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In Honor of John L. Elliott [cover title]
[New York: May 1930]. Presentation album of original drawings and autograph sentiments to John Lovejoy Elliott (1868-1942), Founder... Read More about In Honor of John L. Elliott [cover title]
Price: $3,000
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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 about Jack & Charlie's 21 Wine List
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 about All Around the Town
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 about Civil Wars: Three Tales of Old New York. Illustrations by Elliott Banfield
Price: $750
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 about Typed letter signed, “Bernie,” one page
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 about New York, Past, Present and Future. WITH: New York as it Is. WITH: The American Advertiser
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 about Autograph Letter, signed from the Editor of the Eclectic Magazine to Simeon Leland. "As...
Price: $100
History of the City of New York.
New York: Clark & Meeker, 1860. Read More about History of the City of New York
Price: $150
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 about Manual of the Bowery Savings Bank
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 about “The Funeral of Old Tammany”
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 about The Decline of Popery and its causes. : An address delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, on...
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 about First Annual Spring Meeting of the Brooklyn Athletic Association, to take place at the...
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 about Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24th.1883
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 about Fine original pen-and-ink drawing, probably for a newspaper illustration, commemorating the 1916...
Price: $1,500
Valentine's Manuals of the City of New York.
New York: The Old Colony Press etc, 1916-1926. Read More about Valentine's Manuals of the City of New York
Price: $1,500
An Authentic and Comprehensive History of Buffalo...Arranged in Chronological Order.
Buffalo: Rockwell, Baker & Hill, Printers, 1864. First edition. Read More about An Authentic and Comprehensive History of Buffalo...Arranged in Chronological Order
Price: $250
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 about Lithograph, colored: "The Great International Caledonian Games / Held at Jones Woods,...
Price: $3,000
Group of 10 vintage photos of Central Park.
[New York: c. 1870?]. Read More about Group of 10 vintage photos of Central Park
Price: $500
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 about 20 photographs of Central Park
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 about Clipped signature from a letter
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 about The Coaching Club. Rules and List of Members. 1940
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 about “Wyanoke Coaching Club, September 13th 1885”
Price: $750
Winter Sketches from the Saddle by a Septuagenarian.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [co. 1888]. First edition. The author, a sea captain by trade, spent his leisure hours on land riding his horse. This work recommends riding for your health and describes his many journeys around New York and Boston. Read More about Winter Sketches from the Saddle by a Septuagenarian
Price: $75
Inscribed with Intriguing Sentiment
A Fool for a Client. My Struggle Against the Power of a Public Prosecutor.
New York: Hawthorn, (1971). First edition. Inscribed with Intriguing Sentiment. Inscribed on the front free-endpaper "For Florence & the Chief Judge-I only regret that Time Magazine beat me to it! As ever Roy June1/71" Such a nice guy! in the text Cohn states that Life Magazine was in cahoots with Morgenthau. Read More about A Fool for a Client. My Struggle Against the Power of a Public Prosecutor
Price: $250
Drawing: Train engine straight on.
An original drawing by the eccentric and compulsive hoarder Langley Collyer, who, with his brother Homer, lived in a Harlem brownstone at 2078 Fifth Avenue filled with a lifetime's accumulation of books, paper, and garbage. Read More about Drawing: Train engine straight on
Price: $1,250
Drawing: Train, "The Empire State Express Number 999 goes the rate of 130 miles in one hour.
c 1933. An original drawing by the eccentric and compulsive hoarder Langley Collyer, who, with his brother Homer, lived in a Harlem brownstone at 2078 Fifth Avenue filled with a lifetime's accumulation of books, paper, and garbage. Read More about Drawing: Train, "The Empire State Express Number 999 goes the rate of 130 miles in one hour
Price: $600