Early Woodcut Views of New York and New Jersey
NY: Dover Publications (1975). 4to.; stiff pictorial wraps; 304 illustrations from historical collections showing New York and New Jersey in their infancy; very good/o. More
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The Night They Raided Minsky’s
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1960. 1st edition, stated First Printing; 8vo. pictorial endpapers; 351 pages; color and black & white decorations; a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy in a lightly edgechipped dust jacket with one small closed tear (see picture). More
The Bookworm’s Big Apple A Guide to Manhattan’s Booksellers
NY: Columbia University Press (1994). 8vo; color pictorial stiff covers; softcover; 234 pages; black and white illustrations; a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
Central Flash Volume 1 Number 3
Valley Stream, Long Island, NY: Valley Stream High School, June, 1929. small 4to, faded blue wraps, softcover, 24 pages; small black and white illustrations; faded covers and light edgewear else a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
Frederick Law Olmsted’s New York
NY: Praeger Publishers in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art (1972). First edition; oblong small 4to; cloth covered boards; hardcover; 174 pages; black and white illustrations; two fold out pages--one of sketches, second a map of Central Park; a very good clean tight copy in a very good..... More
A Letter From D. D. Barnard, Addressed to Erastus Brooks, Senator, Etc. on the Proceedings Against Trinity Church, Now Pending in the Senate of the State
Albany: Van Benthuysen 1857. 8vo., yellow wraps, paperback; 43 pages; soiled and chipped covers else very good. More
The Marine Society of the City of New York 1770-1995 A Concise History
New York: New York Marine Society of the City of New York 1995. 8vo., cloth covered boards, hardcover; 90 pages; map endpapers; foreword by Walter Cronkite; a fine, clean, tight, copy with no apparent flaws in a fine dustjacket. More
Stone And Steel Paintings & Writings Celebrating The Bridges Of New York City
Boston: David R. Godine (1998). Stated First edition; square 8vo.; cloth covered embossed boards with gilt lettering on spine, hardcover; 93 pages; color illustrations; a very good clean, tight copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket. More
Jacob Leisler A Play Of Old New York
NY: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. First Edition, 8vo., cloth covered board,s hardcover; 248 pages; introductory note by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer; a very good, clean, tight copy in a soiled dustjacket. More
On The Town In New York From 1776 to the Present
NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons (1973). First edition with a 1 present in the number line; Inscribed and signed by both authors on half-title page; 8vo.; cloth covered boards, hardcover; 354 pages; black and white illustrations and illustrated endpapers; from the dust jacket “a history of eating, drinking and entertainments from..... More
If the Shoe Fits: Selected Sermons
Huntington, NY: The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (1992). 12mo., stiff decorative wraps, softcover; 177 pages; a very good clean tight copy. More
Historical & Descriptive Sketches of Suffolk County with a Historical Outline of Long Island Empire State Historical Publication XVII.
Port Washington, NY: Ira J. Friedman, Inc, 1962. 8vo., cloth covered boards, hardcover; vii, 424, ix; former owner’s name on front free endpaper else a very good, clean, tight copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Camp Upton in World War I
NY: Thomas R. Bayles, 1977. 8vo; stapled stiff pictorial wraps softcover; black and white illustrations; lightly soiled covers, internally a very good clean tight, unmarked copy. More
The Ten Towns of Suffolk County Long Island, N.Y.
Middle Island, NY: Thomas R. Bayles, 1964. Small 4to; stapled stiff pictorial covers; softcover; 16 pages; advertising on inside of front and back covers; lightly edgeworn covers with sunned pages else a very good clean tight copy. More
Brookhaven Villages of 1874
Brookhaven, NY: Town of Brookhaven Bicentennial Commission (1975). 8vo; stapled stiff pictorial wraps; softcover; black and white illustrations; prepared from historical sketches of Suffolk County published by Richard M. Bayles in 1874; a very good clean tight copy. More
Historic Houses of the North Fork & Shelter Island
Greenport,NY: The Suffolk Times, 1980. 8vo; stiff pictorial wraps; softcover; 91 pages; brown & white sketches by Joy Bear; toned covers else a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
Images of America Mount Sinai
Charleston, SC: Arcadia (2003). 8vo. stiff pictorial wraps, softcover;128 pages; black and white illustrations; signed by Ann Becker and Margaret Alfano; a fine, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
New York: the City That Belongs to the World
NY:Department of Commerce and Public Events the City of New York (1956). small 8vo. stiff decorative wraps, softcover; 48 pages; black and white illustrations; back cover is lightly soiled but internally a very good clean tight copy. More
New York City at the Turn of the Century A Conference on Contemporary Culture
Bronx, NY: History of New York City Project (1996). 8vo. stiff pictorial wraps, softcover; 119 pages; color illustrations; signed by Janet Munro; a fine, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
Muscle, Steam and Motor...The Centennial History of the Sea Cliff Fire Department 1884-1984
Sea Cliff, NY: Sea Cliff Fire Department, 1984. Stated First Edition; 4to; red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, hardcover; 136 pages; drawings by Dodd and Braynard; black and white photographic illustrations; slightly edgeworn boards else a very good clean tight copy in a lightly edgeworn pictorial dust jacket... More
Union Power and New York: Victor Gotbaum and District Council 37
NY Praeger Publications, 1984. 8vo; stiff pictorial covers; softcover; 473 pages; black & white photographic illustrations; a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy. More
Race and Politics in New York City Five Studies in Policy Making
New York: Praeger Publishers (1971). 1st edition; small 8vo.; cloth covered boards, hardcover; xiii, 202 pages; a very good, clean, tight, unmarked copy in an edgeworn, price clipped dust jacket. More
W.C. Bryant in Roslyn
Roslyn, Long Island, New York:The Bryant Library,1978. 8vo. stiff pictorial wraps, softcover; 127 pages of text plus 32 pages of photographic illustrations; light edgewear else a very good, clean, tight copy. More
Courting Danger: Injury and Law in New York City, 1870 - 1910
Ithaca and London : Cornell University Press (1992). First Edition; 8vo; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering; hardcover; xi, 213 pages; a fine clean, tight, unmarked copy in a fine dustjacket. More
Rebels on Eighth Street. Juliana Force and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
NY: Atheneum (1990). Stated 1st edition with 1 in the numberline; 8vo; cloth backed boards, hardcover; xvi, 572 pages; small light stain on front free endpaper else a very good clean, tight, unmarked copy in a very good dust jacket. More