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The Tourist, or Pocket Manual for Travellers on the Hudson River, the Western Canal and Stage Road to Niagara Falls down Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence to Montreal and Quebec. Comprising also the Routes to Lebanon, Ballston, and Saratoga Springs
by [VANDERWATER, Robert J.]
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- Used - Lacks the map, some pale staining internally and to binding, owner's name in ink on front free endpaper
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- Third edition, enlarged and improved
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- 1834
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$151.17
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. Third edition, enlarged and improved. Lacks the map, some pale staining internally and to binding, owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. 12mo. 95 pages, advertisements at end. Original salmon muslin, printed paper label on front cover. See Howes V-28; Sabin 98486. Item Price
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Catalogue of Offices and Students of the Flushing Institute, (Formerly Green-Brook Family School, of New Jersey.) at Flushing Long Island, Nine Miles from the City of New-York. Embracing the Students of the Current Session Only
by FLUSHING INSTITUTE
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- Used - Some light foxing and handling wear
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- 1847
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$188.96
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Flushing, NY: Charles R. Lincoln, 1847. Some light foxing and handling wear. 8vo. 16 pages. Green printed wrappers, woodcut of the Institute on inner front wrapper. Lists the officers, students, design, sessions, terms, classes, patrons, and includes general remarks on the conduct of the school. Item Price
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Harlem (City of New York): Its Origin and Early Annals. Prefaced by Home Scenes in the Fatherlands; or, Notices of its Founders before Emigration
by RIKER, James
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- Used - Spine with ends frayed and light fading, hinges tender, a few leaves with marginal tears
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- 1881
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$604.68
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New York: Printed for the Author, 1881. Spine with ends frayed and light fading, hinges tender, a few leaves with marginal tears. 8vo. xii, [2]. 636 pages. 16 illustrations in text (of which 8 are full-page), folding map at end showing the original lots and farms of Harlem. Original brown blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, the author's advertisement… Read more about this item Item Price
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A group of Board of Education pamphlets and statements regarding New York City schools, 1859-1866
by [NEW YORK CITY]
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- Used - Scuffed at joints and edges, but very sound and internally fine
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- From the Bart Auerbach Collection
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$377.92
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From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Scuffed at joints and edges, but very sound and internally fine. 8vo. Contemporary black half morocco, with leather label of the compiler of the volume, Henry C. Boyd: "STATEMENTS / HENRY C. BOYD / March 14th 1859 to June 27th 1866." Several pages have annotations in pencil or ink by Boyd. Bound in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Desirable Property on Broadway, and on 33rd, 34th & 35th Streets, Between Broadway and the 7th Avenue, Near the Intersection of Broadway & 6th Avenue. Anthony J. Bleecker Will sell at Auction, on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1848, at 12 M. at the Merchant's Exchange, 22 Lots and Gores
by [NEW YORK - AUCTION BROADSIDE]. Anthony J. BLEECKER, Auctioneer
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- Used - Some mild staining, a few small edge tears, but in very good to fine condition.
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- From the Bart Auerbach Collection
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- 1848
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$3,779.25
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[New York], 1848. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Some mild staining, a few small edge tears, but in very good to fine condition.. Large folio broadside (27 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches), two long folds (one vertical, one horizontal). The top half of this broadside advertisement is a map of the area, showing the properties to be auctioned.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Greenwich Village
by CHAPIN, Anna Alice
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- Used - Hinges cracked but holding, some light wear at extremities
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- From the Bart Auerbach Collection
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- 1920
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$151.17
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New York: Dodd, Mead, 1920. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Hinges cracked but holding, some light wear at extremities. 8vo. Illustrated by Allan Gilbert Cram. Original decorated cloth. Later printing (the first was 1917). Signed by the dedicatee Vincent C. Pepe beneath the printed dedication. Item Price
A$151.17
A Bond of Performance between Garrett Poor (a carpenter) and Luke von Thinehoon (a "cuirurgoon" [sic]) and Lawrence Read (a merchant) to whom they agree to pay two hundred pounds. [New York], 22 May 1691
by [NEW YORK]
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- Used - Horizontal folds, but in very good condition
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- From the Bart Auerbach Collection
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$377.92
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From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Horizontal folds, but in very good condition. One page, folio, with integral blank leaf (with docket). Signed by Roos and Thinehovon (followed by red wax stamps) and signed by three witnesses. "The Condicon of this obligation is... that if the above bound... doo well and truely observe, perform, fullfill, accomplish, and keep all… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gazetteer & Business Directory of Madison County, NY for 1868-9
by CHILD, Hamilton
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- Used - Hinges cracked but holding, owner's name on front pastedown, some wear to extremities and a few stains to cloth
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- 1868
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$377.92
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Syracuse, NY: The Journal Office, 1868. Hinges cracked but holding, owner's name on front pastedown, some wear to extremities and a few stains to cloth. 8vo. 235 pages. Folding map (with stitched repair to tear). Original brown embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover. Contains a long business directory of the communities of Madison County, New York, an index… Read more about this item Item Price
A$377.92
The Lengthening of Niagara Falls
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- Used - Small loss along spine, upper corner of front board rubbed, collector's embossed stamp on front free endpaper
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- 1930
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$22.68
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Buffalo: Companies Associated wth Buffalo, Niagara and Eastern Power Corporation, 1930. Small loss along spine, upper corner of front board rubbed, collector's embossed stamp on front free endpaper. 8vo. 32 pages. Color and black-and-white plates. Brown paper over boards. Item Price
A$22.68
Big City Primer: Reading New York at the End of the Twentieth Century
by YAU, John / BARRETTE, Bill
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- Used - Corners lightly bumped, ink ownership name on half-title, pages with light age-toning at edges
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- First
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- 1991
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$45.35
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New York: Timken Publishers, 1991. First. Corners lightly bumped, ink ownership name on half-title, pages with light age-toning at edges. Square 4to. Photographically illustrated by Bill Barrette. Original pictorial wrappers. With poems by John Yau and photographs by Bill Barrette, this shows a "New York as it is" view of the city, unvarnished "immense and ultimately unknowable." Distributed… Read more about this item Item Price
A$45.35
New York Transit Memories
by SMITH, Harold A.
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- Used - A few minor bumps, generally fine
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- 1997
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- 9780915276561
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$37.79
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New York: Quadrant Press, 1997. A few minor bumps, generally fine. 11 x 8.5 inches. 88 pages. Fully illustrated in black-and-white. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition. Item Price
A$37.79
The Indians of Manhattan Island and Vicinity
by SKINNER, Alanson
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- Used - Some light foxing, loose in wrappers
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- 1926
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$30.23
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New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1926. Some light foxing, loose in wrappers. 9.75 x 6.75 inches. Illustrated. Original wrappers. Fourth edition. Item Price
A$30.23
The Block
by GORO, Herb
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- Used - A very good plus copy, a pale marginal stain towards the end, but otherwise in clean condition, with some light edgewear to the
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- 1970
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$45.35
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New York: Vintage, 1970. A very good plus copy, a pale marginal stain towards the end, but otherwise in clean condition, with some light edgewear to the wrappers. 10 x 7 inches. 182, [12] pages. Original printed wrappers. First trade paperback edition of Goro's haunting account in pictures in text of the social disaster that destroyed a New… Read more about this item Item Price
A$45.35
Barnard College Song Book
by Undergraduate Association of Barnard College
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- Used - A very good copy, with a few stains and light wear to binding
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- 1925
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$45.35
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New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1925. A very good copy, with a few stains and light wear to binding. 10 x 7 inches. 43 pages. Original blue cloth. "Sing, therefore, as often as may be and as tunefully as you can, these songs of Barnard, new and old, and may they give you joy! (Virginia C.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$45.35
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Early New York [cover title]. [Five Maps of New York]
by MacCOUN, Townsend
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- Used - A fragile set with the maps printed on delicate, thin paper that, despite the condition issues outlined separately, has remained
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- 1909
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$680.26
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New York: Townsend MacCoun, 1909. A fragile set with the maps printed on delicate, thin paper that, despite the condition issues outlined separately, has remained fresh and bright, with strong coloring and a lack of offsetting; the portfolio a bit faded and soiled and with some light wear at the extremities. Portfolio containing five loose folding color maps… Read more about this item Item Price
A$680.26
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Tips on Tables. Being a Guide to Dining and Wining in New York at 365 Restaurants Suitable to Every Mood and Every Purse
by ROSS, George
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- Used - A fine copy
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- 1934
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$377.92
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New York: Covici Friede, 1934. A fine copy. 8vo. 301 pages, with indices. Original red cloth. Early owner's name on half-title. FIRST EDITION. Providing readers with a different restaurant choice for every day in the year (unless it's a leap year...). Ross notes in his introduction that there were estimated to be 19,716 eating places in Manhattan at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Municipal Government of the City of New York
by BAKER, Abby G and Abby H. WARE
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- Used - Some light wear at extremities
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- 1906
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$113.38
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Boston: Ginn & Company, 1906. Some light wear at extremities. 8vo. 350 pages. Double-page bird's-eye view of the five boroughs and illustrations in text, all in duotone. Original decorated cloth, the front cover blocked with a panel centering a silhouette of the Brooklyn Bridge. Early owner's name on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION. The text responded to the… Read more about this item Item Price
A$113.38
A Mole's-Eye View of New York
by HASCHID, Democritus
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- Used - A fine copy in a very good jacket, with light toning and a chip at the head of the spine panel
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- 1941
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$340.13
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Boston: Charles T. Branford Company, 1941. A fine copy in a very good jacket, with light toning and a chip at the head of the spine panel. 8vo. 340 pages. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of this classic of New York City life, scarcely found with its dust jacket. "The New York that only Gothamites know is… Read more about this item Item Price
A$340.13
Flatbush Past & Present
by FISHER, Edmund D.
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- Used - A near-fine, though ex-library copy, with bookplate and remnants of pockets, and light rubbing to text on front cover
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- 1901
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$60.47
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Brooklyn: Flatbush Trust Company, 1901. A near-fine, though ex-library copy, with bookplate and remnants of pockets, and light rubbing to text on front cover. 8vo. 90, [5] pages. Illustrated with photographs, and with illustrations by Allen B. Doggett. Original decorated cloth. FIRST EDITION. A promotional piece by the Flatbush Trust Company containing histories of Flatbush, its residents and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hudson River and the Hudson River Railroad: with a complete map and wood cut views of the principal objects of interest upon the line
by HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD
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- Used - Wrappers chipped at edges, professionally rebacked, some unobtrusive offsetting on map
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- 1851
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Ardsley, New York, USA
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A$1,511.70
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New York: Wm. C. Locke & Co, 1851. Wrappers chipped at edges, professionally rebacked, some unobtrusive offsetting on map. 8vo. 50 pages. Large folding map on three joined sheets (21 x 1788 cm; 8.25 x 61.75 inches). 11 woodblock illustrations in text (and with 2 more not recorded in the index but always present). Original printed wrappers with… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,511.70
