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New York City: D.T. Valentine, Clerk Common Council, 1864. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Resolved in 1864 by the NYC Mayor, Board of Councilmen and Aldermen that D.T. Valentine Clerk of the NYC Common Council was to print this Manual and publish in 9000 copies, this copy has 856 pages with original cover boards, spine with hairline split where map is internally bound is very much intact but outer shell is missing, inner hinges are intact, 2 folded maps (Matthew Dripps colored map of NYC & vinicity and a Hayward reproduction of a topographical drawn map of British military activity around NYC in 1776) are present in fragile condition with possible missing leafs, by count there are 17 Major Knapp 4.5 X 7 color lithographs (2 foldout), 12 Hayward lithographs (5 colored including Fulton Ferry Lith, 5 black & white, 2 foldout), a foldout lithograph of the Terrace Central Park, Baptismal records of the Dutch Church 1667-1720, foldout map of the residence of Thomas Paine, many other…
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