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
BROOKLYN
Distinguished Families in America Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke
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
Brooklyn Heights; An Illustrated Map and Historical Guide to Brooklyn Heights, New York
New York: Brooklyn Heights Press, 1980. Map. Original lithograph. Measures 28" x 22" This illustrated map of Brooklyn Heights depicts the neighborhood extending from Fulton St. to Atlantic Ave., and from the Esplanade to Court St. The map includes historical information of the area over five centuries - from the 16th century when it was inhabited by the Canarsie tribe, to the late 18th to early 19th century as the area transformed from farmland to suburban development, through to the..... 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
Birds' eye view of New-York & Brooklyn
New York: A. Guerber & Co., 1851. View. Original color lithograph with hand coloring. Image measures 22 1/8" x 32 1/2". In archival black frame. This dramatic circa 1851 view depicts New York City and Brooklyn in beautiful detail looking north from Governors Island extending out behind it toward the horizon. The bustling harbor and the piers along the west and east bank is filled with an assortment of sail and steam ships. Battery Park is beautifully depicted with Castle..... 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
Flatbush; Town of Flatbush Kings Co. L.I.
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 24" x 15.5". Shows some small tears at edges, image unaffected. In very good condition. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. Verso shows details of Bayridge, New Utrecht and Bath. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873). Frederick W. Beers (flourished 1858-1929) came from a family of surveyors, cartographers..... 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
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
Register In Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y., From its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700
Cottonport: Polyanthos, 1973. Map and a few illustrations. viii + 452 pages, 8vo, black buckram. Cottonport: Polyanthos, 1973. A fine copy. More
Blue Book of Brooklyn 1943. Volume IV, May 1943
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Blue Book Association, 1943. Illustrated with some ads. 257 pages. 12mo, pale blue cloth. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Blue Book Association,(1943). A very good(+) copy The Directory of Society in Brooklyn. More
Bradley's Reminiscences of New York Harbor and Complete Water Front Directory of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City.
New York: David Bradley, 1896. Many illustrations in black & white of the harbors in and around New York. Slim 4to, 56 pages, 16 page supplement with advertisements, some pages with small faint folds, red cloth wrappers with decorative gold type. New York: David Bradley, 1896. First Edition. A very good copy of this scarce title. More
Branch Rickey
New York: Viking, 2011. 8vo, gray boards, d.w. (New York): Viking, (2011). Near Fine. More
Desk Atlas of the Borough of Brooklyn City of New York: Volume Three.
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
The Great East River Bridge, 1883-1983.
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1983. 273 illus., 67 in color, two folding. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (Brooklyn): Brooklyn Museum, (1983). 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
1951 BROOKLYN DODGER SIGNED YELLOW LEGAL PAD SHEET (23 SIGNATURES)
23 Brooklyn Dodger signatures on yellow legal pad sheet. Exceptional item with all the key signatures from the heartbreaking year that ended when Bobby Thompson of the New York Giants hit the "Shot heard round the World" off Ralph Branca in the game that decided the National League Pennant Race. The 1951 Dodgers will best be remembered for their late season swoon that saw the New York Giants erase a 13-game lead and force a best-of-three series. The signatures are..... More
Our Firemen: The Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Department, from the First Volunteer to the Latest Appointee
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
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
Historic Brooklyn; A Collection of the Facts, Legends, Traditions and Reminiscences that Time has gathered; about the Historic Homesteads and Landmarks of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Trust Company, 1941. Many photo illustrations throughout. 62 pages. Slim 8vo, printed wrappers. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Trust Company, 1941. First edition. Very good. More
The Old Stone House. L. I, 1699
New York: Nathaniel Currier, 1850. Color lithograph. 13 1/2 x 19 inches framed. Print is in a beautiful 19th century 1 1/2 inch gold frame with old glass. The Old Stone House building is a reconstruction of the 1699 Vechte-Cortelyou House on land taken from the Lenape as early as 1639. Located in Washington Park, on the border of Park Slope and Gowanus in Brooklyn, it marks the place where the original Dutch farmstead stood and the culminating engagement of..... More