, lettered in orange. A bit of surface rubbing to covers, otherwise about as issued. Firm binding, clean interior. Facsimile of 1887 edition. viii,[xl],256 pp. 1st thus: Nov. 1986.
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New York State Bar Association Proceedings of the Fifty-First [51st] Annual Meeting [Volume LI (1928)] [Report of New York State Bar Association]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Albany, NY, Argus Company for New York State Bar Association : 1928

Seller ID: 015748

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Olive cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. Charter, constitution, by-laws, lists of members, officers, committees. 618 pp., b&w frontis. portrait of President William C. Breed. Slight shelf wear. Both hinges starting, but binding remains firm. Former owner signature on front flyleaf.
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Proceedings at the Unveiling of a Memorial to Horace Greeley at Chappaqua, N.Y., February 3, 1914, with Reports of Other Greeley Celebrations Related to the Centennial of his Birth, February 3, 1911

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Albany, NY, University of the State of New York, Division of Archives and History : 1915

Seller ID: 047324

ISBN: B000MXKZDM

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Burgundy-brown cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to corners and spine extremities, a few light surface marks to covers, text block edges a bit dulled by age. Firm binding, clean interior. 263 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates (several folding).
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Report of the Special Committee of the Assembly Appointed to Investigate the Public Offices and Departments of the City of New York and of the Counties Therein Included [Volume II]

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Albany, NY, James B. Lyon, State Printer : 1900

Seller ID: 022080

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Original brown cloth, bordered in blind, lettered in gilt on spine panel. Minor shelf wear, slight exposure at corners, text block edges a bit toned. Clean interior, firm binding. [ii],1217-2432 pp. Vol. II only (of 2?). Exceptionally scarce.
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Saint Patrick's Cathedral [St. Patrick's Cathedral]

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, Archbishopric of New York : 1942

Seller ID: 000699

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Published on occasion of consecration of High Altar, 9 May 1942. Illustrated history of St. Patrick's Cathedral, midtown Manhattan. Very slight wear to edges. Green stiff paper wraps. 169 pp., illus.
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Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, Archbishopric of New York : 1942

Seller ID: 021765

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Dark green stiff paper wraps, perfect bound, lettered in gilt. Tiny nick at bottom of front joint, otherwise an essentially flawless copy, with square, uncreased binding, clean interior. 179 pp., illus. in b&w. Final page displays reprint notice -- the only indication of this being a facsimile reprint.
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Society of American Wars, Commandery of the State of New York: Second Book of the Society, May 1917 [Vol. II (1917)]

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Society of American Wars, Commandery of State of New York : 1917

Seller ID: 015957

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Royal blue 1/4 cloth, dark red cloth, lettered in gilt. Both covers moderately soiled, mildly rubbed at spine extremities and corners. Approx. 3/4" abrasion on rear cover with puncturing to cloth, neatly repaired. Foxed text block edges, interior clean. 103 pp. Firm binding. One leaf (pp. 3-4) creased at bottom corner. The second volume published by the SAW (Com. of S. of NY), relatively scarce.
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The Bowne House: A National Shrine to Religious Freedom

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Flushing, Long Island, NY, The Bowne House Historical Society : 1953

Seller ID: 054495

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: VG+

Stiff dark blue textured wraps, lettered in gilt. Front cover partially sunned, back cover a bit faded toward edges. Firm binding, clean interior. 45 pp., illus.
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The Central Park Under Ring-Leader Rule

Price: $19.95

Publisher: New York, Edward I. Sears : 1871

Seller ID: 000141

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Third Edition. Early booklet on Central Park, established 1859 and designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. Tammany Hall era. 24 pp., original tan wraps. Lightly soiled, very minor chipping at extremities, quite decently preserved. Off-print, reprinted from the National Quarterly Review, No. XLIV (March 1871), ed. by Edw. I Sears, LL.D. Original edition, not a modern-era reprint or POD.
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The New York Cabinetmaker and His Use of Space

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, New-York Historical Society : 1976

Seller ID: 030321

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Very Good

Booklet, 8-panel foldout, illus. Modest handling wear, lightly foxed upper front cover. Accompaniment to 1976 NYHS exhibition. Scarce.
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Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers and First Hands in All Lines: The Buyers' Guide 1905-1906

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, Thomas Publishing Co. : 1985

Seller ID: 002585

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Green cloth, gilt lettering, 1,228 pp. + front advertisements on yellow paper, with 98,240 names. As issued except for foxing on text block edges. Facsimile reprint edition of the first Thomas Register of American Manufacturers guide, issued in 1905-06, to commemorate the company's 75th edition (rather than its 75th anniversary, which occurred five years earlier, in 1980). Limited edition, this being copy No. 5416. Includes cover letter laid in. Published at $35. Quite scarce.
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Unveiling of the Bust and Tablet of Stephen Collins Foster [Hall of Fame for Great Americans on the Campus of New York University]

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, NY, New York University : 1941

Seller ID: 020719

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

Pictorial wraps. Booklet. Program, 27 May 1941. Lightly soiled/toned, slightly thumbed. 12 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs.
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Wall & Nassau: An Account of the Inauguration of George Washington in Federal Hall at Wall and Nassau Streets, April 30, 1789

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Bankers Trust Co. : 1939

Seller ID: 036985

Binding: Pictorial Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Color printed cloth. Modest shelf wear with light rubbing to cover cloth, with two years of minor loss/exposure along top front joint and top front edge, with associated soil mark. Former owner's address stamp on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. 81,[31] pp., illus. in b&w, with color plates, captioned illus. at rear printed on rectos only. Firm binding, clean interior.
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Wall & Nassau: An Account of the Inauguration of George Washington in Federal Hall at Wall and Nassau Streets, April 30, 1789

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Bankers Trust Co. : 1939

Seller ID: 047420

ISBN: B000KLTSZC

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Color printed cloth. Minor rubbing to corners and spine extremities, slight soiling to upper back cover. 78 pp., illus. w/ color, b&w plates. Tipped-in compliments card from the Bankers Trust Co. noting the 1939 New York World's Fair.
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The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech

By: Allen, Irving Lewis

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 1993

Seller ID: 061697

ISBN-13: 9780195075915

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Black cloth-effect boards, lettered in red. Fore-edge crease to several leaves (pp. 81-88), otherwise new/as issued, dust jacket now in mylar. 1st ptg. [xv],307 pp., illus.
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Great Blizzards of New York City: A Photographic History of New York City's Most Memorable Winter Storms

By: Ambrose, Kevin

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Merrifield, VA, Historical Enterprises : 1994

Seller ID: 038827

ISBN-13: 9780963950215

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Burgundy leatherette, lettered in gold foil. Slightly rubbed corners and spine extremities, slightly bumped top front corner. Dust jacket shows 1/2" closed tear along top front edge, otherwise nearly as issued, now in mylar. 123 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs.
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld

By: Asbury, Herbert

Price: $495.00

Publisher: New York and London, Alfred A. Knopf : 1928

Seller ID: 061946

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Burgundy 1/4 cloth, black and white illustrated paper-covered boards, spine panel lettered/decorated in yellow, burgundy topstain. Spine panel a bit soiled/sunned, corners rubbed with minor exposure, edges typically rubbed with areas of surface loss, covers typically tanned. Firm binding, clean interior. xviii,382,[1] pp. Scarcde 1st edition, issued by Knopf, with matching 1928 dates, not one of the ubiquitous Garden City Publishing Co. reprints. Overall mild wear commensurate with age, no major faults.
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Smoke and Blue in the Face: Two Films

By: Auster, Paul; Wayne Wang (pref.)

Price: $4.50

Publisher: New York, NY, Miramax : 1995

Seller ID: 028471

ISBN-13: 9780786880980

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff pictorial wraps. Very slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. viii,293 pp.
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Category: New York City