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
NEW YORK CITY
Diamond Jubilee in Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary. October 27 to November 3, 1940.
New York: Church of Gustavus Adolphus, 1940. Illustrated. 63 pages with text in English and Swedish. Slim 8vo, original blind-stamped blue cloth with gilt crest (spine ends worn; small stain in gutter of title page). New York: Church of Gustavus Adolphus, [1940]. First edition. A very good copy of thgis uncommon church history. More
Calvert Vaux: Architect & Planner
New York: Ink, 1994. Introduction by George B. Tatum. More than 200 illustrations. xiii + 271 pages, folio, red cloth, d.w. New York: Ink, 1994. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
A History of the University Club of New York 1865-1915
New York: Scribner, 1915. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations. 510 pages. Tall thick 8vo, gilt-lettered red cloth (edges of spine scuffed). New York: Scribner's. 1915. First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Liberty: The Statue and the American Dream.
Many color and black-and-white illustrations. 303 pages, 4to, boards, d.w. (N.Y.): Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, (1985). vg. More
Liberty: The Statue and the American Dream.
New York: Statue of Liberty, 1985. Many color and black-and-white illustrations. 304 pages, 4to, decorative leatherette. (N.Y.): Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, (1985). A near fine copy. More
Medical Education and the Changing Order.
142pp, 12mo, cloth. New York: The Commonwealth Fund, 1948. Second Printing. A very good copy. More
Apt. 301: Photographs and Interviews.
Brooklyn: Yewtree Press, 2006. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. 113pp. Oblong 8vo, white cloth, pictorial d.w. Brooklyn: Yewtree Press, (2006). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Apt. 301: Photographs and Interviews.
Brooklyn: Yewtree Press, 2006. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. 113pp. Oblong 8vo, white cloth, pictorial d.w. Brooklyn: Yewtree Press, (2006). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Signed by the artist opposite title page. More
Historical Map of New York City; Key to numbers on reverse side
National City Bank of New York, 1931. Map. Offset lithograph. 17 x 20 1/2 inches. Beautiful pictorial map of New York City illustrating historic sites and events through the early 19th century. All keyed to locations of National City Bank offices as of 1932. Verso lists 81 bank locations clearly noted on the map. An inset of Upper New York Bay between Staten Island, Manhattan and Brooklyn shows the famous Vanderbilt Ferry route. Oriented with north to the upper right..... More
False Gods
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 214 pages, 8vo, black cloth dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Barbara with love, Louis." More
The Golden Calves
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. 8vo blue cloth backed aqua boards, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. First Edition. Fine, Signed in full by Auchincloss on the flyleaf. More
This House of Noble Deeds.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, 1852-2002. Illustrated, 494pp, 8vo, cloth. New York: New York University Press, 2002. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed presentation copy. 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
Harlem: Precious Memories... Great Expectations
New York: Harlem Commonwealth Council, 2003. With b/w photos throughout. 128 pages. Oblong 4to, black cloth, d.w. (New York: Harlem Commonwealth Council, 2003). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper, slightly edgeworn and scuffed at front cover. More
Guide to Genealogical and Biographical Sources for New York City (Manhattan) 1783-1898: For the librarian, lawyer, business historian, and researcher in records of the people of old New York
New York: Author, 1954. Introduction by John Ross Delafield, LL.B. D.S.M. iv, 96 pages. Thin 8vo, yellow paper wrappers. New York, (1954). Covers lifted but attached, toned text block, some penciling. A good copy. More
Typed Letter Signed on "Long Island Railroad Company" letterhead
New York: 1902. 1 page, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, New York, January 14, 1902. Written by the president of the Long Island Railroad and New York City reformer to the business manager (later editor) of the Brooklyn Eagle, arranging free train passes for newspapermen, in part: "...I want you at all times not to hesitate to ask me for any transportation which you know will be a good business proposition for both of us..." Pale imprint of typewriter ink from..... More
Typed Letter Signed on "Long Island Railroad Company" letterhead
New York: 1900. 1 page, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, New York, November 20, 1900. Written by the president of the Long Island Railroad and New York City reformer to the business manager (later editor) of the Brooklyn Eagle, in part: "...I shall take up the question of the publication of the Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company with the Secretary to-day. You are not only entitled to every reasonable consideration from us, but you will always get it..." Accompanied..... More
Night Creature: A Journal of Jazz, 1975-1980.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. 285 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Old Merchants of New York City.
New York: Worthington, 1889. 5 volumes. 8vo, original brown cloth. New York: Worthington, 1889. Small private library stamps, still a very good(+) copy. More
Rudy! An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani
New York: Basic Books, 2000. Illustrated. 498 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (2000). More
On The Town In New York: From 1776 to the Present.
New York: Scribner, 1973. Illustrated. xii + 354 pages, 8vo, original cloth, chipped d.w. New York: Scribner's, (1973). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Cecil Beaton's New York
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1938. Vivid color frontispiece and illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings by the author. 261 pages. 8vo, black-lettered yellow cloth; slightly sun-darkened at edges, moreso at head of spine where the wrapper is chipped. Philadelphia & New York: Lippincott, (1938). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper - largely intact but with minor chipping and 1" piece missing from head. More
Film: Complete Scenario, Illustrations, Production Shots
New York: Grove Press, 1969. Illustrated profusely in black and white. 95 pages. Slim 8vo, navy cloth, d.w. (price clipped, a bit worn). New York: Grove Press, (1969). A near fine copy-- pages lightly yellowed along top edge--in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Film is Samuel Beckett's only venture into the medium of the cinema. Written in 1963, the film was made in New York in the summer of 1964, directed by Alan Schneider and starring Buster Keaton... More