New York City's Buried Past; A Guide to Excavated New York City's Revolutionary War Artifacts, 1776-1783.
New York: R & L Publishing, 1992. Many Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. (New York: R & L Publishing, 1992). Fine. More
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Year Book of the Architectural League of New York and Catalogue of the Forty-Second Annual Exhibition.
New York: Architectural League of New York, 1927. 362 pages, illustrated with many black & white photographs. 4to, original gray printed boards (spine worn). New York: Architural League of New York, 1927. Very good clean copy of this scarce book. More
Church of Our Lady of Esperanza
New York: 1921. Photo Illus. 8vo, green cloth, paint on head of spine, front flyleaf, last blank page, and endpapers, all partially browned. New York, 1921. Very good Architectural description of a church in Washington Heights in Northern Manhattan. More
Brooklyn's Eastern District
Brooklyn: Eugene L. Armbruster, 1942. 6 b/w illustrations, two double-page maps. 400 pages. 8vo, blue cloth; edgeworn and a bit spotty. Brooklyn: Published by the author, 1942. First Edition. History and guide to the pre-1928 streets, residents, and businesses of Williamsburgh, Bushwick and Greenpoint. Maps depict the streets of Williamsburgh in 1827 and 1845. More
Five Generations: Life and Letters of an American Family: 1759-1900.
New York: Harper, 1930. Illus. 425pp. 8vo, brown cloth. New York: Harper, 1930. First Edition. Very good. More
Catalogue of the Works of Art Belonging to the City of New York.
New York: City of New York, 1909. Prepared and Issued by the Art Commission of The City of New York. With over 100 b/w photographic plates, protected with lettered tissue. 241pp. Short thick 4to, burgundy cloth with simple gilt-lettered spine. New York: City of New York, 1909. Front hinge is just a bit weak, and there is one faint stain on fore-edge which is also visible in the margins of effected pages, otherwise a very good copy of this uncommon..... More
Asher & Adams' New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of New York. Putnam, Rockland, Westchester, New York, Richmond, Kings, Queens, and Suffolk
New York: Asher & Adams, 1872. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 22 1/4" Lovely map of New York City, Long Island, and the New York counties of Westchester, Rockland, & Putnam. A time indicator shows the times of various New York cities when it is noon in Albany. Published before standard time zones were widely adopted in the US, this index shows the subtle time differences from place to place. Counties, major towns and cities..... More
Asher & Adams' New York and Part of Ontario.
New York: Asher & Adams, 1872. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16.5" x 22.5". Beautiful clear map of New York with parts of surrounding states and Ontario. Delineates counties, towns, railroads, major routes, waterways and topographical details. In good condition, with archival repair to tears along bottom margin. Asher & Adams were publishers based in Washington and New York in the late 19th century who produced some of the most detailed and colorful atlases of the period..... More
Manhattan Monologues
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 226 pages, 8vo, black cloth-backed boards with a gilt-stamped spine (upper right corner bumped), dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2002). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Inscribed on the half-title page: "For Joel Conarroe, friend & fellow centurion with all best wishes. Sincerely, Louis Auchincloss." More
Middle Part of the Southern Coast of Long Island
U.S. Coast Survey, 1857. Map. Framed lithograph with hand coloring. Image measures 26.25" x 36.25". In beautiful archival cherry wood frame with conservation glass, measures 38.25" x 48.25" x 1". In very good condition. Sea chart showing the middle section of southern Long Island. Shows Bridgehampton, East Hampton and South Hampton. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an incredibly prolific surveyor, who worked as the superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. Over the course of the 19th century, the U.S...... More
New York
New York: Williams & Stevens, 1852. Lithograph, in antique frame, 26 3/4 x 34 3/4 inches. This dream like bird's eye view depicts New York City and Brooklyn in the mid 19th century. The perspective of Union Square, looking south from Union Square Park is unusual. Ships dot the rivers and the docks burst with activity. Bachmann has prominently featured the oval-shaped Union Square Park in the foreground, which had opened in 1839. Fashionable dwellings eventually circled the perimeter of..... More
The New York Tribune; Since the Civil War
New York: Octagon Books, 1972. Illustrated. 420 pages, 8vo, red cloth. New York: Octagon Books, 1972. Very good. More
Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York.
New York: Dover, 1968. Introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Photography by Margaret De M. Brown. 171 Illustrations. 612 pages, 8vo, printed wrappers; few instances of minor pencil notations, covers lightly worn, some creasing to front cover. New York: Dover, (1968). A very good(-) copy. More
Rockefeller Center; Architecture as Theater.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978. Many photo Illus. 4to, brown cloth, d.w., lacks front flyleaf, otherwise very good. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1978). First Edition. Very good. More
New York Notes: A Journal of Jazz, 1972-1975.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 250 pages. 8vo, printed cloth, d.w. (slightly edgeworn). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. The New Yorker clippings of Jazz performers pasted to rear endpapers by previous owner, else a very good(+) copy. More
A Perfect Babel of Confusion; Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 258 pages. 8vo, burgundy cloth, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Inked name on front endpaper, else a near fine copy-- one bumped corner-- in a fine dust wrapper. More
Autographed Document Signed on Vellum
Albany: 1787. An endorsement to an arrest warrant for the confiscation of goods belonging to Samuel Barrow -- 1 page, 11.5 x 10 inches, with endorsement on verso, Albany, New York, August 5, 1787 -- ordered by Revolutionary War patriot and then-Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court Richard Morris, in very small part: "The people of New York - To The Sheriff of the County of Richmond - Greeting. We command you that of the Goods and Chattels..... More
The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Company, 1906-1946
Port Chester: Robert A. Bang, 2004. With b/w photos throughout. 177 pages. Slim 4to, glossy pictorial boards. (Port Chester): Robert A. Bang, (2004). A fine copy. More
Turn West on 23r:; A Toast to New York's Old Chelsea.
New York: Fleet Publishing, 1965. Illustrated. 128 pages. Slim 8vo, gray cloth, faded d.w. New York: Fleet Publishing, (1965). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Pictorial History of the State of New York; Being a General Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Biographical Sketches, Varied Descriptions, &c. Relating to the Past and Present; With Geographical Descriptions of the Counties, Cities and Principal Villages, Throughout the State.
Cooperstown: H. & E. Phinney, 1846. Illustrated (b/w). 376 pages, although missing pages 71/2, 245/6, 291/2, and 333/4. 8vo., re-cased in brown cloth; pages foxed throughout, a few have small tears. A very good(-) copy. More
The Forests and Wetlands of New York City.
Boston: Little Brown, 1971. Illustrated. Large thin 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth, torn dust wrapper. Boston: Little Brown, (1971). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Frederick Law Olmsted's New York.
New York: Praeger, 1972. 150 Illus. Oblong 4to, tan cloth, d.w. New York: Praeger, (1972). Browning on front endpaper, else a very good(+) copy in very good dust wrapper. More
The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World
New York: New York Bound, 1984. Illustrated in b/w. 66 pages Square 8vo, green cloth with blind-stamped cover, all edge gilt. New York: New York Bound, (1984). Limited edition - number 378 of 475 copies. Fine. A facsimile of the 1885 original. More
Black Mountain
London: George Virtue. Steel engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 8 5/8" x 11 1/8". Image measures 4 7/8" x 7 1/8" Beautifully colored view of Black Mountain and Lake George in the Adirondacks of New York, engraved by R. Wallis after T. Creswick, after a sketch by William Henry Bartlett. Published in volume I of "American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature" by N. P. Willis, from drawings by W. H. Bartlett. More
The Narrows, Lake George
London: George Virtue. Steel engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 8" x 10 1/2". Image measures 4 3/4" x 7 1/8" Beautifully colored view of Lake George in the Adirondacks of New York, engraved by F.W Topham after William Henry Bartlett. Published circa 1840 in "American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature" by N. P. Willis, from drawings by W. H. Bartlett. Clean and bright, in very good condition. More