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The Gangs of New York:  An Informal History of the Underworld by Asbury, Herbert - 1928

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

by Asbury, Herbert

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New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, endpapers lightly foxed, many . inexpertly opened pages with ragged edges and some missing corners.. 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xviii, 382pp, glossary, bibliography. Cloth-backed illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrations, photos. Asbury's classic account of New York City's street gangs, later the basis for Martin Scorsese's 2002 film. Bookseller label on rear pastedown endpaper (American Library Service, NYC). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

  • Bookseller Old Saratoga Books US (US)
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  • Book Condition Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, endpapers lightly foxed, many inexpertly opened pages with ragged edges and some missing
  • Edition First Edition; First Printing
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  • Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
  • Place of Publication New York and London
  • Date Published 1928
  • Keywords New York City History, Street Gangs, Books Into Film, New York City Crime

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Delaware:  A History of the First State (In Three Volumes)

Delaware: A History of the First State (In Three Volumes)

by Reed, H. Clay (editor) ; Reed, Marion Bjornson

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NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner signatures on title pages. Boards . rubbed, splash stains on spines.. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volume set uniformly bound in green cloth. Many illustrations and photos. Vol. I: xiv, 524pp; Vol. II: 525-1014pp; Vol. III: 618pp. Includes chapters written by various authors on different aspects of Delaware history, including transportation, ethnic groups, religious groups and associations, public health, architecture, agriculture, and biographies of noted Delaware residents. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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The Story of Old Saratoga:  The Burgoyne Campaign to Which is Added New  York's Share in the...
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The Story of Old Saratoga: The Burgoyne Campaign to Which is Added New York's Share in the Revolution

by Brandow, John Henry

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Albany, NY: The Brandow Printing Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and chipped, author . obituary taped to front pastedown endpaper.. 1919. Second Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy signed and dated May 1921 by the author on the front free endpaper. Red cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. xxiii, 528pp. Two folding maps of Saratoga Battlefield and village of Schuylerville tipped in at rear endpapers. Index, sources, photos, illustrations. A history of Schuylerville, New York and the Battle of Saratoga. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Baby Weems

by Grant, Joe; Huemer, Dick

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NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, shaken, several small . tears to lower edges of pages.. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Slate blue illustrated cloth. Introduction by Robert Benchley. Many black and white illustrations by Disney studio artists. The humorous story of the genius baby, which was part of the 1941 Disney film, The Reluctant Dragon. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [64] pages .
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A Story Untold:  Black Men and Women in Athens History

A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History

by Thurmond, Michael L.

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Athens, GA: The Green Berry Press. Very Good; Covers faintly rubbed.. 2001. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0967302765 . 1 of 1000 copies. xviii, 228pp. Black and white photos and illustrations, notes, and index. A beautiful copy of this regional history; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Historical Data of the Town of Guilderland, New York

Historical Data of the Town of Guilderland, New York

by Brinkman, William A.

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Guilderland, NY: Self Published. Good; Covers toned and chipped.. 1945. First Printing. Softcover. A solid copy of this regional history. Inscribed by the author on the front cover. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 38 pages .
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Early Rhode Island:  A Social History of the People

Early Rhode Island: A Social History of the People

by Weeden, William B.

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NY: The Grafton Press. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly rubbed, library stamps and . markings on spine and front and rear endpapers. Penciled owner name on . front free endpaper.. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. Index, illustrations. A history of Rhode Island from 1636 through 1790. ; The Grafton Historical Series; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 381 pages .
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The Story of Old Saratoga:  The Burgoyne Campaign to Which is Added New  York's Share in the...
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The Story of Old Saratoga: The Burgoyne Campaign to Which is Added New York's Share in the Revolution

by Brandow, John Henry

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Albany, NY: The Brandow Printing Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and chipped, author . obituary taped to front pastedown endpaper.. 1919. Second Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy signed and dated May 1921 by the author on the front free endpaper. Red cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. xxiii, 528pp. Two folding maps of Saratoga Battlefield and village of Schuylerville tipped in at rear endpapers. Index, sources, photos, illustrations. A history of Schuylerville, New York and the Battle of Saratoga. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Life of John Eliot,  The Apostle to the Indians
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Life of John Eliot, The Apostle to the Indians

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Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Cloth bubbled on rear boards, boards lightly worn and soiled, foxing to endpapers and scattered through text, . owner names on front free endpaper.. 1836. Second Edition. Hardcover. Published as Vol. V of Jared Sparks' Library of American Biography. Brown patterned cloth titled in gilt on spine. xii, 357pp. Frontispiece illustration of manuscript document signed by Eliot and three others. Title page vignette engraving of Eliot (presumably) and several other colonists meeting with Native Americans in feathered capes and hats. Sabin 25439. Eliot (1604-1690) was an English Puritan who emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and served as minister in Roxbury. He helped edit the Bay Psalm Book and was a missionary and translator with the Wampanoag and other native peoples; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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A Story Untold:  Black Men and Women in Athens History

A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History

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Athens, GA: The Green Berry Press. Very Good; Covers faintly rubbed.. 2001. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0967302765 . 1 of 1000 copies. xviii, 228pp. Black and white photos and illustrations, notes, and index. A beautiful copy of this regional history; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Images in Time:  Cape Cod Views from the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth

Images in Time: Cape Cod Views from the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth

by Ryan, Barbara Milligan; Barber, Laurence L. ; Braginton-Smith, Jack; Gamble, Adam; Henion, Dorothy; Kelly, Robert D. ; Mahoney, Haynes; Oliver, Duncan; Pelletier, Julie; Tafra, Pat Reilly

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Yarmouth Port, MA: Historical Society of Old Yarmouth. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed.. 2003. First Printing. Hardcover. 0962506826 . One of 1000 copies. Brown cloth with silk place marker ribbon. ix, 270pp. Foreword, acknowledgments, black and white photographs, sponsors list, and index. This book is published to celebrate the society's 50th anniversary by disseminating the best of the organization's formidable photo collection. Each image is complemented with delightful anecdotes and painstakingly researched facts relating to Yarmouth history. (front jacket flap) ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld

by Herbert Asbury

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The Gangs of New York

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

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the Gangs of New York
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the Gangs of New York

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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East

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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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The Midnight Sky
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The Midnight Sky

by George Clooney

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Los Angeles: Netflix, 2020. Oversized hardcover with white boards, front cover embossed title and photo, spine black embossed lettering, black endpapers. Very good condition with some shelf wear. Pages are unmarked. Book published in conjunction with the movie. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Another Part of the Forest
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Another Part of the Forest

by Hellman, Lillian

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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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Speedy
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Speedy

by Holman, Russell

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Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good +. 274 pp. red cover has minor shelf wear and very slight wear to corners, light soiling to top of spine/top of back cover. DJ has some chippign along bottom and top of spine, as well as small nicks in the corners and a 3/4" closed tear on the center top back cover. Light wear along front right edge.
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Grand Hotel
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Grand Hotel

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GRAND HOTEL BY VICKI BAUM. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Also published in the German language as Menchen Im Hotel. Used. Good Condition. No DJ is included. Bright pages. STATED FIRST EDITION. Copyright page states: "All rights reserved. First published 1930" Geoffrey Bles Publishers, London. Original source material for the famous film of the same name.
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HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

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Norwalk, Ct: The Easton Press, 1967. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 138. Bound in full grey leather covered boards elaborately decorated with the letter 'H' stamped in gilt designed by Peter Winfield Johnson. The book includes raised bands to the spine, gilt edges, frontispiece, and satin endpapers. The illustrations by Legrand were originally in the 1939 Limited Editions Club publication. The text of this edition is also from the 1939 publication which was derived from the Second Quarto of 1604 and the First Folio edition of 1623. It contains the old style spelling and punctuation of the earlier printings. The size of the text block is almost exactly the same as that of the First Folio. The paper was made at the Glatfelter Paper Mill in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Laid in is a four-page booklet on the historical context of this publication.
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Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Readers Library)

Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Readers Library)

by Hugo, Victor

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Hugo, Victor. Undated. Circa 1950. William J. Hill Co., Inc. Chicago, Ill. Not an illustrated edition. USED. VG/No DJ Included. Adventure Fiction Romance/Horror. Sorry about the group photo, but please see stock photo of binding for William J. Hill editions for the item being offered here. Blue Boards, gilt titling and red ornamentation on spine. 380 pages. 5 ½ X 8 ¼. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love. A clean, square, solid copy.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35)
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35)

by Hugo, Victor

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Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.
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