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New York City Guide. American Guide Series

NY, Random House. 1939. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover. Published NY: Random House, 1939, Seventh Printing (Fourth Printing, Revised Edition). 8vo. xii+680pp. illustrated with maps and drawings, includes a 1958 Visitors Guide To New York, a 2-sided, full color 16 1/2" x 33" folded map and pictorial with places of interest by the New York convention & Visitors Bureau in a pocket at rear. Beige cloth with black spine titles, top edge tinted gray. Ex New York Post Library copy, with "Post Library" written on cover, rubber stamp on front edge of page block. 3 1/2" outer spine cloth split, hinge intact and tight, covers soiled. Internally very good, pages clean and bright, folded map is fine. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010223

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: American History & Americana

ASBURY, HERBERT

The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld

NY, Blue Ribbon Books. 1939. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1939. Reprint of the 1928 Knopf edition. 8vo. xviii+400pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Red cloth with black spine titles and decoration, top edge tinted red. The classic history of New York crime. Mild offset toning to pastedowns and fly leaf, previous owner name stamp on fly leaf. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010179

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: American History & Americana

BAKER, CHARLES E., EDITOR

The New-York Historical Society Quarterly, April 1961, Vol. XLV: No. 2

NY, The New York Historical Society. 1961, 1st. Soft Cover, 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Published NY: The New York Historical Society, 1961. 8vo. wrappers, illus. Foxing on preliminaries and edge of page block, else very good. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010904

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: American History & Americana

BROWN, HENRY COLLINS

The Lordly Hudson [SIGNED]

NY, Scribner. 1937, 1st. Hard, Folio. SIGNED first edition. Limited to 920 copies. Not numbered. Signed by author on limitation page. Brown was founder of the Museum of the City of New York. Published NY: Scribners, 1937. Large folio, 12 1/2" x 16 1/2", xiv+319pp. profusely illustrated with b/w and tipped-in color plates - most full page, (the 15 color plates are all present). Cream cloth with gilt titles in green block, deckle edges and top edge gilting. Mild soil to the cloth, bookplate on pastedown, else very good plus, clean, crisp, attractive copy. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 006950

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Keywords: Signed American History & Americana

THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE , NY

The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine : the Services attendant upon the Opening of the Entire Length of the Cathedral, Advent Sunday, November 30th through the Second Sunday in Advent, December 7, 1941

NY, The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. 1941, 1st. Soft Cover, 8vo. Original program. Published NY: The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine , 1941. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 20pp. Light foxing/toning along edges of covers, else very good. 4pp. The Friends of The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine Membership brochure laid in. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009888

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Keywords: Religion

FALLS, DEWITT CLINTON, COL.

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIAS: History of the Adopting of the State Distinctive Device, and Regimental Coats of Arms, and Distinctive Devices

NY, 1930, 1st. Hard, 4to. Manuscripts Paper Collectibles, Unpublished notebook, 9" x 11 1/4" containing original artwork and designs, official documents, orders and correspondence pertaining to regimental coats of arms and distinctive insignia for the period 1922-1930. Notebook opens with three pages of formal guidelines for regimental colors and devices, then begins in earnest with original signed Adjutant General order No. 244, October, 1922 calling Falls "to active duty without pay or allowances for service in connection with submission of coats of arms for colors, distinctive badges, insignia, etc." The notebook contains 2 full-page original watercolors and 16 original crest and shield drawings in color pencil (State National Guard Headquarters and 7 regiments - 10th, 14th, 71st, 105th, 106th, 107th, 108th Infantry), along with correspondence, blueprints, design approval documents and finely printed samples for some designs. There is detailed correspondence on Falls' New York State "Half Moon" design, when the Quartermaster Corp of the War Department in Washington severely altered his original conception. Author, artist, military general and New York City socialite DeWitt Clinton Falls (1864-1937) was an authority on military heraldry and uniforms and a designer of military insignia. His papers are held by the New York Public Library and the American Numismatic Society. This Notebook includes: Original watercolor "Half Moon", Nov 1922; 2 letters, Dec, 1922; Memorandum from the Secretary of War Dec, 1922 approving the design; Original watercolor "Regimental Colors for New York National Guard", 1922; Correspondence with Adjutant General's Office and the War Department with 2 blueprints; Copy of "First Design submitted by War Department for emblem of State of New York. Disapproved by Adjutant General, Oct 1922"; 2 letters to Falls from Adjutant General's Office, Apr, 1923, with a proof copy of the QM's altered "Half Moon" crest; Reply by Falls, Apr, 1923 that the Quartermaster' altered design "is awful and under no circumstances should be accepted"; 2 page detailed letter from Adjutant General's Office to Quartermaster General, War Department, Apr, 1923, noting (QM's) five major and several minor deviations from Falls' original, which had been approved by the General Staff; Reply by War Department, May 1923, that the Quartermaster Corps drawing was done in accordance with what was shown and described in "The Hudson Fulton Celebration 1909" submitted in a report to the NY State legislature in 1910, and that revisions to the drawing would be made if the State of New York "does not consider the report as being historically correct and will so state and furnish evidence which it considers authentic"; AG letter, May, 1923 to Falls requesting he draft a second endorsement; Falls' June, 1923 reply that "it was not so much the historical points, that he criticized about the QM design, "as the faulty drawing and bad proportions of many of the details." He points out technical and aesthetic weaknesses (with the eye of an artist) of the Quartermaster drawing that can be easily resolved.; Letter and enclosures to Falls from Adjutant General's Office, June 25 that they are in receipt of Quartermaster revisions and asking him to review; Falls June 28 reply, "it is about as near right as we can get it and same can be returned approved"; Original color pencil drawing "Headquarters Device" with 1 page description. Undated; Original color pencil drawing "10th Infantry" Approved Nov, 1923 War Department, with letter of approval. Notation: "This design not being satisfactory to the regiment permission was given Jan 1926 to submit new design"; 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield (with a printed sample of shield in use) "10th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. June 1926, with letters of approval for each. 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield "14th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. May, 1925, with 2 letters of approval. 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield (a finely engraved shield sample is attached) "71st Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. May, 1923. etc for the other regiments. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010937

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: American History & Americana Military

MARQUSEE, MICHAEL, ED.

New York: An Illustrated Anthology

London, Conran Octopus. 1988. (ISBN: 1850291497). Hard, 4to. Illus, Hard cover. Published London: Conran Octopus, 1988. Small 4to. 192 pp. illus. Decorative end papers and paper cover boards. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000164

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: Marqusee Michael New York Illustrated Anthology Ny Nyc City Manhattan Profile Portrait Sketch 1850291497

MCANENY, GEORGE (CHAIRMAN)

Catskill Aqueduct Celebration Souvenir Edition

NY, The Municipal Engineers Journal. 1917, 1st. Soft Cover, 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Published NY: The Municipal Engineers Journal, 1917. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 8 7/8", 182pp. plus 20pp. ads at rear, illustrated with numerous b/w photographs of the project and principals. Brown wrappers with black titles. Spine and covers chipped at heels with slight loss to gutters of several sheets, some abrasion/holes to covers. Binding tight, pages clean, very good internally. Scarce. Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010111

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: American History & Americana

MONAGHAN, FRANK (ED.); DONALD DESKEY (DESIGN)

Official Souvenir Book: New York World's Fair 1939

NY, Exposition Publications. 1939, 1st. Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Exposition Publications, 1939. Oblong 4to. 14" x 10 3/8", unpaginated, illustrated throughout in black and white and color, color endpaper maps. Orange, blue and black paper covered boards with black and white reverse titles. Wear at the edges and spine ends, small skinned spot on rear cover, else very good. Very good internally. Scarce in hardcover. Laid in ephemera includes: "Railroads At Work, Souvenir Program," 12pp. booklet, illustrated in color and b/w; 2 copies of "Map Of Transportation Within The Grounds, Around The Grounds"; plus 2 blank glossy postcards: "Lagoon of Nations", Mural on Foods Bldg." Ephemera all very good to fine. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010138

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: American History & Americana

ROSKOLENKO, HARRY

When I Was Last on Cherry Street

NY, Stein and Day. 1965, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Stein and Day, 1965, first printing. 8vo. 248pp. Black cloth with gilt titles and mauve paper covered boards, black endpapers, top edge tinted mauve. New York Lower East side, WPA writer's Project. Very good plus in very good dust jacket with uniform sun fade to spine. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

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Book number: 010173

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: Literary & Modern First Editions Poetry

SMITH, JAMES REUEL

Springs and Wells of Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City, at the End of the Nineteenth Century

NY, New York Historical Society. 1938, 1st. Half-Leather, 8vo. First edition. Finely bound half-bound leather. Published NY: New York Historical Society, 1938. 8vo. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2", xxvi+246pp. "with 154 illustrations from photographs taken by the author in the years 1897-1901." Half-bound brown Morocco leather with raised bands, gilt titles and spine decorations and brown linen cloth over boards, marbled endpapers, preliminaries on laid paper, top edge gilting, printed on bright coated paper. Presentation copy to the Veterans of the Seventh Regiment by the New York Historical Society, with presentation bookplate on pastedown. At the turn of the 20th Century, James Reuel Smith made bicycle excursions across New York City, photographing and chronicling its springs and well. In 1938, three years after his death, the New York Historical Society published this volume of his pictures and observations. Wear to the leather at the edges, some rub at the spine, mild creasing to a few page corners, Veterans of the Seventh Regiment stamp on pastedown, along with the same text handwritten boldly in marker, else a near fine example of a scarce book. Clean and bright, crisp, attractive. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010268

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Keywords: Veterans of the Seventh Regiment American History & Americana

TELL, DARCY

Times Square Spectacular: Lighting Up Broadway

NY, Smithsonian Books / Harper Collins. 2007, 1st. (ISBN: 9780060884338). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Smithsonian Books / Harper Collins, 2007, first printing. 4to. 9 1/2" x 10 1/4", xiv+194pp. illustrated with rare photographs and reproductions. Gray cloth with gilt spine titles and design, pictorial street map endpapers. "In Times Square Spectacular, Darcy Tell traces the 100-year story of Times Square using rare photographs and hand-colored lantern slides, maps, restaurant menus, theater programs, magazine covers, postcards, sheet music, and archival documents. Covering both Times Square's infamous decline as well as its hard-wrought, present-day revival, Times Square Spectacular is the first pictorial history of the legendary American landmark." Market line on bottom of page block, else fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010238

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: American History & Americana 9780060884338

WALLER, GEORGE

Saratoga: Saga of an Impious Era

NY, Prentice Hall. 1966. Hard, 4to. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Prentice Hall, 1966, second printing, March, 1967. 4to. 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", xix+392pp. illustrated with more than 330 b/w photos. Blue cloth with gilt titles, blue endpapers. Previous owner name. Very good plus in very good dust jacket, with two, short, closed tears, slight edge curl. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

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Book number: 009812

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: American History & Americana

THE BANKERS CLUB OF NEW YORK

The Bankers Club of New York - 3 Items

NY, The Bankers Club of New York. The Bankers Club of New York, 3 items: Fiftieth Anniversary, 1915-1965, hard cover, small 4to. purple cloth with yellow titles, printed on heavy coated stock, speckled endpapers; The Bankers Club of New York, 1915-1954 Bylaws, 12mo. stapled wrappers, 26pp; The Bankers Club of New York, 1971-1972, Bylaws and Rules, 12mo. stapled wrappers, 23pp; All fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009416

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: Banking and Finance

ZEISLOFT, E. IDELL, ED.

The New Metropolis, 1600-1900; Memorable Events of Three Centuries from the Island of Mana-Hat-Ta to Greater New York at the Close of the Nineteenth Century. Edition De Luxe

NY, Appleton. 1899, 1st. Hard, Folio. First edition, Edition De Luxe, limited to 750 numbered copies. Number 47, printed for Gilbert M. Plympton, Esq. Leather bound folio. An extensive resource and visual history of New York City. Weighs over 16 pounds. Published NY: Appleton, 1899. Thick oblong folio, 14 1/2" x 11 1/4", 640pp. plus 17 maps, 1000 engraved illustrations and full page and double page photographs in black & white and color, captioned tissue guards, plus street maps of New York City in color, errata slip laid in. Bound in brown pebbled leather with gilt titles and gilt embossed seals of New York City, all edge gilting, printed on heavy coated paper. Chips to the leather, splitting at the joints, rear inner hinge split and separating, rear cover loose, moisture residue affecting the rear hinge and last 16 sheets (street maps), leaving one to two inches of the map stuck to its facing page at the bind. Some tearing/chipping to some edges, light sweating to a few preliminaries but most pages unaffected and clean. Still a solid working volume with most pages very good. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009202

Catalogue: New York

Keywords: American History & Americana