The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902. Illus. 2 vols. 8vo, maroon cloth, cloth lighltly soiled on both volumes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902. Illus. 2 vols. 8vo, maroon cloth, cloth lighltly soiled on both volumes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1902. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. 4 maps. 2 vols. 8vo, maroon cloth, spine ends and edges of corners lightly worn on both volumes, corners bumped on volume II, inner hinge weak on volume II, cloth lightly soiled on volume I. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1899). More
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1927. Illustrated. 434 pages. Short 4to, two-toned cloth, edges of corners lightly worn and bumped, cloth lightly soiled on rear cover, tear in lower left corner margin of title-page. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1927. First Edition. A very good(-) copy. Volume one only, from a three volume set. This volume comprises the history of the Bronx from 1609 through 1898. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1980. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 maroon cloth, d.w. slightly chipped, fore-edge of pages soiled. Boston: Little Brown, (1980). More
Philadelphia: Dolphin Press, 1935. Frontis. Tall 8vo, green cloth, cloth dampstained, a few pages dampstained in margins, pages throughout are wavy. Philadelphia: Dolphin Press, 1935. Biography of Father Francis Duffy. Duffy Square, the northern half of Times Square is named for him. More
New York: Privately Printed, 1914. Frontispiece portrait and many other illustrations, some with lettered tissue guards , facsimile letters and documents. 275 pp., tall 8vo, grey cloth (lightly rubbed). New York: Privately Printed, 1914. First Edition. Scarce. A personal memoir of the horse racing and trotting sport as it evolved in New York through the 19th century. The author's family and he owned and raced thoroughbreds, and trotting horses, and were key members in the Union Course, Long Island. Of..... More
New York: Viking, 1947. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. with 2 inches lacking on the top and bottom of the spine portion and smaller chips on some other edges of d.w., spine ends of boards lightly rubbed, small area of light soiling to cloth spine in middle. New York: Viking Press, 1947. Political autobiography of a democratic party leader in the Bronx, New York. More
facsimile. 102pp. 16mo, original cloth, a.e.g.; (ex-lib, cloth soiled, otherwise very good). London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1865. Fort Lafayette was located in Brooklyn, New York. More
San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1993. 36 color plates, b/w Illus. Thin 4to, white cloth, d.w. San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, (1993). Near Fine. More
New York: First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, 1981. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. with two small tears. (New York): First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, (1981). Very good. More
New York: Viking, 1949. Illustrated with photographs. 389 pages. Thick 8vo, red cloth with blue spine labels, chipped d.w. New York: Viking, (1949). Second printing before publication. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. More
Hartford: Worthington, Dustin, 1870. Including the Histories, Mysteries, and Men of the "Street", The Stock Exchange, The Gold Room...Sketches from Life of the Noted Speculators and Money Kings, with Anecdotes and Incidents of Their Careers... Illus. by Arthur Lumley. 536pp. + 1 page publisher's ad. 8vo, original green cloth with gilt spine, spine ends worn and repaired, edges of corners lightly worn, last page repaired with tape with no loss of text, endpapers, front flyleaf and last blank page, all..... More
Frontis. 2 vols. in one. 8vo, modern wrs. N.Y.: John F. Trow, 1857. "Reflecting as it does his many literary friendships, it is a valuable source for the social and literary history of the city during the period of his lifetime." DAB VI, p. 581. Presentation copy. More
New York: W. J. Widdleton, 1866. With a Memoir of the Author, by Henry T. Tuckerman. Frontis. cxxxvi, 400pp. 8vo, original brown cloth, cloth rubbed, corners lightly bumped. New York: W. J. Widdleton, 1866. "Reflecting as it does his many literary friendships, it (the work) is a valuable source for the social and literary history of the city during the period of his lifetime." DAB VI, p. 581. More
New York: Shepard Kollock, 1876. Includes map tipped-in at first end paper: The City of New York published by J. Disturnell, engraving, 13.5 x 12.5 inches, 1876; tear near at center-left margin extends to image, otherwise in very good condition. 98 pages. Slim 8vo, original black cloth covered boards, cloth worn at head and tail of spine as well as at corners of boards, binding fragile at first signature but intact. In very good (+) condition. New York: Shepard Kollock..... More
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1990. Two color woodcuts, one of which is initialed by Steinberg and hand-painted by Michael Berdan, and 16 black & white tipped-in lithographs. Slim folio, black morocco spine, gilt- lettered, bright yellow linen boards, board slipcase. New York: Whitney Museum, 1990. Fine. One of only 160 copies signed by the author and initialed by the artist. Published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of Art organized by May Castleberry. Printed by..... More
8vo, cloth, d.w.; (underlined in pencil). N.Y.: HarperCollins, (1993). Profile of the St. Paul Community Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York. More
New York: Viking, 1971. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York: Viking, (1971). Profiles of loiterers in New York City. More
1860. 11 Engraved steel plates. 739 pages + 10pp. of ads. 4to, original 1/2 brown morocco; dampstain to lower corner of last few pages, handful of pages have some penciling, some discoloration to rear cover, leather scuffed at spine ends. N.p.: Sold by Subscription, 1860. Eighth Edition. Overall, still a very good copy. More
8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled). Tarrytown: Sleepy Hollow Press, (1979). More
New York: Barry Friedman, 1994. 91 illustrations, mostly in color. Unpaginated. Square 4to, yellow paper wrappers with mounted image on front. New York: Barry Friedman, (1994). A very good(+) copy-- bumped at lower edge corner, tiny stain on front wrapper. One of 2500 copies. More
New York: Macmillan, 1980. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. chipped. New York: Macmillan, (1980). very good in very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Valhalla: Westchester County Historical Society, 1988. 155 pages. 4to, blue boards. Valhalla: Westchester County Historical Society, (1988). A very good(+) copy, a few light scratches on boards. More
Illus., 681pp., thick 8vo, cloth-backed bds., d.w. New York: Knopf, 1994. Cover has a few imperfections, otherwise a very good copy with a very good dust wrapper. More
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