Boston: Cornhill, 1918. Small slim 8vo. (12), 70 pages. Black cloth-backed pictorial tan boards; upper front joint neatly repaired. Boston: Cornhill Co., (1918). First Edition. Very good(+). More

Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley, 1925. Map. Original Lithograph. Sheet measures 11 1/8" x 16" This ward map of Manhattan shows the area from E 71st St. to E 65th St. on the recto, from Central Park to Third Ave. Some notable buildings include Hunter College, St Vincent Ferrer, the Park Avenue Armory, and the Frick Collection. On the verso, it depicts E 59th St. to E 65th St, from Third Ave to Avenue A (York Ave.), showing the entrance to the..... More

Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley, 1925. Map. Original Lithograph. Sheet measures 11 3/8" x 16" This ward map of Manhattan shows the area from W 122nd St. to W 125th St. between the Hudson River and Amsterdam Ave on the recto, and from E 116th St. to 122nd St., from Second Ave to the East River on verso. Some notable buildings include General Ulysses S. Grant's tomb. Ward maps were used by fire insurance companies to determine the potential hazards of particular..... More

Mineola: Dover, 1997. Profusely illustrated in color. 164 pages. Square 4to, brick cloth, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, (1997). Near fine. Some edgewear to top of dust wrapper and at corners. Foreward by Tony Hiss. More

New York. Map. Color lithograph. 15" x 25". This is a rare and unusual street map showing part of SoHo in New York City. The map depicts from Broadway to Wooster Street, including Green Street, and Mercer Street, and extends from Broome Street to Prince Street to include Spring Street. As the title suggests, it depicts the William Beekmans' lots on Bayard's West Farm, showing his distribution thereof among his nephews and nieces.Issued separately, the map is most likely one..... More

New York: DCP, 1997. Map. Lithograph. 17" x 24 3/4" "Map of New York City's private regional bus carriers, a group of private bus carriers which links New York City with many surrounding communities." Depicts bus networks throughout New Jersey, Long Island, and service to Pennsylvania. Verso includes inset maps of Midtown and Downtown, with a chart for Bus Boarding locations and their respective operators. More

E. Belcher Hyde, 1907. Grid map. Page measures 26 1/2" x 36 1/2". This scarce grid map depicts part of the Upper East Side extending from 66th Street to 72nd Street, between 5th Avenue and 2nd Avenue. Buildings are numbered and at times, labeled, with paste-downs used to update the map as lots changed. Some notable sites on this map include Hunter College and the Park Avenue Armory. This particular map is from Volume Two of the "Atlas of the..... More

A. T. Goodrich, 1828. Map. Uncolored lithograph. Sheet measures 24 3/4" x 16 1/4" This elegant map of New York city covers the Island of Manhattan from the Battery north as far as 86th St. with an inset in the top left featuring the northern portion of Manhattan. Part of Brooklyn is also included. The map identifies streets, parks, squares, piers, ferry lines, forts, etc. Lower Manhattan, which was more populated than the northern portions at the time, reveals far..... More

New York: John Hardy, 1870. Color lithograph. 13" x 17". Expertly repaired on verso. In good condition. This is a very unusual and rare map of New York City from the 1870 edition of the The Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. First issued in 1831 By William Hooker and Peabody, this reissue is oriented with the southern end of Manhattan at the top, near the title, making the map appear upside-down. The map is incredibly..... More

New York: Goupil & Co., 1851. View. Original color lithograph with hand coloring. Measures 27 1/4" x 39 1/4". In archival sliver-leaf frame. This 1851 dramatic bird's-eye view of mid-19th century New York City, created by German/American artists Wilhelm Heine, Julius Hermann Kummer, and Karl Emil Dopler, offers a striking depiction of the city as seen from a balloon above Governor's Island. The detailed illustration captures New York's rapid development up Manhattan Island, with the city's frontier visible in the..... More

Etching. Signed in pencil. Image measures 12 1/8" x 5 1/2". This beautiful etching depicts the entrance to 26 Broadway, otherwise known as the Standard Oil Building after its original occupant. Built in 1885, the building was renovated in 1921-1928 by Thomas Hastings almost to the point of being unrecognizable. This print dates to shortly after this rebuilding and shows the elaborate vaulted entrance with a globe-shaped lamp and carved decoration. A number of cars and people stand outside, all..... More

Joseph Koehler, 1903. Original color lithograph. 30.5 x 42.5 inches framed. This important view of the Williamsburg Bridge commemorates the opening of the bridge in 1903. Pedestrians, bikers, and horse and buggies are included. The suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan at Delancey Street with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn at Broadway near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Interstate 278). Completed in 1903, it was the longest suspension bridge span in..... More

Philadelphia: S. A. Mitchell Jr., 1864. Map. Hand colored engraving. Philadelphia: S.A. Mitchell Jr., 1864. Image measures 13" x 10 1/2" This first edition map published in 1860 shows the lower portion of Manhattan, south of 45th St. Parts of Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Jersey City, Hoboken, and Downtown Brooklyn can be seen, as well as Governor's Island and Ellis Island. Ferry lines are shown as well as railroads, parks, hospitals, and important civic buildings. This map was included as Plate 19..... More