1001 Facts About the World's Fair and New York (1939)
New York: Dreier Hotels, (1939). Wraps. Wraps, 7 x 4" very good, illustrated including pull-out bird's eye view & map, 96 pp. Uncommon!
New York
1939 New York World's Fair: 15 hotel brochures and letters responding to Pittsburgh woman
Group of 15 responses to requests for information from a Pittsburgh woman planning on going to the New York World's Fair in 1939, almost all from August 1939. It was like she was auditioning them! All in their original envelopes, enclosing brochures touting their hotels and other information. In no.....
Laws of the State of New York Relating to the Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1856. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo, cloth, very good, foxing throughout, minor spottiness to front board of binding. 228 (1) pp.
The New York Stock Exchange; History, Organization, Operation, Service
NY: Committee on Publicity, NYSE, 1932. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, stapled wraps, very good, 22 pp, illustrated. Not the best year to be working on the NYSE's publicity committee!
Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Albany, A. D. 1877
Albany: The Argus Company, 1877. Hardcover. Large 8vo, full gilt decorated red leather, good with general light rubbing around edges of boards and spine ends, but still solidly bound, quite handsome. Gilt stamped on front cover: M. A. Shaver, compliments of Ald. R. K. Oliver. 670 pp.
Marco Paul's Travels and Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge: City of New York
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1845. Hardcover. Early edition. 12mo, publisher's medium brown cloth, gilt spine, very good, light wear and discoloration to binding, spine a little mellowed and spotty, contents good to very good, some toning and foxing, flyleaves more so, 1847 inscription on flyleaf. 144 pp, illustrated with woodcuts.....
The Hudson: A Guidebook to the River
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 1981, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 424pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with.....
New York State Museum Handbook 17
Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1937. Paperback. Paperback, 1937, octavo, 412pp., illustrated in b&w + folding map in pocket at rear. Book VG with some toning and edgewear to wrap, glue starting to unstick at front inner hinge, text clean and unmarked. No DJ...
![Item #B48336 The Rise of New York Port [1815-1860]. Robert Greenhalgh Albion, Jennie Barnes Pope](https://commoncrowbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/B48336.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1610659164)
The Rise of New York Port [1815-1860]
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1984. Paperback. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 485pp., one b&w map, otherwise not illustrated. Book has sun to spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
Book of New York, American Bankers Association Convention, New York City October 2-6 1922
Baltimore: Norman T. A. Munder, 1922. Paperback. Quarto, pictorial wraps, approximately 60 pp, filled with photos, reproductions of prints, etc., some in color, very good, light wear and soil, bit of spottiness to outermost pages. The editor, Brown, was also the editor of the Valentine's Manuals of NY.
Watercolor Painting : 'Joseph Brant: The Savage War Chief of the Cherry Valley Massacre' [caption title]
[American: early 1800s]. Watercolor on paper. Image, including manuscript caption, approximately 9 1/2 x 5 inches on a 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 - inch sheet. In a modern metal frame, approximately 17 1/2 x 13 inches, with archivally correct matting. Some evidence of early paste on the verso showing.....
Atlas Steamship Company Sailing Schedule and Rates of Passage from New York to Kingston and Haiti, 1878
New York: Atlas Steamship Company, Limited, 1878. Sailing schedule, fare rates, and other information for Atlas Steamship Company ships from New York to Kingston, Jamaica, and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, 1878. Printed wraps, measures 4 by 6 inches. 2p. Good. Stain to upper right corner, tape repair to front wrap, glue stain.....
Manhattan in Maps 1527-1995
New York: Rizzoli, 1997. First printing. Orange cloth boards in dust jacket,
The Grolier Club Iter Italicum
New York: Grolier Club, 1963. Hardcover. 1963, Edition not stated. Edition not stated. Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition, with light edge wear. There is a Previous owner notation to the end paper. The Dust Jacket is in Very Good condition, with light edge wear.
Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth boards in dust jacket, square quarto [10.25" x 10.25"], illustrated in color and b&w. Book has edgewear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild edgewear, rubbing, creasing to bottom front panel.....
![Item #B58859 Trinity Church: 300 Years of Philanthropy [Inscribed by Barry!]. Gerald J. Barry](https://commoncrowbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/B58859.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1675976874)
Trinity Church: 300 Years of Philanthropy [Inscribed by Barry!]
New York: The Hundred Year Association of New York, 1997. Hardcover. Inscribed by Barry! Gilt stamped maroon cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book as new, feels unread. DJ fine.
The Marine Society of the City of New York 1770-1995: A Concise History [Inscribed by Barry!]
New York: The Marine Society of the City of New York, 1995. Hardcover. Inscribed by Barry! Gilt stamped blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book as new with tight binding. DJ fine.
Mineralogy of New York
Albany: W. & A. White & J. Visscher, 1842. First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto, 11.75 x 9.5 inches, publisher's black cloth gilt, fair to good with quite a bit of rubbing and wear to binding, especially to edges, corners, joints and spine ends, contents very good. With 8 lithograph plates.....
Merchants, Farmers, and Railroads: Railroad Regulation and New York Politics, 1850-1887
Cambridge: Harvard, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 1955. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 310pp. Good in good dust jacket. Dj spine toned, dj soiled on rear panel else clean and unclipped. Ownership signature on title page, underlining and marginalia to contents. a good reading copy.
Mastering McKim's Plan: Columbia's First Century in Morningside Heights
New York: Columbia Univ. Pr. 1997. First edition. Paperback. 1997. First edition. Paperback, 249 pp. Illustrated with 17 color plates; 154 b&w figures and 30 b&w photographs. Near fine. Sunning to spine. Related item laid in.
A True History of the Class of 1867 of Columbia College during its Undergraduate Career
New York: C. A. Alvord, 1867. `. Hardcover. 1867, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, 95 pp. Very good, light rubbing. RARE, only one copy in OCLC, at NYPL, although we assume Columbia probably has a copy too!
Stories of Corland County
New York: Cortland County Historical Society, 1975. First printing. Trade paperback, 355 pp.
Stories of Cortland County
Cortland, NY: Cortland County Historical Society, 1952. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards, octavo, 307pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text has a few neat marginal notes scattered throughout. No DJ.
Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York; Procured in Holland, England and France...: Vol. IV (This volume only)
Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1854. Hardcover. Volume four only! Hardcover with brown buckram boards, 1854, quarto, 1192pp., not illustrated. Book ex-library with plates stamps and numbers; otherwise binding tight, text has some foxing throughout. No DJ.
Ebony Patriots 76, Participation of Blacks in Battles of the American Revolution in the New York City Area, 1776-1779
New York: Sub-Committee On Black Contributions, Historical Committee of the New York City Bicentennial, 1976. First edition. Paperback. 1976. First edition. Paperback, 4to. 18pp. illustrated. Very good. Light edge wear to wraps. Contents unmarked.