Crowell, Marnie Reed

Greener Pastures

New York Funk & Wagnalls, (1971). (1971). New York Funk & Wagnalls, (1971). (1971). Good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped & the spine is rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with a tear to the bottom edge of the front panel and a long tear to & a piece out of the rear panel. The flaps are creased. ix, [1] leaf & 241 pages. Black-and-white illustrations & vignettes by the author. There is an owner's ink inscription on the front endpaper with an Adirondack Museum sticker on its bottom corner. Very good in a fair dust wrapper.

First edition.

"In praise of traditional country living..Life on an old farm at the edge of the Adirondacks brings a family in touch with almost forgotten country ways.." [From the dust wrapper copy]. Good .

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Book number: 25151

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; ADIRONDACKS; FARM; FARMING; WILDLIFE; CRAFTS; GREENER PASTURES: IN PRAISE OF TRADITIONAL COUNTRY LIVING; RURAL LIFE; MARNIE REED CROWELL; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Dornburgh, Henry

Why the Wilderness Is Called Adirondack: The Earliest Account of the Founding of the Macintyre Mine

Harrison, NY: Harbor Hill Books, 1980. 1980. Harrison, NY: Harbor Hill Books, 1980. 1980. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial cream wraps. There is some minor soiling to the wraps with very light staining to the bottom corner of the front wrap. 32 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

A reprint, with minor corrections and a new preface, of the edition published in 1885 by the Daily Times, Glen Falls, NY. The new preface points out that Dornburgh's title was a misnomer or a misunderstanding since he appears to assume that the Adirondack region was named from the Adirondack Iron Works, whereas in fact it was the other way round. Very good .

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Book number: 16421

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; ADIRONDACK REGION; HISTORY OF THE ADIRONDACKS; IRON INDUSTRY; MINING; ADIRONDACK IRON WORKS; MACINTYRE MINE; IRON ORE; STEEL; ARCHIBALD MACINTYRE; DAVID HENDERSON; HENRY DORNBURGH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; WHY THE WILDERNESS IS CA

Fenton, Reuben E

Annual Message of the Governor, of the State of New York. Transmitted to the Legislature January 3, 1865. (Cover Title)

Albany: Van Benthuysen's Steam Printing House, 1865. 1865. Albany: Van Benthuysen's Steam Printing House, 1865. 1865. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed wraps. The wraps are bumped, soiled & faded with some light staining. The rear wrap is chipped around the edges with a tear to the top edge. Both wraps are detached at the head & tail of the spine. 23 pages. The rear blank is foxed & darkened, else the contents are very good.

The Governor reports on military matters, the census, education, immigration, Central Park, etc. Very good .

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Book number: 16050

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNOR; ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PUBLIC CHARITIES; CENSUS; FINANCES; BANKING; CURRENCY; AGRICULTURE; COURT OF APPEALS; POLICE; CENTRAL PARK; IMMIGRATION; PRISONS; MILITARY; NATIONAL GUARD; REUB

(Society of Friends)

Friends' Seminary: A Day School for Boys and Girls. Kindergarten to College Preparatory. Edward B. Rawson / Alice S. Palmer, Principals. 220-228 E. 16th Street... . New York. Forty-Third Year 1903-1904

Brooklyn, NY: The Church Co. 1903. 1903. Brooklyn, NY: The Church Co. 1903. 1903. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The wraps are lightly rubbed. 21 & [1] pages. Illustrated with 6 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece & with a plan of the school. There is foxing to the versos of the frontispiece & the last plate with 2 tiny stains to the front margins of 2 pages. There are a few pencil markings to page 10 & a small, light stain to page 11. Very good.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 17541

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; EDUCATION; SOCIETY OF FRIENDS; QUAKERS; FRIENDS' SEMINARY: A Day School for Boys and Girls; 1903-1904; PROSPECTUS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Gunnison, Herbert; Young, Richard; Brewster, Eugene V.; et al.

The Realm of Light and Air: Flatbush, the Ideal Home Land. Vol. I. December, 1905, No. 1. Some of the Advantages of Flatbush Described by Well-Known Residents.

Brooklyn, NY: All Souls Universalist Church, 1905. 1905. - Octavo, soft cover. The printed wraps are lacking. 80 pages, including a pictorial title picturing the recently completed All Souls Universalist Church. Numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations & pictorial ads. The title & the last page are lightly soiled & chipped with the top corner of the last page creased. There is a small stain to the bottom edge. Good. A fascinating historic view of this Brooklyn neighborhood at the turn of the twentieth century. Residents describe their locations and the local amenities and community. There are profuse ads for the local businesses of the period, many with illustrations. Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 94616

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; BROOKLYN, NY; THE REALM OF LIGHT AND AIR: FLATBUSH, THE

Irwin, Dudley M., Jr.

The Buffalo War Council; How One City Met the Challenge of Total War.

Buffalo, NY: Saxer & Pfeiffer Printing Co. circa [1946]. [1946]. - Octavo, blue cloth. There are small stains to the spine & light staining to the covers. The head & tail of the spine and the corners of the covers are creased & rubbed. 218 & [1] pages. Illustrated in black & white with a portrait frontispiece, full-page illustrations, charts and facsimiles. Very good. New York State, aware that many records had been lost or destroyed after the war, was attempting to reconstruct a record of the state's home front activities in support of the war effort. The Buffalo War Council, which organized and directed all of Buffalo's civilian war activities, was recognized as being one of the most effective war councils in the state, if not the country. Very good .

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Book number: 36676

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; BUFFALO, NY; WORLD WAR II; HOME FRONT; THE BUFFALO WAR COUNCIL: HOW ONE CITY MET THE CHALLENGE OF TOTAL WAR; DUDLEY M. IRWIN; DANIEL J. KENEFICK, MAYOR OF BUFFALO, COUNCIL CHAIRMAN; VICTORY GARDENS; CIVILIAN WAR ACTIVITIES.

Ives, Willard. (1806-1896). President of Ives Seminary, Antwerp, NY; one of the organizers of Syracuse University; and a U.S. Congressman (1851-53).

Watertown Fire Insurance Co. Policy Signed As President by Willard Ives, an Organizer of Syracuse University, President of Ives Seminary and a U.S. Congressman.

Watertown, NY: June 3, 1877. 1877. - A 17 inch high by 22-3/4 inch wide sheet of paper has been folded in half & then folded 2 additional times to form a document 8-1/2 inches high by 4 inches wide. The printed document is filled in in ink by an agent and signed "Willard Ives" beside his printed title "President". Illustrated with an engraving of the fire insurance company's building. There is some staining and light soiling to the document & 1 corner is creased. There is a crease with short tears to the right edge & a tear & chip along the first fold. Good. Though he liked best to be known as a farmer and owned Hillcrest Farm in Watertown for 48 years, Willard Ives [1806-1896] was a noted and active participant in the life of Jefferson County and beyond. He was a leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a delegate to the world convention of Methodists held in London in 1846, and served as President of Ives Seminary in Antwerp, NY. In addition to his presidency of the fire insurance company, he was a director of the Bank of Watertown, a founder and second president of the Jefferson County Orphan Asylum and president of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society in 1848. He was one of the organizers of Syracuse University and represented his district in Congress as a Democrat from 1851-53. Good .

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Book number: 36710

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; JEFFERSON COUNTY; WATERTOWN, NY; WATERTOWN FIRE INSURANCE CO. POLICY SIGNED AS PRESIDENT BY WILLARD IVES, AN ORGANIZER OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, PRESIDENT OF IVES SEMINARY AND A U.S. CONGRESSMAN; METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH LEADER; DIRECTOR O

Jones, Lucy Elizabeth.

The Long Road to Camp Pinnacle. As Told to Her Niece by Lucy Elizabeth Jones.

Privately printed, 1948. 1948. Privately printed, 1948. 1948. Good. - Octavo, cream boards with a vignette of a camp in brown on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped & chipped with a small stain to the top corner of the front cover. The dust jacket is chipped with short tears and pieces out and its spine & extremities are darkened. There is some creasing to the top & bottom edges of the jacket & to the corners of its flaps. 56 & [2] pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. There is a previous owner's name & address on the front endpaper. There is a tear along the front hinge at the title page. Good.

First edition.

Together with Mrs. Harriet Christie, Lucy Elizabeth Jones ran a summer camp and Bible School which moved to various locations, finally finding a home in the Helderberg Mountains of New York State where it was named Camp Pinnacle. Good .

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Book number: 33607

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; HELDERBERG MOUNTAINS; SUMMER CAMP; BIBLE SCHOOL; LUCY ELIZABETH JONES; HARRIET CHRISTIE; THE LONG ROAD TO CAMP PINNACLE; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Kornblum, William; Project Director).

West 42nd Street: The Bright Light Zone.

New York: Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, 1978. 1978. - Oblong quarto [8-1/2 inches high by 11 inches wide] softcover. The contents are bound between a black-and-white pictorial front cover sheet & a white rear cover sheet with a metal binder. The metal brackets have been taped down with clear tape. The rear cover sheet is detached and soiled with short tears. Several small labels have been scotch taped to the tail of the spine & there is a handwritten sticker on the front cover sheet. 229 & [1] pages plus 4-page questionnaire. Illustrated with 17 unnumbered leaves of maps and charts. There is a stain to the inside front cover sheet. De-acquisitioned by the Regional Plan Association with their stamp on the first page & a library card pocket on the inside rear cover. The contents are very good. Good. This unpublished study referred to as the 42nd Street was carried out for the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. William Kornblum was the project director and each section of the report was written by a different member of the study team. A printed letter from Kornblum bound in before the title page states that the report is the result of several months of research, interviews, public meetings and planning and that the material is still in the process of revision. This is a fascinating study and record of Forty-Second Street as it used to be prior to the Rudolf Giuliani "clean-up". Sections include "The Social Ecology of the Bright Light District" by William Kornblum and Vernon Boggs, "Forty-Second Street at the Crossroads: A History of Broadway to Eighth Avenue" by Stanley Bruder, "Markets in the Bright Light District", "The Sex Entertainment Industries on 42nd Street" by Charles Winick, "Street Drug Markets and Hustling" by Terry Williams and Vernon Boggs, "Crime and Law Enforcement in the Bright Light District" by Jennifer Hunt, and "Urban Design and Social Control." Rare. Good .

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Book number: 23806

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: SOCIOLOGY; NEW YORK CITY; MANHATTAN; FORTY-SECOND STREET REPORT; UNPUBLISHED SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY; WEST 42ND STREET: THE BRIGHT LIGHT ZONE; WILLIAM KORNBLUM; VERNON BOGGS; STANLEY BRUDER; JENNIFER HUNT; TERRY WILLIAMS; CHARLES WINICK; GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE

Perlmutter, Nathaniel M. and Arnow, Theodore; Geologists, U.S. Geological Survey.

Ground Water in Bronx, New York, and Richmond Counties with Summary Data on Kings and Queens Counties, New York City, New York. (Cover Title).

Albany, NY: U.S. Geological Survey, 1953. 1953. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in greenish gray wrappers backed with black cloth tape. The bottom corner of the front cover is stained & creased. The edges of the rear cover are chipped with the top corner torn & a piece out of the bottom corner. iii & 88 pages. Illustrated in black & white with 5 folding maps in a pocket at the rear and with maps, diagrams & numerous tables in the text. The bottom page corners are bumped with staining to the bottom corners of the inside front cover & first page. The edges of some rear pages are darkened. Good. Bulletin GW-32, prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Water Power and Coutrol Commission, Department of Conservation, State of New York. Good .

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Book number: 36731

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION; WATER CONTROL COMMISSION; GROUND WATER IN BRONX, NEW YORK, AND RICHMOND COUNTIES WITH SUMMARY DATA ON KINGS AND QUEENS COUNTIES, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK; U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; NATHANIEL M. PERLMUTTER, GEOLOGI

Macatamney, Hugh

Cradle Days of New York (1609-1825)

New York: Drew & Lewis, Publishers, (1909). (1909). New York: Drew & Lewis, Publishers, (1909). (1909). Good. - Octavo, tan cloth titled in gilt within a gilt frame on the front cover. The binding is soiled & heavily bumped & the head of the spine is chipped. iv , [vi] & pages 11-230. The pastedowns, endpapers & title are soiled with 2 owner's address labels & a partially erased red pencil notation on the front pastedown & 2 tears to the paper of the rear pastedown. The page edges are slightly darkened with the front margin of 1 leaf roughed & the bottom page corners in the rear third of the book creased. Black-and-white illustrations, including a frontispiece. Good only.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 7357

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY; CRADLE DAYS OF NEW YORK; HUGH MACATAMNEY; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

MacCracken, Henry Noble

Blithe Dutchess: The Flowering of an American County from 1812

New York: Hastings House, 1958. 1958. New York: Hastings House, 1958. 1958. Very good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The book is slightly cocked. The dust jacket is soiled & lightly spotted with the spine slightly darkened & the top edge chipped. There is a short tear & a crease to the top edge of the rear panel. x & 500 pages with an errata slip mounted on the rear endpaper. There is an owner's inscription on the half-title & the endpapers are lightly foxed with light offsetting to the front endpaper. Illustrated with black-and-white vignettes & with a folding map in a pocket mounted on the rear pastedown. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

Signed by the author on the half-title. Very good .

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Book number: 4788

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; UPSTATE NEW YORK; DUTCHESS COUNTY; HISTORY; HENRY NOBLE MACCRACKEN; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAP; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Mathews, J. M

An Address Before the Association of the Alumni of the University of the City of New-York. June 26, 1855. By J. M Mathews, D.D. Published at the Request of the Association

New-York: Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 35 Ann-street, corner of Nassau, 1856. 1856. New-York: Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, 35 Ann-street, corner of Nassau, 1856. 1856. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The spine & extremities are darkened with pieces out of the head & tail of the spine. The wraps are soiled & lightly chipped with a few brown stains. The top & bottom inch of each wrap is detached. 26 pages. The contents are clean & bright. Good. Good .

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Book number: 17537

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK; AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE ASSOCIATION OF THE ALUMNI; J. M. MATHEWS; SPEECH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Mines, John Flavel

A Tour Around New York and My Summer Acre. Being the Recreations of Mr, Felix Oldboy

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1893. 1893. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1893. 1893. Good. - Octavo, pictorial blue cloth titled in gilt with an illustration in black on the front cover. The binding is rubbed at the extremities with a small white stain to each cover. The spine is faded. xviii & 518 plus 2- page publisher's catalog. Black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece with tissue guard and numerous full-page & textual illustrations in black & white. There is a previous owner's name & date in pencil on the front endpaper. There are a very few pencil markings in the text with occasional soiling. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

Sketches written by Colonel John Flavel Mines for newspaper publication. Good .

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Book number: 31409

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; A Tour Around New York and My Summer Acre. Being the Recreations of Mr, Felix Oldboy; JOHN FLAVEL MINES; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Murlin, Edgar L

The New York Ballot Reform Law / and the City and Rural Registry Law; Also Other New Election Laws, with Suggestions to Political Committees and Election Officers

Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1890. 1890. Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1890. 1890. Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are bumped & soiled with staining to the front wrap & pieces out of both wraps. The spine is heavily chipped with a piece out of the head. 140 & [2] pages with a sample ballot laid in. There is a date stamp & stain on the inside front wrap. There are a few pencil markings in the text. The top page corners are lightly creased & there is a tiny tear to the top edge of the last leaf. Good.

Fifth edition. Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 14979

Catalogue: New York State

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; LAW; ELECTION LAW; THE NEW YORK BALLOT REFORM LAW; CITY AND RURAL REGISTRY LAW; EDGAR L. MURLIN; SAMPLE BALLOT; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY.