Bryn Mawr: Franklin Press, 1956. 98 photo Illus., folding map. 276pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Bryn Mawr: Franklin Press, (1956). Yachting cruises on Chesapeake Bay and Long Island Sound starting in 1897. This volume is a reprint of the Bryn Mawr, 1909 edition. More
Port Jefferson: Times Steam Job Print, 1888. This volume contains the entire records from 1798 to March, 1856 inclusive, copied from the original records...and published by the authority of the town. xxix, 5-551pp. (with no loss of pages). 8vo, original green cloth, cloth lightly soiled, last blank page chipped in corner. Port Jefferson: Times Steam Job Print, 1888. First Edition. More
1871. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches. Detailed map of College Point in Queens County, New York. Both the Long Island Sound and Powells Cove are visible. Frederick W. Beers (flourished 1858-1929) came from a family of surveyors, cartographers and publishers originally from Newtown Connecticut. F.W. Beers continued the work of his father James Botsford Beers and was known for his county survey maps of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Connecticut and Vermont. Nice..... More
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15 1/2" x 24". This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows Sea Cliff Grove in the Glen Cove in Suffolk County. The map beautifully renders topographic features, such as swamps, harbors, and lakes, and notes streets, wards, settlements, wards, major buildings, landowners, bridges, wharves, railroads, cemeteries, etc. Shows from Main Avenue down to Hempstead Harbor. Also includes two small insets, one of a famous..... More
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
New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.5" x 54". Shows some foxing. Shows some tears and chips at edges, image unaffected. This 1873 map by Frederick W. Beers shows all of Long Island. Includes part of New Jersey, Westchester and Fisher's Island. Fish oil factories are noted as well as early RR lines. Included in Beers' Atlas of Long Island, New York (New York: Beers, Comstock, & Cline, 1873). Frederick W...... 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
1871. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. 15 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches. Detailed map of Flushing in Queens County, New York from Flushing Creek to Ireland Creek. Frederick W. Beers (flourished 1858-1929) came from a family of surveyors, cartographers and publishers originally from Newtown Connecticut. F.W. Beers continued the work of his father James Botsford Beers and was known for his county survey maps of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Connecticut and Vermont. Nice visual record of 19th century..... More
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
New York: Old Westbury Gardens, 1986. With 344 duotone illustrations. 280 pages. 4to, blue cloth, dust wrapper (spine and edges of covers sunned). New York: Old Westbury Gardens & Harry Abrams, (1986). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Signed by Peggie Phipps Boegner on the half title. A sweeping portrait of a century of American life in grand style, seen through photographs, letters, and memoirs of the Phipps family of Westbury house, in Long Island..... More
Bridge Hampton Village Improvement Society, 1974. Illus. 108pp. 8vo, spiral bound, wrs. lightly soiled. N.p.: (Bridge Hampton Village Improvement Society, 1974). Very good. More
New York: Burr Printing, 1893. This volume contains the entire records from 1856 to December, 1895, inclusive, copied from the original records...and published by the authority of the town. xxxviii, 1081pp. Very thick 8vo, original brown cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped, otherwise very good. New York: Burr Printing, 1893. More
Rutland: Tuttle, 1988. 350 pages, 8vo, red cloth. Rutland: Charles Tuttle Company, (1988). A fine copy. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly, 2005. Illustrated. 230 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Bridgehampton: Ernest S. Clowes, 1953. 8vo, red cloth, spine sunned. Bridgehampton: Ernest S. Clowes, (1953). Very good. More
New York: Abrams, 2004. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations with several in full color. Tall 4to, beige cloth. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004. Second edition. A fine copy. More
illus. 63pp. 4to, cloth. (Cold Spring Harbor): Whaling Museum, (1966). vg. More
Wainscott: Medway Press, 1975. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. Wainscott: Medway Press, (1975). Very good. More
Richmond: MeadWestvaco, 2004. Illustrated in green. 239 pages. Tall 8vo with gilt lettering housed in a decorative clamshell slipcase containing a CD recording of Louis Armstrong's Mack the Knife. Richmond: MeadWestvaco, 2004. Slipcase lightly spotted and edgeworn. A fine copy in a very good slipcase. Louis Armstrong's Mack the Knife recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. More
Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. Many photo Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. (Charleston): Arcadia Publishing, (2003). Fine. More
New York: Privately Printed, 1914. Frontispiece portrait and many other illustrations, some with lettered tissue guards , facsimile letters and documents. 275 pp., tall 8vo, grey cloth (lightly rubbed). New York: Privately Printed, 1914. First Edition. Scarce. A personal memoir of the horse racing and trotting sport as it evolved in New York through the 19th century. The author's family and he owned and raced thoroughbreds, and trotting horses, and were key members in the Union Course, Long Island. Of..... More
Bridgehampton: Bridge Works Publishing, 2002. A few Illus. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. Bridgehampton: Bridge Works Publishing, (2002). Fine Signed by the author. Marilee Foster owns a farm in Sagaponack, New York. More
New York: Business Bourse, 1939. Recipes edited by Jean Joyce. 324pp. Small 8vo, green cloth, spine lightly sunned, small amount of wear to the edges of the corners, corners lightly bumped, endpapers and first and last blank pages lightly browned. New York: Business Bourse, 1939. First Edition. More
illus. 8vo, white boards, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (1998). vg. More
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