Search Results: History of New York from Elk Creek Heritage Books

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club Edition per same at bottom of front flap. No other indication of BCE; no blind stamp seen on back board. Hard cover in very good condition with gray boards, deep beige spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Front endpapers: black & white 1901 Byron photograph of Madison Square ( looking south from about 24th Street) when its hub was Madison Square Garden. Back endpapers: The drawing room of the W. C. Whitney home at 871 Fifth Avenue, 1899. Included in groups throughout are sections of black & white photos; approx 35 photos in total, Dust jacket very good with rubbing /tiny creases to corners and head & heel of spine. * From the book, ""Few streets in the world hold the allure of Fifth Avenue. And through the years - from its opening in 1826, through its development as the locus of New York society, to… Read More

Simon & Schuster, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Stated First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition May 2008. In addition there is a complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with cream boards and spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Signed by the author on the Title Page (signature not authenticated.) Otherwise text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains a section of glossy black & white and colored photographs and illustrations. Dust jacket very good with light shelf and edge wear, and very unusual, when opened up completely dust jacket measures 23 1/2"" wide x 18 5/8"" tall. See photo of entire jacket. Folds to fit the book. What can't be completely seen when folded are photos that look very much like postcards and depict scenes around the falls. Not price clipped. * Noted on the copyright page: 'Material in this book has appeared previously in… Read More

Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation with the Cooperation of the National Geographic Society, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. OVERSIZE. Hard cover in fine condition with faux brown leather boards, copper gilt lettering and decoratives on spine; front board with copper gilt stamp of Lady Liberty's head from a photograph by Peter B. Kaplan. End papers contain facsimile pages of names, with age, occupation, etc, completed by incoming immigrants. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Glossy pages throughout with color and black & white photographs on almost every page, many full page, along with detailed written history. Size 9"" wide x approx 103/4"" tall x 1"" thick; 304 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with light shelf and edge wear; closed tear on front near spine.No price clipped; there is no price. * Volume was compiled and printed in honor of the Centennial of the Statue. Amazing story of the Statue itself along… Read More

San Diego, California: Thunder Bay Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. OVERSIZE. 1st Printing First edition per number line. Hard cover in fine condition with glossy pictorial boards. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition and photographs and lettering mirror the glossy boards. * Front cover and back cover both show a photo of the Port of New York from the air : front photo taken 1933 and back photo taken 1995. Every glossy page of the volume contains black & white, sepia toned, or colored photographs. Includes color photographs of the NYC skyline showing the World Trade Center; opposite a photograph of the same view taken a week after the September 11th Terrorists attacks with a fog from the still burning debris where the towers had stood. From the jacket, "". . . a celebration of New York City's great past and a captivating look at the way in which the city has changed and evolved over the years… Read More

Roosevelt, New York: James B. Adler, Inc., 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Photographs by A. E. Woolley. Introduction by Steward L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior. Hardcover in very good condition with beige boards. Red lettering on front board and spine. Red endpapers. Text block clean & tight with no markings or writings noted. Top of text block stained red and showing age spotting. Heavy papers show mellow age toning. Dust jacket in very good condition; light shelf & edge wear with a few tiny chips at top & bottom of spine and bottom of front. See photos. Not price clipped. Contains black & white photographs and line drawing maps throughout. Concludes with an Index.

New York: New Press, The, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. Original copyright 1939 by The Guilds Committee for Federal Writers' Publications, Inc. Introduction by William H. Whyte which is copyright 1992 by Random House, Inc. This is the Third Printing of this Edition. Soft cover in very good condition with just ghost of shelf & edge wear with corners slightly bumped. A hefty 700 pages. * Sub-SubTitle: A Comprehensive Guide to the Five Boroughs of the Metropolis - Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond. From the back cover: Special Features include: -In-depth coverage of all five boroughs, -89 photographs and 81 prints by WPA artists and photographers, -38 detailed maps of each borough, - A comprehensive guide to the 1939 New York World's Fair.