MANUAL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEARS 1842 & 3
by Valentine, D.T. (David Thomas)
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- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Snowden, printer, 1842. 1st. Cloth. Very Good-. 1st edition. A Very Good - copy. 16mo., 253 pp., with a large folding street map, large folding Plan (on light paper), Large folding engraving of Crotan Dam, a folding view of New Amsterdam, as well as many charts. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth, with the seal of New York in gilt on the front board, and the title on the spine.. Small loss at the spine's crown; Joints' cloth cracking. Small spot on the front end paper, from a piece of paper sticking. News clipping taped to the rear end paper (small article stating the Valentine Manual from 1857 selling at auction for $7.50). Large folding maps and plans do have small tears where they join the binding. Tight, with very clean maps, plane, views and text.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24793
- Title
- MANUAL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEARS 1842 & 3
- Author
- Valentine, D.T. (David Thomas)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Thomas Snowden, printer
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1842
- Keywords
- City, New York, valentine's
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Frey Fine Books
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Rougemont, North Carolina
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- Gilt
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