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| CITY PUBLISHING CENTER Official Directory of the City of New York: The Green Book 1987-88. Edward I.Koch, Mayor New York City, City Publishing Center. 1987. Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution 1787-1987 Issue. [xxx], 431,[lxxx] pp, General Index & Phone Numbers, Real Estate Information Sources, New York City Government Agencies and Officials, Complaint Numbers, County Offices within the City, Courts--State/City/Federal, New York State Government, United States Government, International Organizations, Foreign Consulates in N.Y.C. Licenses/Permits/Certificates, Factual Highlights of City, Citybooks Publications list, Index of Names. 12mo/16.5 x 8cm. Green softcover gilt, light wear, previous owner name on title page, otherwise internally fine. VG. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 | £UK 6.75 | JP¥ 946] Book number: 002126 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| H.K.BREWER & CO Seventy-five Years in Nassau Street 1835-1910 New York, H.K. Brewer & Co. 1910. First Edition. 31, [i] pp, 8 monochrome illustrations from earlier woodcuts, 2 facsimile documents, ads. 32mo/11.5cm. Cloth backed marbled boards, light wear, pages lightly browned, a few pencilled notations on p. 11 and seven words underlined on page 19, otherwise internally clean, tight and very good. An advertising booklet of the H.K. Brewer Company which appears to be the successor to the Henry Anstice Company founded in 1835. The woodcut views are reproduced from an 1850 Anstice publication. An ad on page 30 for pen quills from the Henry Anstice Company indicates samples of the pens are available from the H.K. Brewer Company There are portraits of H.K. Brewer and Henry Anstice on page 22. A scarce little piece of early New York ephemera. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2580] Book number: 003393 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| FABER, DORIS Wall Street: A Story of Fortunes and Finance New York, Harper & Row. 1979. [v], 215pp, glossary, suggested reading, index. 8vo/21cm. Cloth back boards in protected dj, light soild and wear, usual ex-library marks, lacks ffep, foreedge stained at bottom, otherwise internally clean, tight and good. The story of Wall Street based partly on interviews with many Wall Street functionaries. Doris Faber (1924- ) was a New York Times reporter and has written several other books for children. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 004431 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| KLEIN, ALEXANDER. COMPILER The Empire City: A Treasury of New York. Preface By Meyer Berger New York Toronto, Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1955. xxvii, 475pp. Tall 8vo/23.5cm. Black cloth, edgeware and slight wrinkling back board, spine labeling rubbed, internally clean, tight and very good. A rich anthology of writings on the metropolis by a litany of writers such as E. B. White, Lewis Mumford, Brooks Atkinson, Helen Keller, Chiang Yee, Alfred Kazin, Ludwig Bemelmans, Carson McCullers, Mark Twain and others. The compiler, Alexander Klein (1918- ) wrote about a dozen books on popular subjects. Meyer Berger (1889-1959) who wrote the Preface was one of the great humane writers about New York City. A New York Times reporter for most of his life, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his writing and the Columbian University School of Journalism created a prize in his name for "in-depth and enterprising reporting on individuals". A special read for lovers of New York and anyone curious about it.. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 004546 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| MILLER, JAMES Miller's New York As It Is; or Stranger's Guide-Book to the City of New York, Brooklyn and Adjacent Places...with Map and Numerous Illustrations New York, James Miller. 1865. First Edition. frontis illustration, 141pp, with [ii] pages of ads at front and [xxvi] pages at back--some on yellow tinted paper, numerous illustrations--some folding and including many pictorial ads, 2 maps, index. 16mo/16cm. Brown cloth gilt, slightly chewed at spine ends, otherwise light wear in mylar protector, front hinge beginning crack, signature of previous owner Charles A. Wenman (of Brooklyn) in pencil on two of early pages with date July 19, 1865, NYC Street and Avenue Guide map largely missing, some of the folding illustrations are foxed where they meet an adjacent printed page, the unusually long 22 x 4 1/4 inch) folding colored Map of the Hudson engraved by T. Bonar has splits at two folds, otherwise internally clean and tight. Nine of the ads have woodcut illustrations. Especially interesting is a 'before and after' ad for The Universal Clothes Wringer, with Cog Wheels. Good. A dozen or so of these guides were published between 1859 and 1878. USD 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 149.25 | £UK 135.75 | JP¥ 19349] Book number: 004360 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| BRADFIELD, GEOFFREY N. AND CONNIE LEGENDRE Great New York Interiors: Seventh Regiment Armory. Introduction by David A. Hanks. Preface By Michael Wiener New York, American Society of Interior Designers. 1983. First Edition. 28pp, 2 plans, many pen and ink drawings and renderings of rooms and details, color cover photo of Veterans Room. Oblong 12mo/18 x 25.5cm. Paper, light rubbing, one corner creased, former owner name (Lorraine Bruton) on interior back panel, internally fine. VG+. An attractive brochure illustrating one of New York City's principal interior spaces and one much used for large public events. Richard Howland, President of The Victorian Society in America and an executive of the Smithsonian Institution says of it, " The majestic hallways and the ten grand rooms facing Park Avenue..constitute the most significant group of authentic 1882/3 interiors in America today." The two authors are co-chairpersons of the Historic Preservation Committee, the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the ASID. David A. Hanks, is head of David A. Hanks Associates, an art consulting firm and has been a guest curator for the Smithsonian. Copies seem to be scarce. USD 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 | £UK 23 | JP¥ 3268] Book number: 004412 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| THE CITY RECORD Official Directory of the City of New York 1978. Edward I. Koch, Mayor New York City, City Publishing Center. 1978. [38], xv, 414, [54]pp, General Index and phone numbers, Factual Highlights of City, New York City Government Agencies and Officials, County Offices within the City, Courts--State, City, Federal, New York State Government, United States Government, International Organizations, Licenses/Permits/Certificates--where to apply, Index of Names. 12mo/16 x 8.5cm. Shiny green softcover gilt, very light wear, previous owner surname on ffep, otherwise internally fine. VG.. USD 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 7.5 | £UK 6.75 | JP¥ 946] Book number: 002128 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| ART COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK New York Re-viewed: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Photographs from the Collection of the Art Commission. Volume II: Photographs New York, Art Commission City of New York. [Circa 1985?] First Edition. 67 monochrome illustration plates from photographs. 4to/27.5cm. Printed heavy gray card-stock wrappers with 5 x 8 inch presentation slip to J. Hurley dated 9/7/89. NF. The photographs are primarily of buildings but also show street scenes, public sculpture, docks, railroad stations, etc. No captions; possibly identified in Volume I ?. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4300] Book number: 004330 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. |
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