Valentine's Manual of Old New York. No. 6. New Series 1922.
New York: Valentine's Manual Inc 15 East 40th Street, [1922]. Read More about Valentine's Manual of Old New York. No. 6. New Series 1922
Price: $150
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Early Large Scale Mapping of the Development of Upper Manhattan
Map of the City of New York North of 155th St. Showing the progress made in laying out Streets, Avenues...
New York: Edward S. Ewen, 1873. Early Large Scale Mapping of the Development of Upper Manhattan. The famed Commissioner's plan of 1811, which laid out New York's street's in the grid pattern which would dictate the city's development, anticipate its massive population growth in the 19th century and cartographically define..... Read More about Map of the City of New York North of 155th St. Showing the progress made in laying out Streets,...
Price: $3,500
Commissioner of the Department of Health -- New York
Personal Scrapbook Album.
mostly 1895. Commissioner of the Department of Health -- New York. Dr. Fowler became the Health Commissioner of New York City in 1895. There are many letters of congratulations about that appointment. Read More about Personal Scrapbook Album
Price: $1,000
The New York Directory, containing A Valuable and Well Calculated Almanack; Tables of the different Coins suitable for any States…The...
New York: Printed by Shepard Kollock, 1786. Republished by John Doggett Jr, 1851. Reissue of the very scarce 1786 edition. Read More about The New York Directory, containing A Valuable and Well Calculated Almanack; Tables of the...
Price: $300
A Shakespeare New York Calendar: " ... one of a few copies printed ... "
Events in the History of New York City with Illustrations from Shakespeare by a New Yorker.
[New York: Privately printed, 1881]. First edition, one of a few copies printed. A Shakespeare New York Calendar: " ... one of a few copies printed ... " Rare and charming little calendar - following the first one of 1880 - compiled by this New York antiquarian, member of the..... Read More about Events in the History of New York City with Illustrations from Shakespeare by a New Yorker
Price: $300
Fifty Third Street Baptist Church, Bet. Broadway and Sixth Avenue ... All are Welcome!
New York: [circa 1870]. The broadside advertises the times of Sunday services as well as Sunday school, and prayer meetings. Constructed from white granite salvaged from the demolition Congregationalist Church of the Puritans on the northwest corner of Union Square, the 53rd Street Baptist Church would open in 1870 (suggesting..... Read More about Fifty Third Street Baptist Church, Bet. Broadway and Sixth Avenue ... All are Welcome!
Price: $2,250
[Manuscript map of Greenwich Village, from West 11th Street to West 15th Street, from Hudson Street to the river].
New York: June 12, 1827. The cartographer of this map, Edwin Smith, was appointed to the office of the City Surveyor in 1831. The map depicts the region with landowners named, including William James, James Patten, Robert Halliday, S. Thompson, Alexander Knox and J. Hazlet. Interestingly, the map shows the..... Read More about Manuscript map of Greenwich Village, from West 11th Street to West 15th Street, from Hudson...
Price: $1,500
The Beginnings of Central Park
Photograph of Fifth Avenue looking southward from the roof of the Arsenal at 64th Street].
[New York]: [1858] [printed early 1860s]. The Beginnings of Central Park. An extraordinary photograph taken at the very beginnings of the construction of Central Park. Taken from the roof of the Arsenal at 64th Street looking down the dirt road of Fifth Aveue, evidence of the park construction can be..... Read More about Photograph of Fifth Avenue looking southward from the roof of the Arsenal at 64th Street
Price: $7,500
By-laws of the Fifteenth Ward Hose Company, Stationed at No. 199 Mercer Street between Bleeker and Amity-Streets, New York.
New York: Pudney & Russell, 1850. OCLC records only the New York Historical Society copy. Read More about By-laws of the Fifteenth Ward Hose Company, Stationed at No. 199 Mercer Street between Bleeker...
Price: $150
It Pays to Advertise
The Daily Advertiser: Political, Historical, and Commercial. Monday, September 3, 1787. Vol. III No. 788.
New York: Printed by Francis Childs, 1787. It Pays to Advertise. Fascinating advertiser of the period, issued barely two weeks before the delegates to the new constitutional convention in Philadelphia approved a new Constitution on September 17. Advertisements in New York are plentiful which feature ships (with woodcut illustrations) "for..... Read More about The Daily Advertiser: Political, Historical, and Commercial. Monday, September 3, 1787. Vol. III...
Price: $400
![Item #335003 A Pictorial Description of Broadway by the Mail & Express [wrapper title]. New York...](https://jamescumminsbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/335003.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690411634)
From Bowling Green to 59th Street
A Pictorial Description of Broadway by the Mail & Express [wrapper title].
New York: Mail & Express, 1899. From Bowling Green to 59th Street. An ephemeral turn of the century depiction of both sides of Broadway from Bowling Green to 59th Street, valuable not only for the architectural renderings but also the locations and types of businesses. Rare, with OCLC recording only..... Read More about A Pictorial Description of Broadway by the Mail & Express [wrapper title
Price: $9,500
The First Tammany Hall Building
Tammany Hotel [albumen photograph of Park Row in Printing House Square showing the Tammany Hotel with a group of men...
New York: c. 1865. The First Tammany Hall Building. The early inscription on the mat identifies the image as taken in 1854, suggesting this large albumen print made from an earlier glass plate negative. Another example in the collection of the City of New York suggests a date in circa..... Read More about Tammany Hotel [albumen photograph of Park Row in Printing House Square showing the Tammany Hotel...
Price: $2,500
New York Hippodrome Program.
New York: Block of Sixth Avenue, 43rd to 44th Streets, 1905. Read More about New York Hippodrome Program
Price: $75
Fine Photograph of Grandpa's Factory, West 52nd Street, NYC, Ca. 1860
Fine original photograph of 605 West 52nd Street, New York City, showing a brick three story building, with a gathering...
New York: Ca. 1860. Fine Photograph of Grandpa's Factory, West 52nd Street, NYC, Ca. 1860. An interesting example of New York commerical building in what was then uptown; "Grandpa Meeks" is possibly of the furniture makers J. & J.W. Meeks. Read More about Fine original photograph of 605 West 52nd Street, New York City, showing a brick three story...
Price: $450
Archive of photographs depicting the construction of the sewer system on the grounds of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair...
New York: 1937-1938. This photographic archive documents the construction of a massive double-barrel sewer line running from the World's Fair grounds, largely in the vicinity of Grand Central Parkway and Roosevelt Avenue. Many of the images are dated in the negative depicting the surveying of the region in June 1937..... Read More about Archive of photographs depicting the construction of the sewer system on the grounds of the...
Price: $3,500
Three vintage photographs documenting the detonation of Flood Rock in the East River, October 10, 1885.
[New York]: October 10, 1885. An extraordinary photographic record of the controlled detonation of Flood Rock in the narrow tidal straight called Hell Gate in New York City’s East River. The detonation was part of a nearly 70-year project to improve the navigability of the Hell Gate channel — found..... Read More about Three vintage photographs documenting the detonation of Flood Rock in the East River, October 10,...
Price: $2,000
Sign of the Dove
An original watercolor and ink on rice paper, signed “Barbara Bellin 2/14/76”.
[New York]: 14 February 1976. Sign of the Dove. The original drawing is of the “Sign of the Dove” Restaurant. Accompanied by a exhibition brochure on Ms. Bellin from the James Hunt Barker Galleries in New York, Nov. 5 throught 13th 1975. Read More about An original watercolor and ink on rice paper, signed “Barbara Bellin 2/14/76”
Price: $200
Map of the State of New York Accompanying the legislative Manual 1878. [Being] Colton's Railroad & Township Map of the...
New York: Weed, parsons & Co. [map: Published by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co], 1878. Read More about Map of the State of New York Accompanying the legislative Manual 1878. [Being] Colton's Railroad...
Price: $150
One of a Few for Presentation
John W. Francis., M.D., LL.D. A Biographical Essay.
[New York: J. Widdleton, 1866]. First edition, special issue of the sheets from the Francis' Old New York (N.Y., Widdleton, 1861), issued with new half-title, and without the original title page. One of a Few for Presentation. RARE. Special issue of the author's "Memoir of Dr. Francis", which appeared as..... Read More about John W. Francis., M.D., LL.D. A Biographical Essay
Price: $500
Historic Tales of Olden Times; Concerning the Early Settlement and Advancement of New York City and State for the Families...
New York: Collins and Hannay, 1832. First edition. Read More about Historic Tales of Olden Times; Concerning the Early Settlement and Advancement of New York City...
Price: $200
The State Triumvirate, A Political Tale: and the Epistles of Brevet Major Pindar Puff.
New York: Printed for the Author [by] J. Seymour, 1819. First Edition. Verplanck was a Professor, Politician and for many years the President of The Century Club. This book is chiefly directed at De Witt Clinton. Read More about The State Triumvirate, A Political Tale: and the Epistles of Brevet Major Pindar Puff
Price: $200
Print: "L'Entré Triumphante de Troupes Royales à Nouvelle Yorck."
[1776]. Scene of the English Troops entering New York City in 1776. Read More about Print: "L'Entré Triumphante de Troupes Royales à Nouvelle Yorck."
Price: $300
With 9 Niagara Heliotypes by George Barker
Special Report of New York State on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls, and Fourth Annual Report of...
Albany: Charles van Benthuysen & Sons, 1880. Barker, George. First edition. With 9 Niagara Heliotypes by George Barker. With Notes by FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED from pp. 27 - 30, and the fine Heliotypes by Niagara Falls photographer GEORGE BARKER are interspersed throughout the text. GEORGE BARKER was a major American..... Read More about Special Report of New York State on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls, and Fourth...
Price: $750
A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: Containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding and Finishing. Also...
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., Industrial Publishers., Booksellers and Importers, 810 Walnut Street, 1887. Third edition of the First Book on Bookbinding in America. Read More about A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: Containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of...
Price: $750
Manuscript real estate memoranda books.
[New York]: 1853-1862. Group of manuscript real estate memoranda books, detailing the Parmly family's income from their various properties, primarily in New York City. Addresses mentioned include: Nos. 11, 15, 17, and 19 West 38th Street; Nos. 165, 166, 167, 170, 172, 658 Broadway; Nos. 80, 80 1/2 82 Green..... Read More about Manuscript real estate memoranda books
Price: $750