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PATTERSON, JERRY E. - The City of New York: A History Illustrated from the Collections of The Museum of the City of New York.

Title: The City of New York: A History Illustrated from the Collections of The Museum of the City of New York.
Description: First Edition; Med. 4to; pp. 252; illustrated frontispiece and title page, text with 292 illustrations including 55 plates in full colour, index, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; 1978. The extraordinary rise of New York-and its effects-is pictured in long-vanished street scenes of Old World beauty, artifacts of half-forgotten big events, handsome buildings now demolished, bucolic parks paved over, famous conflagrations, and typical New Yorkers at play and work.

Keywords: new york American city art history

Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 115017