“O the Necessity of a Preparation for Death …”
Autograph Letter, signed, to his step-son, JOSEPH TALLCOT...
New York: 10 Mºth, 1795. “O the Necessity of a Preparation for Death …”. In the summer of... Read More
Price: $1,500
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Jack & Charlie's 21 Wine List.
[New York: Jack and Charlie's "Twenty-One" 1954]. No. 797 of 1,000 copies printed on Linweave all rag Brentwood Vellum paper and bound by the Russell-Rutter Company. Limited deluxe edition of the 21 Club's wine list, showcasing their exquisite collection. Inscribed by the editor and co-owner of the 21 Club, "For... Read More
Price: $650
All Around the Town.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition. "Headlines of other Days," is what this book may have been called, according the blurb on the dust jacket flap. "… Mr. Asbury has assembled here the most startling, exciting, and eccentric events in the history of New York City." Many of... Read More
Price: $75
Civil Wars: Three Tales of Old New York. Illustrations by Elliott Banfield.
New York: Thornhill Press, 1999. 125 of 175 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and signed by Auchincloss, Banfield & the publisher, Luke Pontifell. Read More
Price: $750
![“Gentlemen, My addressing a number of young men whom I meet but once a year, & most of whom it is probable I shall never meet again; I am necessarily restricted to a few general topicks … At present it is my Intention to give you some general observations upon the choice of a medical Library … ” [incipit]. Samuel Bard.](/pictures/thumb/308237.jpg?v=1534807901)
“Gentlemen, My addressing a number of young men whom I meet but once a year, & most of whom it...
[New York: ca.1814]. Original manuscript commencement speech on the topic of the formation of a medical library, delivered to graduates of Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons by the influential early American physician, Samuel Bard (1742-1821), founder of the King’s College (Colombia) Medical School, the New York Hospital, and longtime... Read More
Price: $5,000
![“Young Gentlemen, You have now passed thro’ those studies and Excercises which are to lay the foundation of your future usefulness as men, & eminence as Physicians …” [incipit]. Samuel Bard.](/pictures/thumb/308231.jpg?v=1538426822)
“Young Gentlemen, You have now passed thro’ those studies and Excercises which are to lay the foundation of your future...
[New York: ca.1818]. Original manuscript commencement speech delivered to graduates of Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons by the influential early American physician, Samuel Bard (1742-1821), founder of the King’s College (Colombia) Medical School, the New York Hospital, and longtime president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Bard was raised... Read More
Price: $5,000
Wheels within wheels
Typed letter signed, “Bernie,” one page.
New York: 597 Madison Avenue, 8 June 1942. Wheels within wheels. Auto-Ordnance Corporation manufactured the Thompson Submachine Gun and other “tommy” guns. Read More
Price: $350
New York City carved in wood
New York, Past, Present and Future. WITH: New York as it Is. WITH: The American Advertiser.
New York: G.P. Putnams [first work]; printed by John P. Prall [all three];, 1849. First edition. New York City carved in wood. A curious work of New York boosterism, printed to promote a model of New York city carved in wood and exactly replicating every building in the city. The... Read More
Price: $750
Autograph Letter, signed from the Editor of the Eclectic Magazine to Simeon Leland. "As distinguished a personages are gratified to...
New York: August 3rd, 1862. Read More
Price: $100
Manual of the Bowery Savings Bank.
New York: Biglow, 1876. First edition. Inscribed on t.p. by John P. Townsend Seond Vice-President to F.B. Sanborn, Esq Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, 1831-1917, American journalist, author, and philanthropist, b. Hampton Falls, N.H., grad. Harvard, 1855. An active abolitionist, he was a friend and agent of John Brown, although he disapproved of... Read More
Price: $150
the funeral of old tammany
“The Funeral of Old Tammany”.
New York: H. R. Robinson, [ca. 1836]. the funeral of old tammany. Among the mourners are also the editors for The Times and The Truth Teller. From various of the mourners are inscriptions inside balloons. To the right in the background is a view of Tammany Hall with a flag... Read More
Price: $1,250
The Decline of Popery and its causes. : An address delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, on Wednesday evening, January 15, 1851.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. Anti-Catholic. Read More
Price: $50
First Annual Spring Meeting of the Brooklyn Athletic Association, to take place at the Grounds, De Kalb and Classon Aves...
[New York: Hendricks & Furlong, Publishers, 115 Nassau St, 1886]. Includes a brief account of the Association, which leased the grounds of the former Williamsburg Athletic Club on De Kalb Avenue, with a list of officers and board members, and the stewards for the Spring meeting. Details of scheduled participants... Read More
Price: $250
Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24th.1883.
New York: [The Brooklyn Eagle Job Printing Department], 1883. Read More
Price: $150
Fine original pen-and-ink drawing, probably for a newspaper illustration, commemorating the 1916 pennant win by the Brooklyn Robins. Titled in...
n.p: [1916]. The drawing depicts an allegorical figure of Manhattan, in colonial garb, tipping his hat and bowing in homage to his neighbor across the Brooklyn Bridge: a rotund figure in a Brooklyn baseball uniform, bat in one hand, pennant in the other, standing in a field with "Brooklyn B.B.... Read More
Price: $1,500
Valentine's Manuals of the City of New York.
New York: The Old Colony Press etc, 1916-1926. Read More
Price: $1,500
An Authentic and Comprehensive History of Buffalo...Arranged in Chronological Order.
Buffalo: Rockwell, Baker & Hill, Printers, 1864. First edition. Read More
Price: $250
Professional Criminals of America.
New York: Cassell & Company, (1886). First edition. An important precedent in the world of criminology and an enduring object of fascination. This rogues gallery presenting mugshots of over 200 criminals of late-19th century America was assembled by famed New York City Chief of Detectives, Inspector Thomas Byrnes (1842-1910). Each... Read More
Price: $700
Lithograph, colored: "The Great International Caledonian Games / Held at Jones Woods, New-York City, July 1st, 1867/ This picture is...
New York: published by Kelly & Whitehill, 1868. Printed by Charles Hart. J.L. Giles was a Designer and Lithographer at 111 Nassau Street, NYC. Read More
Price: $3,000
20 photographs of Central Park.
[New York: n.d., ca 1890s]. An exceptionally fine series of late 19th-century silver print photographs of Central Park. Some of the identifiable views include Conservatory Pond with Temple Israel in the background, Gapstow Bridge, the Lake, and many views of the Ramble. The majority of images are of deserted winter... Read More
Price: $4,000
Clipped signature from a letter.
N. P: n.d. Clinton was one-time Mayor of New York City, Presidential Candidate for the Peace Party, Governor of New York State, Senator and an eminent lawyer. Read More
Price: $50
The Coaching Club. Rules and List of Members. 1940.
[New York: H. DuBois Plummer, Inc.], 1940. “The uniform of the Club shall be a dark green cutaway coat, with regulation buttons of the Club and a yellow striped waistcoat” Printed guide for members of the Coaching Club, founded in New York City in 1875, with a roster of present and... Read More
Price: $300
Fine Large New York Coaching Photograph of 1885
“Wyanoke Coaching Club, September 13th 1885”.
New York: Long & Heppner, 327 East 34th Street, New York, 1885. Fine Large New York Coaching Photograph of 1885. A technically superb and imposing time exposure (some movement in the tree branches overhead), showing close to a hundred elegantly-attired Club members, a handsome four-in-hand behind them, at, presumably, their... Read More
Price: $750
17 Original Coaching Photographs, 1912
Album of 17 original silver print coaching photographs, upper cover gilt-titled “'All Sport' / Plaza Hotel - Arrowhead Inn -...
New York: Ca. 1912. 17 Original Coaching Photographs, 1912. An album of exceptional interest, recording the excursion of two four-in-hand coaches (one, presumably driven by Mr. Moyes) beginning at the Plaza Hotel entrance, entering and going through Central Park and up Riverside Drive (past the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument) and... Read More
Price: $1,500