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The New New York: A Commentary on the Place and the People
by Van Dyke, John C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Library stamps and markings on spine, half-title, title page, and rear endpapers.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: The Macmillan Company. Good with no dust jacket; Library stamps and markings on spine, . half-title, title page, and rear endpapers.. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright red gilt-ruled cloth boards with titles stamped in gilt. Top edges gilt. xv, 425, [4] pages of publisher's ads. 25 color plates and 98 black and white plates by Joseph Pennell. A literary and pictorial ode to New York City. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Seller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 36430
- Title
- The New New York: A Commentary on the Place and the People
- Author
- Van Dyke, John C
- Illustrator
- Joseph Pennell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Library stamps and markings on spine, half-title, title page, and rear endpapers.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- New York City, Illustrated Books, New York History
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York State;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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