Search Results: New York City from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

1941 hardcover as pictured. A collection of Ben Hecht's essays/columns describing life in New York mid-twentieth century. Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with gold stamping are lightly soiled with slight edge wear. Endpapers and text are lightly tanned but appear otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1914 hardcover as pictured. The story of Tammany Hall. Binding intact. Blue cloth boards are soiled and show light shelf wear. Inscription on front endpapers. Both hinges cracked. Edge of text block is tanned. Text is tanned but appears clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)

1953 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Red cloth boards show some water staining and light edge wear. Edge of text block tanned. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is soiled and show edge wear and water damage. The book is musty but remains quite readable. A well regarded collection of stories and sketches about New York City. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

New York in 1731, James Lyne's Survey, or, as it is more commonly known The Bradford Map. Published in 1900. Limited edition, one of 170 copies on Holland paper. Three fold out facsimilies by the Bierstadt process. Previous owner book plate on front endpaper along with an address in pencil. Rough-cut edges are aged, binding firm and intact. Cloth cover as shown with this listing is lightly rubbed and bumped. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (D2)

Circa 1950 hardcover as pictured. This is a well worn copy of a nice small volume of pen and ink sketches from around NYC with accompanyinng text. Binding is intact. Pictorial boards with cloth spine are rubbed, scuffed and soiled with bumped corners. Endpapers are mottled with some pencil markings. Text appears clean and unmarked. Many of the llustrations have color washes and retain their vibrant colors. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OB2

1981 softcover as pictured. An essential guide to nineteenth century building in New York City by the New York Historic Preservation Center at Peebles Island. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers show light shelf wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small vilalge library. s AR

Privately printed and published in 1904 for The New York Chapter of the Colonial Order of the Acorn. This copy is from the printing of two hundred and thirteen copies, produced in May 1904. Cover as shown with this listing is rubbed, bumped and slightly scuffed. Sewn binding is firm, rough-cut pages, head and tail bands. each engraving is protected by tissue guard. A nicely produced volume. Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (B2)

1930 quarterbound hardcover as pictured. A nice copy of Herbert Asbury's informal history of firefighting in New York City. Includes many illustrations as well as twentyfive pages of notes and index. Binding is firm. Black cloth spine with red and gold stamping is worn with slight fraying at top edge. Pictorial paper boards are rubbed with gently bumped corners. Front matter is foxed. Rough cut text is age tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. A number of pages have small chips or tears at fore edge where uncut pages have been separated. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR