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In the Eyes of the Law: Women, Marriage, and Property in Nineteenth-Century New York

by Basch, Norma

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1982
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Hardcover
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Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. Property laws and women's rights in New York State. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1982.
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Nature Walks of Central Park. Uncorrected proof

by Burton, Dennis

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1997
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Soft cover
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Henry Holt and Company. Botanical drawings by Charles Sprague Sargent; Bird drawings by Alan Messer. First Owl Book Edition. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1997.
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Darkness and Daylight; or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Pictorial Record of Personal Experiences by Day and Night in the Great Metropolis

by Campbell, Helen; Knox, Thomas W; Byrnes, Thomas

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Published
1897
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Hardcover
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Hartford. Conn.: Hartford Publishing Company. 250 engravings from photographs. 740 pp. 1/4 dark green leather, tips scuffed, marbled boards and endpprs. Intro by Rev. Lyman Abbott. One page pulling with edges tattered, else tight, clean, bright copy, . Good Plus. Hardcover. 1897.
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Brooklyn The Way It Was. Over 200 Vintage Photographs from the Collection of Brian Merlis

by Merlis, Brian

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1st Edition
Published
2003
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Hardcover
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9781878741523
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Brooklyn, NY: Israelowitz Publishing. Pictorial white glossy boards, no dust-jacket as issued. 256 pp., Index. Illustrated with over 200 monochrome vintage photographs . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2003.
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SIXTY YEARS WITH PLYMOUTH CHURCH

by Griswold, Stephen M.

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Published
1907
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London and Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company. 191 pp. B & W plates. About New York Church and Henry Ward Beecher and abolition of slavery. Inscribed by author on flyleaf: " To Presbrey Coykendall Co. with the compliments of Stephen M. Griswold." Presbrey-Coykendall Co. was a granite company in Barre, Vermont. Blue gilt pictorial cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover.… Read more about this item
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Biographical Sketch of Harvey Prindle Peet, LL.D., President of the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; With A History of the Institution

by Peet, Harvey Prindle and others

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1st Edition
Published
1857
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Hardcover
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New York: D. Van Norstrand. Articles were reprinted from Barnard's Amer. J. of Ed, 1857 for personal friends of Dr. Peet and pupils and graduates of the Institution. 41 pp with two engravings and plan of institution. Very light foxing. Small worn spot bottom of spine. Brown embossed cloth. Brown embossed cloth with gilt wreath and lettering. . Very Good… Read more about this item
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THE MASTER BUILDERS. A RECORD OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE

by Unknown

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1st Edition
Published
1913
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Hardcover
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New York: Hugh McAtamney & Company. With two essays by Frank Woolworth and Cass Gilbert. 73 pp. With color tinted plates and b & w illustrations. Embossed black cloth with gold lettering. Most of the photographs in book by B. G. Mitchell, Architectural Photographer. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1913.
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In the Matter of the Hearing in Relation to "The Greater New York," held before the Sub-Committee of the Joint Committee on the Affairs of Cities. Transmitted to the Legislature February 25, 1896

by Sub-Committee of the Joint Committee on the Affairs of Cities

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Published
1896
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Albany and New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers. Bookplate on endppr: Compliments of Oliver D. Budd, Member of the Assembly, 1896. An important historical document about the consolidation of the boroughs of "Greater New York" into one municipality. The original document. 667 pp. Dark maroon gilt lettered cloth. Clean, bright, tight copy of this scarce document.The… Read more about this item
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NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY DURING THE YEAR 1812-15 A Military, CIVIC and Financial Local History of That Period with Incidents and Anecdotes [VOLUME ONE only)

by Guernsey, R. S.

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First and Limited Edition
Published
1889
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New York: Charles L. Woodward. Limited edition, written in ink with author's initials, No. 145 on copyright page.. With paper covers, not in original binding. Pages age toned. viii, 449, xxii pp. Inscribed by author on top of title page. Publisher's broadside with the book. May require extra shipping costs. . Fair. No Binding. First and Limited Edition.… Read more about this item
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The American Metropolis, From Knickerbocker Days to the Present Time New York City Life in All Its Various Phases. An Historigraph of New York. Complete in Three Volumes

by Moss, Frank

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First Edition
Published
1897
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Hardcover
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New York: Peter Fenelon Collier. With an introduction by Chrales Parkhurst. Red gilt lettered patterned cloth, slight wear on spine edge vols. II & III; faded spines, Vol. III front board lightly faded. Tight, clean copies. . With extensive text illustrations and plates. Extra shipping costs required. . Near Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1897.
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MANHATTAN

by Suares, J.C. (text By Chris Casson Madden)

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First Edition Stated
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Hardcover
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9780810913110
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. Striking color photographic study of Manhattan, mostly full page, includes (12 page) 6 panel fold-out of night-time Manhattan skyline, during fourth of July fireworks over the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge as seen from Brooklyn. 256 pp. Heavy/oversize book may require additional postage. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Stated.
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History of the City of New York: Its Origin, Rise and Progress (3 volumes)

by Lamb, Martha J.; Mrs. Burton Harrison

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1896
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New York: The A. S. Barnes Company. Three volumes with plates, text illustrations, maps. Clean, tight set. Two volumes with some darkening bottom outer edge of pages; binding also darkening, with a few small holes on edge of spine on 2 volumes. Heavy set requiring extra shipping costs. Dark red cloth. . Good Plus. Hardcover. 1896.
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History of the City of New York in the Seventeeth Century (2 Volumes)

by van Rensselaer, (Mariana Griswold) Mrs. Schuyler

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Published
1909
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New York: The Macmillan Company. Clean, tight copies. xxviii, 533 pp; xii, 640 pp plus publisher's ads. New Amsterdam; New York under the Stuarts. Top of spines light fraying. Vol. II with cracked inner hinge. Frontispieces in each. Spines lightly darkened. Dark red cloth. Extra shipping costs may be required. . Very Good -. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing.… Read more about this item
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The Central Park. Original Drawings. An Historic Preservation Project of The Frederick Law Olmsted Association

by Alex, Willliam, Introduction

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First Edition Thus
Published
1980
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Soft cover
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Frederick Law Olmsted Assoc.. Illustrated in color and black & white. 22 pp. White color pictorial covers. . Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 1980.
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U. S. Lake Survey. Survey of the Northern and Southwestern Lake. Catalog of Charts of the Great Leakes and Connecting Water Also Lake Champlain New York Canals Minnesota-Ontario Border Lakes

by Army Corps of Engineers

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Published
1955
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Detroit, Mich.: U. S. Lake Survey. 18 pp with many maps. Orange printed covers. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1955.
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History of Elections in the American Colonies in Papers Relating to New York History, Vol. 3

by Bishop, Cortlandt F.

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1893
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Bookplate of Robert Ludlow Fowler. Faded edges of binding with some bleeding of color onto endpprs Original documents include: 1) Bishop's work on Elections, .v, 291 pp; Part of Studies in History,Economics and Public Law Volume III, Number 1 ., Columbia College, New York, 1893. 2) John Dean Goss, History of Tariff Administration in the United States from Colonial… Read more about this item
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Claverack Township The History and Heritage

by Schram, Margaret B.

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First Edition Assumed
Published
1976
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Pictorial Card Covers
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Ideal Printing Co.. July, 1976. 96 pp with maps and illustrations. Maps on covers. . Very Good Plus. Pictorial Card Covers. First Edition Assumed. 1976.
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Long Island Wind and Tide Mills An Interim Report.

by Comp, T. Allan, and Kathleen S. Hoeft (editors)

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First Edition Thus
Published
1976
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Soft cover
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U. S. Department of Interior. Historical American Engineering Record, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, National Park Service. 19 pp, primarily engineering plans of windmills, map, plate. Light soiling on covers. . Good Plus. Soft cover. First Edition Thus. 1976.
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A Historical Discourse Delivered at the Last Service Held in the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Corner of Broome and Greene Streets, New York City, April 15, 1860

by Stryker, Rev. Peter

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First Edition
Published
1860
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Hardcover
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New York: Board of Publication of Reformed Protestant Dutch Church. 86 pp with lists of pastors and others in rear. Frontis of church, with light water stain in bottom corner, tissue guard. Green embossed gilt lettered and decorated cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1860.
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The Counsellors Courts and Crimes of Colonial New York

by Steers, Don

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First Edition Stated
Published
1968
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New York: Exposition Press. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf. 142 pp with plates, map. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 1968.
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