New York: Putnam, 1912. Heraldic color frontis. plus black-and-white illustrations. xii + 266 pages, 8vo, red cloth. New York and London: The Knickerbocker Press, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. A very good(+) copy. More

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

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

Cottonport: Polyanthos, 1973. Map and a few illustrations. viii + 452 pages, 8vo, black buckram. Cottonport: Polyanthos, 1973. A fine copy. 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

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

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

New York: Dorland Press, 1927. Illustrated with reproductions of antique prints & b/w photographs, mostly of local architecture. 296 pages. Tall 8vo, original gilt-stamped pictorial blue flexible cloth (rubbed at spine ends); uncut edges, t.e.g. New York: Dorland Press, 1927. Limited First Edition. Ownership signature in pencil and gift inscription in ink, still about very good. Limited numbered edition, signed by the author. More

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

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

New York: Witter and Kinter, 1909. Frontispiece and illustrations with photographs, maps and facsimile documents. 161 pages, deckled edges, tall 8vo, gilt-lettered brown cloth. New York: Witter and Kintner 1909. First Edition. Near Fine. The history of an old Dutch stone, house located at Gowanus [Park Slope], Brooklyn, New York. More