New York: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1912. 368 full color maps, 16 page index. 8vo. New York: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1912. Binding fragile. Pages clean and complete. Hard to find tiny desk top edition, easy to hold in the hand and search for streets. Most of the embossed gold title worn off. Spine re-backed and cover repaired. Designed as ward maps, which were used by fire insurance companies to determine the potential hazards of particular buildings, these maps lay..... More

Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley, 1925. Map. Original Lithograph. 11 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches This ward map of Manhattan shows the area from W. 127th Street to W 122nd Street, - on the recto, from Amsterdam to Eighth Ave. On the verso, it depicts from Eighth Ave to Lenox. Ward maps were used by fire insurance companies to determine the potential hazards of particular buildings. Color-coding indicates building materials: pink denotes brick and yellow denotes wood. The map was published in..... More

Brooklyn: Belcher Hyde, 1921. 173 colored maps including the Index Map to Volume Three...Sections 15-19. 4pp. + 12 + 172. Oblong 4to, original green blind stamped pebbled cloth, slight rubbing at extremes of spine, gilt title on front cover. Brooklyn: Belcher Hyde, 1921. First Edition. Near Fine. More

Brooklyn: Brooklyn Fire Department, 1892. Compiled from the Records of the Department. 80 illustrations, most of which are photographic portraits. 478pp. + many pages of ads from Brooklyn merchants, 4to, original decorated maroon cloth, spine ends lightly worn, edges of corners worn, some pages of text lightly soiled in right margins, page 61 lacks the lower right corner margin. Brooklyn: (Brooklyn Fire Deparment), 1892. First Edition. Beginning in 1785, the Brooklyn Fire Department consisted of six volunteer firemen who served..... More

Hastings-on Hudson: Valentine's Manual, 1928. Color frontis, b/w illustrations throughout including endpapers 422 pages. 8vo, blue cloth. Hastings-on-Hudson: Valentine's Manual, 1928. A very good(+) copy--tiny dampstain to lower edge of rear endpapers, sunning to spine and a touch of spotting to front cover. New York City in the 1890's. More

New York: Valentine's Manual, 1926. 4 color plates, and many black-and-white illustrations. 12mo, blue cloth, corners bumped, otherwise very good. New York: Valentine's Manual, (1926). Sketches of New York City life in the 1880s. More

New York: Privately Printed, 1913. 106 plates, 5 in color. xix, 392pp. Small folio, decorated blue cloth, spine worn and repaired, corners worn and repaired, cloth lightly soiled, page margins uncut. New York: Privately Printed, 1913. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with rare old prints from private collections. Internally a bright, tight copy. More

New York: Fifth Avenue Association, 1924. 4to, pictorial green cloth, lightly worn at spine ends. New York: Fifth Avenue Association, 1924. First Edition. A very good copy Oversized scarce volume with hundreds of mostly black & white photographs, but some in color, showing the history and glory of Fifth Avenue from 1824 to 1924. More

Boston: Beacon Press, 2015. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 cloth, d.w. Boston: Beacon Press, (2015). Fine. More

Hartford: American Publishing, 1869. A Complete History of Metropolitan Life and Society, with Sketches of Prominent Places, Persons and Things in the City... 26 Illus. 700pp. + 6pp. of publisher's ads. 8vo, contemporary calf, leather label, inner hinges repaired, calf moderately rubbed, light dampstain to margin of last ad page, old library bookplate on front flyleaf. small tear to margin of pages 543-546, some pages lightly creased in middle of text. Hartford: American Publishing, 1869. First Edition. Author was a...... More

New York: Knopf, 1991. Illustrated with 91 color plates, and additional photos. Slim folio, pale gray cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf & Callaway, 1991. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper, lightly scuffed and edgeworn. More

New York: Norton, 2008. Illustrated. xvi + 327 pages, 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Norton, (2008). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More