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 about Birds' eye view of New-York & Brooklyn

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 about Flatbush; Town of Flatbush Kings Co. L.I

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 about Portion of East New York New Lots, Kings Co. L.I.; Early Beers map of Bushwick Brooklyn!

New York: Viking, 2011. 8vo, gray boards, d.w. (New York): Viking, (2011). Near Fine. More about Branch Rickey

Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 1983. 273 illus., 67 in color, two folding. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (Brooklyn): Brooklyn Museum, (1983). More about The Great East River Bridge, 1883-1983

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 about Our Firemen: The Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Department, from the First Volunteer to...

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 about Acts relating to the City of Brooklyn, and the Ordinances, Thereof; Together with an Appendix,...

New York: A. Brown & Co., 1864. Map. Hand colored lithograph. Image measures 17 x 22 inches. Sheet measures 18.5 x 24 inches. In very good condition. Shows some very light staining. This detailed map shows Greenpoint, Bushwick and Williamsburg which were consolidated by the State of New York into one large city, called Brooklyn. Manhattan appears in the lower left hand corner of the map. North is oriented to the lower left. Railroad and trolly lines are included as... More about Map of the Consolidated City of Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 1846. 2.75 x 6.5 inches, Brooklyn, October 21, 1846 -- a check drawn on the Long Island Bank of Brooklyn, canceled with a crossed incision. Pre-printed check form gives the place as "Brooklyn"; an on-the-date line prints three numbers of the year as "184." Nice example of a vintage bank check. Uneven edges; very good(-) condition. More about Signed Canceled Check

Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 1998. Illustrated with numerous fine black & white plates. 98 pages. Slim 4to, black cloth, d.w. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, 1998. First edition. Fine. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Presentation from Davidson on the front fly-leaf. More about Brooklyn Gang

New York: Richard R. Smith, 1945. Many Illustrations. . Thin 8vo, green cloth, ex-lib. New York: Richard R. Smith, 1945. More about Old Dutch Houses of Brooklyn

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 about Historic and Antiquarian Scenes in Brooklyn and Its Vicinity, with Illustrations of Some of its...