The Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue, St. James Place and Clifton Place.
Brooklyn: 1894. 96 pages, slim 8vo, original gilt-lettered rust cloth, light rubbing at the extremes. Brooklyn, N.Y. 1893-1894. A very good(+) copy. More
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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
Brooklyn's Eastern District
Brooklyn: Eugene L. Armbruster, 1942. 6 b/w illustrations, two double-page maps. 400 pages. 8vo, blue cloth (lightly bumped and scuffed). Brooklyn: Published by the author, 1942. First Edition. A very good(+) copy of this scarce title. 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
Part of College Point; Town of Flushing Queens Co.
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 24". Shows some small tears at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows College Point, Flushing, Queens, from River Street and Flushing Bay to 21st Street, and from 2nd Avenue to 9th Avenue. Verso is blank with manuscript notes in pencil. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York: Beers, Comstock, &..... More
Plan of New York and Brooklyn
New York: Beers, Comstock & Cline, 1867. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 15 3/4" x 13" Beautifully hand colored map of New York City, showing Manhattan up to 155th St., Brooklyn to Prospect Park, as well as Queens and parts of the Bronx and New Jersey. Published in 1867, this map is highly detailed, hand-colored by ward and labeled to show street names, neighborhoods, railroads, parks, ferry lines, and major landmarks. Parks are colored in green, with..... More
Portion of East New York New Lots, Kings Co. L.I.; Early Beers map of Bushwick Brooklyn!
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 23.5". Shows some small tears at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, at the convergence of Brownsville, East New York and Cypress Hills. Verso shows details of Gravesend and Fort Hamilton. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873)..... More
Blue Book of Brooklyn 1947-48. Volume VII
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Blue Book Association, 1943. Illustrated with some ads. 223 pages. 12mo, blue cloth (spine and board edges darkened). Brooklyn: Brooklyn Blue Book Association, (1947). A very good copy. The Only Directory of Society in Brooklyn. More
Blue Book of Brooklyn 1948-49. Volume VIII
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Blue Book Association, 1943. Illustrated with some ads. 197 pages. 12mo, blue cloth. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Blue Book Association, (1948). A very good(+) copy. The Only Directory of Society in Brooklyn. More
Brooklyn Blue Book and Long Island Society Register, 1907.
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Blue Book Association, 1906. Illustrated with some ads. 302 pages. 12mo, blue cloth (spine sunned and rear corner worn). Brooklyn: Brooklyn Life Publishing, 1906. First edition. A very good copy. More
Bemused and Benign: A Fragmentary Head of Dynasty XIII in Brooklyn
New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1969. Illustrated in black and white. 11 pages. Very thin 8vo, off white paper wrappers. New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1969. Lightly toned covers, otherwise fine. An offprint from The Brooklyn Museum Annual X, 1968-1969. More
The Problem of Greater New York and Its Solution
New York: The Searchlight Book Corp. 1914. Illustrated in black and white. 131 pages. 8vo, red cloth with gold lettering (corners bumped & worn, bookplate remnant on end paper). Reference maps insert includes 'The United States', 19 x 24", 'Greater New York and its Harbor', 22 x 19", 'Peninsula of Brooklyn and its two Waterfronts', 29 x 22 1/2", cover chipped, a few splits along folds but all in very good condition. New York: The Searchlight Book Corp., (1914). Scarce..... More
Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Department of Parks of the City of Brooklyn and the First of the County of Kings for the Year 1895
Brooklyn: 1896. Frontispiece, and illustrated throughout plus one folding map. 167 pages. Thin 8vo, gilt-lettered brown cloth. Brooklyn: Printed for the Commissioner, 1896. A fine copy. More
Brooklyn Bridge 75th Anniversary Exhibition...April 29-July 27, 1958, the Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1958. Illus. Thin 8vo, pr. wrs. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1958. Exhibtion catalogue. More
Annual Report of the Department of City Works for the Year 1887, made to the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, January 31, 1888.
1888. 141, v pages. Illustrated with charts & tables, some folding. Thin 8vo, original maroon cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped covers; floral end-papers, all edges gilt. (Brooklyn), 1888. First edition. A fine copy. More
Annual Report of the Department of City Works for the Year 1888, made to the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn
1889. 167pp.,charts & tables, some folding. Thin 8vo, original blue cloth stamped in gilt; floral end-papers, all edges gilt. (Brooklyn), 1889. Fine copy. More
Annual Report of the Department of City Works made to the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, February 1, 1881.
1881. 147, iv pages. Illustrated with charts & tables, some folding. Thin 8vo, original maroon cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped covers, worn at spine ends. (Brooklyn), 1888. First edition. A very good copy. Scarce. Presentation inscription on title page. More
Report of the Comptroller of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Corporation of the City of Brooklyn for the Year Ending 1889. Ending
Brooklyn: 1890. 147pp., tables & charts. Thin 8vo brown cloth stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. Brooklyn: Printed for the Corporation, 1890. Slip printed " Compliments of the Comptroller" tipped in. Small chip at the bottom of the spine otherwise a fine copy. More
Acts relating to the City of Brooklyn, and the Ordinances, Thereof; Together with an Appendix, containing the Old Charters,
Brooklyn: A. Spooner, 1840. Statistical Information. 283pp. 8vo, later cloth, leather label, head of spine and edges of corners worn, cloth and some pages dampstained, scattered light foxing. Brooklyn: A. Spooner, 1840. First Edition. More
Green-Wood Cemetery: A History of the Institution from 1838 to 1864
New York: Anderson & Archer, 1866. Illustrated with 18 engravings (including one folding and one map), each protected with tissue. 233 pages. 8vo, original green pebbled cloth with gilt church vignette stamped on cover, all edges gilt. New York: Anderson & Archer, 1866. First edition. Cloth is lightly worn and lacking the free endpapers at front and rear, but still a very good copy of this uncommon book -- sturdy and clean. More
Historic Park Slope
Island Park, NY: Gold Coast Sales & Marketing Corp. 1984. Map. Offset lithograph. Many scuff and dings from being rolled, repair upper right, but otherwise in good condition. 24 x 36 inches. Playful pictorial map of the central NW Brooklyn neighborhood. Includes 10th Street to Flatbush Avenue Extension and from 6th Avenue to Prospect Park West and Grand Army Plaza. Notes business locations blended with text panels on points of historical interest. More
Historic Green Point; A Brief Account of the Beginning and Development of the Northerly Section of the Borough of Brooklyn...
Brooklyn: Green Point Savings Bank. Illustrated. 61 pages. Tall slim 8vo, green cloth, a touch of wear at extremities. (Brooklyn): Green Point Savings Bank, (1919). First Edition. Very near fine. More
Historic and Antiquarian Scenes in Brooklyn and Its Vicinity, with Illustrations of Some of its Antiquities
Brooklyn: 1868. Beautifully illustrated with 9 color lithograph plates, one of which is double-page, and 2 b/w engraved plates. Folding map. iv, 96 pages. Slim 4to, original brown cloth boards, expertly rebacked with modern brown cloth and paper label, edges of corners worn, back cover with a small area of light soiling near top, page margins uncut. Brooklyn, 1868. Limited First Edition -- one of 110 copies. A scarce book, with the last copy sold at auction recorded in 1927..... More
Fort-La-Fayette Life, 1863-64; In Extracts from the "Right Flanker," a Manuscript Sheet Circulating among the Southern Prisoners in Fort-La-Fayette, in 1863-64.
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
Upon This Rock; The Miracles of a Black Church.
8vo, cloth, d.w.; (underlined in pencil). N.Y.: HarperCollins, (1993). Profile of the St. Paul Community Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York. More
Notes, Geographical and Historical, relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long-Island.
Brooklyn: Spooner, 1824. Small slim 8vo, 116 pages + 1 page advertisement. i page with small tear in margin. Rebound in full brown morocco, top edge gilt, elaborate gilt spine, inner dentelles, front inner hinge reinforced, board slipcase. Brooklyn: A. Spooner, 1824. First Edition. Scarce. A beautiful clean copy. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Gabriel Furman (1800-1854) was an American lawyer, historian and politician from New York. He was a member of the New York State Senate..... More