1. 144TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANCICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: YEAR ENDING DEC 31, 1929, published by the society, New York, 1930, B&W illustrations, 131pp, very good+, gray cloth (hardcover), The society was founded in 1785 "to provide for the worthy artisan in case of sickness and distress, and to promote and encourage by mutual aid the mechanic interests of the city, being a modification of the "Guilds" of Europe.", (Order No: 29881 ), $20.00
2. THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1893. VOL. II - PALAEONTOLOGY, James B. Lyon, State Printer, Albany, 1894, well illustrated, good, green cloth (hardcover) with some edgewear to cloth, Pages 601 to 943 followed by plates 23 to 54., (Order No: 5071 ), $45.00
3. VISIONS OF WASHINGTON IRVING: SELECTED WORKS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF HISTORIC HUDSON VALLEY, Historic Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, NY, (1991), B&W and color ill., 132pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), This catalog honors Washington Irving and his house, Sunnyside, as focal points of America's artistic life during the first half of the nineteenth century., (Order No: 24946 ), $25.00
4. Adler, Ruth, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, (1971) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 242pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "What kind of day was February 28, 1969? An ordinary one in the life of THE NEW YORK TIMES, but even an ordinary day at The Times crackles with excitement and tension as the news of the world flows into the paper's block-long newsroom.", (Order No: 37182 ), $7.50
5. Ahlstrom, Harold J. (introduction by), JAMESTOWN AND CHAUTAUQUA LAKE TROLLEYS, Fenton Historical Society, Jamestown, NY, (1974), B&W illustrations, 39pp, fine, wraps (softcover), A recording of the story of the trolley cars in the Jamestown and Chautauque Lake area, concentrating on the "Broadhead" lines of the Jamestown Street Railway Co., the Chautauque Traction Co., and the Jamestown Westfield and Northwestern Railroad Co. Some mention is made of the Warren & Jamestown Street Railway, which entered Jamestown, and the Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co. which connected with the interurban lines at Westfield., (Order No: 41683 ), $80.00
6. Akers, Dwight, OUTPOSTS OF HISTORY IN ORANGE COUNTY, The Harrison Press, Washingtonville, NY, (1937) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 114pp, good, wraps (softcover) small tear top of spine, "If I have succeeded in writing according to my intentions, the book should interest readers to whom Orange County is a place on the map and Blooming Grove an unknown New York town.", (Order No: 30646 ), $30.00
7. Baird, Charles W., CHRONICLE OF A BORDER TOWN - HISTORY OF RYE, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK 1660-1870..., Anson D. F. Randolph and Co., New York, 1871 1st ed, B&W illustrations, maps, 570pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) old hinge repairs See Note, "...INCLUDING HARRISON AND THE WHITE PLAINS TILL 1788." NOTE old hinge repairs and light edgwear., (Order No: 46932 ), $100.00
8. Barnhill, Georgia B. (with an introduction by David Tatham), WILD IMPRESSIONS: THE ADIRONDACKS ON PAPER, David R. Godine Publisher, Boston, MA, (1995) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 99pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BUMP BOTTOM CORN., ISBN 1567920411 These prints not only document the history of a singular region but also mirror the broader cultural trends of a vigorous, expansive, and confident America., (Order No: 34020 ), $14.50
9. Beale, Irene A., GENESEE VALLEY PEOPLE 1743-1962 -- [NEW YORK], Chestnut Hill Press, Geneseo, NY, (1983), 224pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0960813217 "These accounts of the lives of more than fifty persons present authentic Genesee Valley history at its most readable.", (Order No: 54364 ), $7.00
10. Beauchamp, William M., A HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK IROQUOIS: NOW COMMONLY CALLED THE SIX NATIONS, New York State Museum, Albany, NY, 1905, B&W illustrations, map, 461pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover), New York State Museum Bulletin 78 - Archeology 9., (Order No: 36351 ), $125.00
11. Bennett, Allison P., THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE: A HISTORY OF ALBANY COUNTY IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE, Albany County Historical Soc, Delmar, NY, (1980), B&W illustrations, 135pp, very good, wraps (softcover), The purpose of this publication is to give to the lay reader an understanding of the significance of the county's history and to encourage people to look about them at the many forms of art and architecture that still remain with us., (Order No: 45462 ), $15.00
12. Bernhardt, Debra A. and Bernstein, Rachel, ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF WORKING PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY, New York University Press, New York, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 222pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814798667 This volume tells the stories of towering structures and the beam walkers who built them; of immigrant youths in factories and women in sweatshops; of longshoremen and type-writer girls; of dock workers and captains of industry., (Order No: 30118 ), $12.50
13. Bernstein, Iver, THE NEW YORK CITY DRAFT RIOTS: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF THE CIVIL WAR, Oxford University Press, New York, 1990, B&W illustrations, 363pp, very good, red cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket BCE, ISBN 0195050061 For five days in July 1863, at the height of the Civil War, New York City was under siege. Angry rioters burned draft offices, closed factories, destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines, and hunted policemen and soldiers. Before long, the rioters turned their muderous wrath against the black community. In the end, at least 105 people were killed, making the draft riots the most violent insurrection in American history., (Order No: 20624 ), $5.00
14. Betts, Lillian W., THE LEAVEN IN A GREAT CITY, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1902 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 315pp, good, decorated black cloth (hardcover), Contents include: At the Bottom; The Development of Social Centers; The Homes Under One Roof; Slow-Dawning Consciousness; Working-Girls' Clubs; A Social Experiment; Within the Walls of Home; Financial Relations in Families; Home Standards; and Where Lies the Responsibility? An interested social look at the slums and tenements in New York City at the turn of the 19th century with revealing photographs., (Order No: 30854 ), $20.00
15. Bianco, Anthony, GHOSTS OF 42ND STREET - A HISTORY OF AMERICA'S MOST INFAMOUS BLOCK, William Morrow, New York, (2004) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 370pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688170897 Dramatic and definitive story of this legendary strip, told through the people involved in its founding and its current renaissance., (Order No: 57467 ), $7.00
16. Bigelow, Stephanie (compiled by), BELLPORT AND BROOKHAVEN - A SAGA OF SIBLING HAMLETS AT OLD PURCHASE SOUTH (BELLPORT-BROOKHAVEN, NEW YORK), Bellport-Brookhaven Hist Soc, Bellport-Brookhaven, NY, 1968 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 126pp, very good++, green cloth (hardcover) signed by the author, (Order No: 49042 ), $20.00
17. Blumenthal, Ralph, STORK CLUB: AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS NIGHTSPOT AND THE LOST WORLD OF CAFE SOCIETY, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 296pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0316105317 The definitive account - with guns, diamonds, and champagne that never stops - of the extraordinary world of the Stork Club and of the ex-bootlegger who ruled it with a velvet fist., (Order No: 37427 ), $7.00
18. Boas, Norman Francis and Meyer, Barbara Linton, ALMA FARM: AN ADIRONDACK MEETING PLACE, published by the authors, Mystic,CT/Bolton Landing NY, (1999) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 135pp, fine, wraps (softcover), This is the story of the Alma Farm, created in the late nineteenth century in the Town of Bolton, New York, in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. The farm played a major role in the economy of the area for almost 50 years. Its many famous vistors included the anthropologist Franz Boas (this bookseller's great-grand- father), Maj. Gen Carl Schurz, Doctors Abraham and Mary Putnam Jacobi, and many others., (Order No: 22734 ), $18.00
19. Bowen, Croswell, THE ELEGANT OAKEY, Oxford University Press, New York, 1956, B&W illustrations, 292pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here is a picture of flamboyant and corrupt New York during the Tweed era, seen from the vantage point of the colorful and versatile Oakey Hall., (Order No: 21739 ), $10.00
20. Britt, George (edited for The Silurians), SHOELEATHER AND PRINTERS' INK, 1924-1974, Quadrangle, New York, (1974), 370pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0812904176 Experiences and Afterthoughts by New York Newspapermen on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Their Old-Timers' Society, selected from the issues of Silurian News., (Order No: 24461 ), $8.00
21. Brodsky, Alyn, THE GREAT MAYOR: FIORELLO LA GUARDIA AND THE MAKING OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, St. Martin's Press, New York, (2003) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 530pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312287372 A comprehensive and accessible biography of Fiorello H. La Guardia., (Order No: 40427 ), $27.50
22. Brown, Henry A. L. and Walton, Richard L. (with an introduction by William G. McLoughlin), JOHN BROWN'S TRACT: LOST ADIRONDACK EMPIRE, Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, NH, (1988), B&W and color illustrations, 369pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0914659340 This book is the story of failure on an epic scale and a tragic scale as John Brown, his sons-in-law, and his grandsons tried to make of the Adirondacks what nature would not permit them to be, a great economic empire based on farming and mining., (Order No: 30078 ), $27.50
23. Buckell, Betty Ahearn, BOLDLY INTO THE WILDERNESS: TRAVELERS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK 1010-1646, Buckle Press, Queensbury, NY, 1999, B&W illustrations, 197pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0961680962, (Order No: 57636 ), $25.00
24. Buckles, Mary Parker, MARGINS: A NATURALIST MEETS LONG ISLAND SOUND, North Point Press, New York, (1997) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 286pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0865475164 Buckles explores the 110-mile-long body of water that separates Long Island from Connecticut and New York's mainland., (Order No: 23477 ), $4.00
25. Butler, John V. (The Rev.), CHURCHYARDS OF TRINITY PARISH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1697-1969, Corp. of Trinity Church, New York, (1969), B&W illustrations, 102pp, very good, wraps (softcover), First published in 1948., (Order No: 29835 ), $6.00
26. Carpenter, Frederic V., A SKETCH BOOK OF NEW YORK, Bridgman Publishers, Pelham, NY, (1927), B&W illustrations, 63pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) light edgewear to boards, From the dust jacket; Mr. Carpenter has created in his own peculiar style of drawing a most interesting and valuable edition as a gift or as a remembrance of our great American city. To the artist and art student there is a vast interest value in studying Mr. Carpenter's technique., (Order No: 51294 ), $12.50
27. Chapman Publishing Company, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK: VOLUME 1, 2, AND 3 - THREE VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, (1994), B&W illustrations, 3 vols, 1573pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0788401335 "Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens sof the County." Originally published by Chapman Publishing Co. in 1895. This three volume reprint edition is on the shelf and ready to ship., (Order No: 56348 ), $125.00
28. Cormier, William A., NEXT YEAR IN SALEM: A CHRONICLE OF THE HOME FRONT DURING WORLD WAR II, 1940-1945, New Perth Publishing, Salem, NY, (1996), B&W illustrations, 191pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0965547701 Life in Salem during the war years was much like a Norman Rockwell picture--people doing ordinary things in an extraordinary way., (Order No: 38702 ), $20.00
29. Cornell, Julien; and, Arno, Carolyn C., OLD ORANGE COUNTY - A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS AND ENGRAVINGS [ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK], Smith Cover Press, Central Valley, NY, (1977), B&W illustrations, 73pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "Life in the villages and on the farms of Orange County as it was in 1875 is depicted in the charming engravings reproduced in this book, which are taken from COUNTY ATLAS OF ORANGE, engraved and printed by J. B. Beers & Co. of New York City and published in 1875.", (Order No: 50312 ), $20.00
30. Culbertson, Judi and Randall, Tom, PERMANENT NEW YORKERS: A BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO THE CEMETERIES OF NEW YORK, Chelsea Green Pub. Company, Chelsea, VT, (1987) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 405pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0930031113 The authors travel to Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, and to Westchester and Rockland counties, where movie stars (such as Judy Garland, Joan Crawford), athletes (Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig), Choreographers (George Balanchine), Broadway songwriters (Jerome Kern, Billy Rose), painters (Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollack), composers (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Bela Bartok), and jazz musicians (Tommy Dorsey, Thelonius Monk) abound., (Order No: 43044 ), $27.50
31. Cutten, George Barton and Cutten, Minnie Warren, THE SILVERSMITHS OF UTICA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THEIR SILVER AND THEIR MARKS, published by the authors, Hamilton, NY, 1936, B&W illustrations, 67pp, good+, silver cloth spine (hardcover) wear to top corners, Limited to 257 copies, signed by the authors. Franklin 4936. Covers period of 1799 to 1850. Scarce. NOTE - paper covered boards with fading as usual., (Order No: 27144 ), $175.00
32. Davidson, Marshall B., NEW YORK: A PICTORIAL HISTORY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1977) 1st ptg, 750 B&W illustrations, 357pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684147726 A comprehensive pictorial history of New York. The pictures--old engravings and watercolors, maps and paintings, architectural drawings, antique furniture and fine photographs--provide an unequalled source of visual documentation for understanding the state's history., (Order No: 14543 ), $17.50
33. Dolgon, Corey, THE END OF THE HAMPTONS: SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN AMERICA'S PARADISE, New York University Press, New York, (2005) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 275pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 081471997X "Offers the reader an insightful political-economic analysis of eastern Long Island's microcosm of a class and ethnically divided society.", (Order No: 56842 ), $6.00
34. Doubleday, Russell, LONG ISLAND: AN UNCONVENTIONAL EXCURSION WITH A CAMERA AROUND NEW YORK'S NEIGHBORING ISLE, Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1939 1st ed, B&W ill., 80pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Here are pictures and comment on parks, sports, beaches, industry, trees, flowers, historic houses, flying fields, boulevards, lakes, streams and woods. Here is the ideal book for the reader who wishes to acquaint himself with the rustic beauties of New York's country cousin, and to aid him in exploring one of the most charming playgrounds of the East., (Order No: 35574 ), $15.00
35. Dunne, Colin; Dunne, John; Griffin, Beth; Levine, Ted M.; Russell, Robin; and, Weiss, Arlene, RYE IN THE TWENTIES, Arno Press, New York, 1978, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good++, brown cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0405091419 A permanent souvenir of a wonderful time that saluted and celebrated a wonderful time. A look at the town and its people, and the Amusement Park., (Order No: 40842 ), $25.00
36. Dunwell, Frances F. (foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.), THE HUDSON RIVER HIGHLANDS, Columbia University Press, New York, (1991) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 264pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 023107042X The area known as the Hudson Highlands is a fifteen mile stretch where the Hudson River cuts through the Appalachian mountain chain about fifty miles north of New York City. From either shore, the hills rise up more than 1000 fett, creating a landscape which is both beautiful and mysterious. Although the highlands are a small part of the Hudson Valley region, their role in our nature's culture and heritage has been monumental. Over three centuries, the Highlands have shaped a number of social, cultural, and political movements and they, in turn, have been shaped by these movements. This book was co-sponsored by the Alice and Hamilton Fish Library and the Hudson River Heritage. Chapters partially include: General Washington's Stronghold; West Point: First Stop on the American Tour; Landscape and Dreamscape: Hudson River Painters and Knickerbocker Writers; The Foundry at Cold Spring; Mountain Spa; The Landscape Garden: The Landscapes and Architecture of A. J. Downing; Millionaire's Row; The Great Outdoors: Bear Mountain Park, Conservation, and Social Welfare; Highways, Bridges, and Tunnels; Dynamite, Depression, and Design of Nature; and Storm King. A fascinating look at the area, informative, and one of this bookseller's favorite titles., (Order No: 31828 ), $35.00
37. Eaton, Elon Howard, BIRDS OF NEW YORK -- NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM MEMOIR 12 - SECOND EDITION - TWO VOLUME SET, Univ. of the State of N. Y., Albany, B&W illustrations, good, green cloth (hardcover), Part I: Introductory Chapters; Water Birds and Game Birds, 1910, 501pp; Part II: General Chapters; Land Birds, 1914, 719pp., (Order No: 30165 ), $100.00
38. Edmonds, Walter D., THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS, 1848-1948: 1848 ONEIDA COMMUNITY, 1880 ONEIDA COMMUNITY, LIMITED, 1935 ONEIDA LTD., Oneida Ltd., New York, (1948), photos by Samuel Chamberlain, 75pp, ill., good, blue boards (hardcover), (Order No: 32958 ), $10.00
39. Eurich, Robert C. and Shields, Carole (researched and written by), AN EDUCATIONAL GUIDE TO HILL-HOLD (HILL HOLD): AN HISTORIC FARM, ROUTE 416, CAMPBELL HALL, ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK, Orange Cty Dept of Parks, Montgomery, NY, (1980), B&W illustrations, 66pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Hill-Hold, the stone farmhouse built in 1769 by Thomas Bull., (Order No: 40390 ), $20.00
40. Evers, Alf (introduction by Heywood Hale Broun; foreword by Tom Hatley), IN CATSKILL COUNTRY: COLLECTED ESSAYS ON MOUNTAIN HISTORY, LIFE AND LORE, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York, (1995) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 175pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 087951566X Alf Evers is the preeminent historian of the Catskills, and this book collects nineteen of his best essays for an irresistible short dip into Catskill history and lore., (Order No: 28642 ), $10.00
41. Evers, Alf, WOODSTOCK: HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN TOWN - [WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK], The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, (1987), B&W illustrations, 749pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0879519835 Few small towns in America have as colorful a history as that of Woodstock in Ulster County, New York., (Order No: 56814 ), $10.00
42. Farrell, Frank, THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL, The K. S. Giniger Co., Inc., New York, (1982), B&W illustrations, 162pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0811904814 The story of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City., (Order No: 29957 ), $4.50
43. Fausser, William W., THE BROOKLYN AND ROCKAWAY BEACH RAILROAD - THE CANARSIE RAILROAD, published by the author, Mineola, NY, (1976), B&W illustrations, 64pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41684 ), $50.00
44. Fentiman, Sandra (photographs by Julie Lewis), THE WORLD AT WAR - 50 YEARS LATER TOLD BY VETERANS AND CIVILIANS FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE, Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY, (1997), B&W illustrations, 104pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) author inscribed, ISBN 1563113554 This book began as a series of newspaper articles that began as the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Italy was approaching. The experiences of the veterans and civilians sharing their private experiences became a series and documented here in a book., (Order No: 54390 ), $40.00
45. Finch, Roy G., THE STORY OF THE NEW YORK STATE CANALS - HISTORICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION, n.p., n.p., c1980s reprint, 23pp, fine, wraps (softcover), A fascinating concise history., (Order No: 48416 ), $8.00
46. Flick, Alexander C. (introduction by) - prepared by the Division of Archives and History, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN NEW YORK - ITS POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE, Univ. of State of New York, Albany, NY, 1926, B&W illustrations, 371pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB with minimal marks, "For General Use as Part of the Program of the Executive Committee on the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Revoluion.", (Order No: 57385 ), $15.00
47. Foner, Nancy (edited by), NEW IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK, Columbia University Press, New York, (1987), 318pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0231061315 Pioneer work looking at the link between migration analysis and urban studies., (Order No: 52158 ), $5.00
48. Fried, Marc B., TALES FROM THE SHAWANGUNK MOUNTAINS: A NATURALIST'S MUSINGS, A BUSHWHACKER'S GUIDE, Adirondack Mountain Club, Glens Falls, NY, (1981), B&W illustrations, 104pp, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0935272178 What follows in this little book is a description of the Shawangunk Mountain wilderness, of some of the regions at its fringe, and of some encounters with the wind and clouds, with the birds, beasts, and other inhabitants of the mountain., (Order No: 49726 ), $35.00
49. Gambee, Robert, MANHATTAN SEASCAPE: WATERSIDE VIEWS AROUND NEW YORK, Hastings House, Publishers, New York, (1975), over 180 B&W photographs, 256pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, ISBN 0803850433 The bay, the ships, the bridges, the waterside parks with their quiet retreats, and the famous skyline are the subject of over 180 photographs., (Order No: 12524 ), $14.50
50. Gilfoyle, Timothy J., A PICKPOCKET'S TALE - THE UNDERWORLD OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (2006) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 460pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393061906 "An alternative history of nineteenth-century New York, featuring George Appo, pickpocket, victim, and chronicle of crime.", (Order No: 57430 ), $8.50
51. Glickman, Toby and Glickman, Gene, THE NEW YORK RED PAGES: A RADICAL TOURIST GUIDE, Praeger, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 156pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0030697840 Takes visitors through the streets of lower Manhattan (from the Battery to 14th Street) in a series of 15 walking tours, pointing out murals, statues, buildings, parks and other sites that have played a part in the Progressive and Radical movements of the lastd 300-odd years., (Order No: 56910 ), $30.00
52. Gordon, John and Hills, L. Rust (edited by), NEW YORK, NEW YORK: THE CITY AS SEEN BY MASTERS OF ART AND LITERATURE, Shorecrest, Inc., New York, (1965), B&W ill., 404pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Some of the 27 authors and 78 artists represented in NEW YORK, NEW YORK; Washington Irving, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Katherine Anne Porter, Bernard Malamud, John Ciardi, James Baldwin, Winslow Homer, George Bellows, Joseph Stella, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, Stuart Davis, Ben Shahn, Edward Hopper, Piet Mondrian, Mark Tobey, and Franz Kline., (Order No: 34519 ), $15.00
53. Haley, Jacquetta M. (editor), PLEASURE GROUNDS: ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING AND MONTGOMERY PLACE, Sleepy Hollow Press, Tarrytown, NY, (1988) 1st ed, B&W and color ill., 96pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0912882654 Downing was America's first professional landscape gardener. He worked in the Hudson River Valley during the 19th century, and his greatest admiration was for Montgomery Place, in New York's pastoral Dutchess County., (Order No: 6591 ), $12.50
54. Haswell, Chas. H., REMINISCENCES OF NEW YORK BY AN OCTOGENARIAN (1816 TO 1860), Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, (1896), B&W illustrations, 581pp, good, orange cloth (hardcover) light soiling to cloth, Detailed year by year history and recollections of mayors and events., (Order No: 56760 ), $70.00
55. Hawes, Elizabeth, NEW YORK, NEW YORK - HOW THE APARTMENT HOUSE TRANSFORMED THE LIFE OF THE CITY (1869-1930), Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 286pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394556410 "A brilliant exercise in urban archaeology: a completely original interpretive account of the golden age of the New York luxury apartment house, a book that reveals how New York was transformed architecturally, socially, and psychologically from a provincial place to a great metropolis., (Order No: 41082 ), $15.00
56. Heckscher, August, ALIVE IN THE CITY: MEMOIR OF AN EX-COMMISSIONER, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1974), 294pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684137089 As New York City Parks Commissioner for six years in the administration of John Lindsay, it was August Hecksher's job to make the city more enjoyable. A thoughtful consideration of the complex, contradictory, and essential recreational needs of a great urban center as one man tried to fulfill and balance them., (Order No: 28100 ), $7.00
57. Heckscher, August (with Phyllis Robinson), WHEN LAGUARDIA WAS MAYOR: NEW YORK'S LEGENDARY YEARS, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1978) 1st ed, B&W ill., 448pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393075346, (Order No: 35383 ), $10.00
58. Helm, H. G., A REPORT ON ONE HUNDRED YEARS - GLENS FALLS INSURANCE COMPANY, Glens Falls Insurance Co., Glens Falls, NY, (1949), B&W illustrations, 56pp, very good, maroon cloth (hardcover), History of the first 100 years of the insurance company founded by the Reverend R. M. Little., (Order No: 51058 ), $10.00
59. Hill, Henry Wayland, THE CHAMPLAIN TERCENTENARY 1909 - FIRST REPORT OF THE NEW YORK LAKE CHAMPLAIN TERCENTENARY COMMISSION - SECOND EDITION, J. B. Lyon Company Printer, Albany, NY, 1913 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 534pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) tight copy, Water stain to top corner of first 31 pages., (Order No: 41608 ), $15.00
60. Holden, James A. (state historian), THE CENTENARY OF THE BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG - AT PLATTSBURG, N.Y. SEPTEMBER 6 TO 11, 1914 -- 1814 SEPTEMBER 11 1914, Univ. of the State of N.Y., Albany, NY, 1914, B&W illustrations, 98pp, good, wraps (softcover), Interesting centennial celebration booklet on the War of 1812 battle. Of interest is one photograph of a cannon ball lodged in the wall of one home., (Order No: 45250 ), $25.00
61. Homberger, Eric, SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A CITY: CORRUPTION AND CONSCIENCE IN OLD NEW YORK, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1994, B&W illustrations, 358pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) owner's name, ISBN 0300068824 This vividly written book depicts life in mid-19th-century New York - a city glittering and glamourous yet also troubled with political corruption, santiation problmes, and a growing gulf between rich and poor., (Order No: 55352 ), $5.00
62. Hood, Clifton, 722 MILES - THE BUILDING OF THE SUBWAYS AND HOW THEY TRANSFORMED NEW YORK, Simon & Schuster, New York, (1993) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 335pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 067167756X, (Order No: 57582 ), $7.50
63. Horowitz, Irving Louis, DAYDREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: REFLECTIONS ON A HARLEM CHILDHOOD, Univ. Press of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, (1990) 1st ptg, B&W ill., 116pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) small nic bot spine, ISBN 0878054286 Here is an astonishing and candidly written memoir of one of America's premier social scientists. He recounts the intensely personal story of his tormented youth in a ghetto within a ghetto., (Order No: 35543 ), $10.00
64. Howland, John (editor), EXPLORING LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND ITS HIGHLANDS, The Lake Champlain Committee, Burlington, VT, 1981, B&W and color illustrations, 224pp, good, wraps (softcover), A guide including: maps, transporation, natural science, region's history, indoor and outdoor recreation., (Order No: 49144 ), $6.50
65. Humphrey, Robert E., CHILDREN OF FANTASY: THE FIRST REBELS OF GREENWICH VILLAGE, John Wiley & Sons, New York, (1978) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 267pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0471421006 In the years before the First World War, Greenwich Village became a gathering place for men and women who wished to express and act out their revolt against social conformity and middle-class culture. This book presents an intimate study of bohemian life in Greenwich Village during the early years of the twentieth century., (Order No: 37036 ), $40.00
66. Hutchins, Mason C. (edited by), THE NEW YORK RED BOOK 1940 - AN ILLUSTRATED STATE MANUAL, J. B. Lyon Company, Albany, NY, 1940, B&W illustrations, 636pp, good, decorated red cloth (hardcover) light fray bottom of spine, Information on the State Government; Portraits and Biographies of the State Officials; National Political Platforms; Portraits of National Candidates; Preliminary Figures From the Census of 1940; Important Bills Signed and Vetoed by the Governor; and, Measures Defeated by the Legislature., (Order No: 34828 ), $25.00
67. Irwin, J. A., HYDROTHERAPY AT SARATOGA - A TREATISE ON NATURAL MINERAL WATERS, Cassell Publishing Company, New York, (1892), 270pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) nice clean, bright and tight copy, Inscribed on the title page, "With the Author's Comp. to Dr. McEwin." Contents include: Saratoga; The Origin of Mineral Waters; Geological Conditions at Saratoga; Classification and Analysis; Component Parts of the Saratoga Waters; Metabolism, and Alternative Effects; Balneology, or the Science of Bathing; Therapeutic Applicability and Dietetics; A Practical Division of Saratoga Waters; General Precepts; Nosology; and, Bottled, recharged and artificial mineral waters. An interesting look at the 19th century custom of "taking the waters.", (Order No: 47173 ), $125.00
68. Jones, Louis C. (additional material by William J. Guilfoile and Clinton Van Zandt Hawn), COOPERSTOWN, NY State Historical Assoc., Cooperstown, NY, 1982 5th ed, B&W illustrations, 107pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0917334116 First published in 1949. Contents include: The Early Days; The Novelist and His Times; Lake Otsego; The Modern Village; Traditional Home of Baseball; The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital; A Center for History; The Association; Fenimore House; The Farmers' Museum; Bibliography., (Order No: 51453 ), $5.00
69. Kaiser, Charles, THE GAY METROPOLIS, 1940-1996, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1997 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 404pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, ISBN 0395657814 A compelling social and political history of modern gay life in America., (Order No: 31760 ), $4.50
70. Keller, Allan, LIFE ALONG THE HUDSON, Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Tarrytown, NY, (1976) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 272pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0912882212 The story of this majestic river and of the life along its banks for over three centuries., (Order No: 51149 ), $4.00
71. Kennedy, William, O ALBANY!, Penguin Books, New York, (1985), B&W illustrations, 402pp, good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0140074163 IMPROBABLE CITY OF POLITICAL WIZARDS, FEARLESS ETHNICS, SPECTACULAR ARISTOCRATS, SPLENDID NOBODIES, AND UNDERRATED SCOUNDRELS., (Order No: 44782 ), $4.00
72. Kisseloff, Jeff (with a new preface by the author, YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: AN ORAL HISTORY OF MANHATTAN FROM THE 1890S TO WORLD WAR II, Johns Hopkins University Pr., Baltimore, MD, (1999), B&W illustrations, 622pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0801863066 First published in 1989., (Order No: 3817 ), $6.00
73. Klein, Milton M. (foreword by Sidney I. Pomerantz), THE POLITICS OF DIVERSITY - ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF COLONIAL NEW YORK, Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY, 1974, 220pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0804690812 A reappraisal and interpretation of the historical importance of Colonial New York in eight essays in four parts: The Politics of Aristocracy and Democracy; Culture and Politics; Law and Politics; and, The New York Tradition., (Order No: 41258 ), $30.00
74. Knowler, Donald, THE FALCONER OF CENTRAL PARK, Karz-Cohl, New York, 1984 1st ed, 181pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0943828627 In this volume, British journalist Donald Knowler has written about the birds, animals, and humans he encountered during 1982 on his frequent sojourns to the park., (Order No: 31543 ), $7.00
75. Ladies Society of The South Amenia Presyterian Church (compiled by), A BOOK OF FAVORITE RECIPES - SOUTH AMENIA COOKBOOK - AMENIA, NEW YORK, Circulation Service, Shawnee Mission, KS, 1976, 91pp, fine, wraps (softcover) spiral bound, (Order No: 42245 ), $10.00
76. Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission, THE TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION OF THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND VERMONT, Lake Champlain Ter. Comm., of Vermont, 1910, B&W illustrations, 176pp, very good, limptan cloth (hardcover), History of the commission and the various celebrations held., (Order No: 52528 ), $75.00
77. Lamont, Thomas W. (president), ANNUAL OF THE UNIVERSITY CLUB - SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR 1932-1933, University Club, New York, 1932, 175pp, good+, olive green cloth (hardcover), Club House located at One West Fifty-Fourth Street, New York City., (Order No: 56203 ), $7.50
78. Levenson, Dorothy, MONTEFIORE: THE HOSPITAL AS SOCIAL INSTRUMENT, 1884-1984, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, (1984) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 338pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0374212287 This bookseller's grandfather, Ernest, was Medical Director of the Montefiore Hospital from 1920-28., (Order No: 4618 ), $7.50
79. Leviatin, David, FOLLOWERS OF THE TRAIL: JEWISH WORKING-CLASS RADICALS IN AMERICA, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (1989) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 299pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300043546 An oral and photographic history of a group of Jewish workers who in 1929 founded a summer retreat near Peekskill, New York, called "Followers of the Trail.", (Order No: 53318 ), $7.00
80. Lewis, O. F., THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN PRISONS AND PRISON CUSTOMS 1776-1845, Prison Association of NY, (1922) 1st ed, 350pp, good+, olive green cloth (hardcover), "With Special Reference to Early Institutions in the State of New York." The uncommon first edition., (Order No: 51666 ), $125.00
81. Lightfoot, Frederick S. (edited by), NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK IN RARE PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1981), 151 B&W illustrations, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486241378 The illustrations in this book are from rare stereographs., (Order No: 54882 ), $10.00
82. Liscum, Judith C. (and students), CANTON: THE TOWN FRIENDLINESS BUILT, published by the authors, Canton, NY, 1986, B&W illustrations, 100pp, good, wraps (softcover), The history of Canton, by a teacher and her students as a class project., (Order No: 41615 ), $20.00
83. Lossing, Benson J., THE EMPIRE STATE: A COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF NEW YORK, American Publishing Company, Hartford, CT, 1888, 335 B&W ill., 618pp, very good++, brown cloth (hardcover) EXCEPTIONALLY NICE COPY!!!, The volume contains a brief history of the powerful barbarian republic found by Europeans within the boundaries of the (present) State of New York; a narrative of the explorations, emigrations, and settlements of the Dutch, Swedes, and English in New Netherland; of the Indian wars and desolations; an account of the religions, social, and political organizations under Dutch rule; of the patroon and manorial estates planted along the tide-water region of the Hudson River; of the seizure and occupation of the domain by the English; the organization of the State government in 1777; its political, social, and military history as an independent State; its part in the drama of the War of 1812-15; the various changes in its constitution; its canals and railways; its agriculture, manufactures, and commerce; its literature, and its marvellous growth in population, wealth, and refinement, with biographical sketches of some of the most prominent actors in public life, from Stuyvesant to Tilden., (Order No: 35143 ), $165.00
84. Lossing, Benson J., VASSAR COLLEGE AND ITS FOUNDER, C. A. Alvord Printer, New York, 1867, B&W engravings, 175pp, good+, original decorated green cloth (hardcover) see note, Wonderful illustrations of Vassar College and its New York surrounds (lacking portrait of Matthew Vassar), and a fascinating history. We had this copy rebacked with the original spine laid back on, new endpapers installed. Very light wear to the corners, but a very clean and tight copy., (Order No: 37199 ), $95.00
85. Lubov, Don, SUFFOLK ILLUSTRATED: A SCENIC VIEW OF SUFFOLK COUNTY - INK DRAWINGS OF LONG ISLAND'S SUFFOLK COUNTY -- [NEW YORK], Lindon Publications, Southold, NY, (1984), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good++, spiral bound wraps (softcover), ISBN 093982003X, (Order No: 51079 ), $25.00
86. Lynch, Denis Tilden, "BOSS" TWEED: THE STORY OF A GRIM GENERATION, Boni and Liveright, New York, 1927 3rd ptg, 15 B&W ill., 433pp, good+, tan cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 18286 ), $7.50
87. Marshall, Ian, STORY LINE: EXPLORING THE LITERATURE OF THE APPLACHIAN TRAIL, Univ. Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, (1998), 284pp, fine, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0813917972 A guide to the literary history and geography of the Appalachian Trail and an exploration into the theory and practice of "ecocriticim"--the emerging field of literary scholarship informed by ecological awareness., (Order No: 43749 ), $20.00
88. Martinsen, Virginia C., THE COMPLETE NORTH FORK AND SHELTER ISLAND, N.Y. GUIDEBOOK: 1992 EDITION, Fall Free Publications, Mattituck, NY, (1992), B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 39918 ), $15.00
89. McClelland, Ralph A. (chairman); Bause, Florence A. (clerk), PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - SESSION OF 1939, Artcraft Press, White Plains, NY, 1939, 1196pp, index, good, brown cloth (hardcover) some spotting to rear board, "Together with Proceedings of Monthly Meetings Held June 5th, July 10th, August 7th, September 11th, October 2nd, November 6th.", (Order No: 55783 ), $30.00
90. McDonald, Douglas (with the assistance of Betty J. Bernstein), THE PRICE OF PUNISHMENT: PUBLIC SPENDING FOR CORRECTIONS IN NEW YORK, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, (1980), B&W tables and figures, 160pp, very good, rust color cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0891589120 This study presents a comprehensive description and analysis of how much money was actually spent in New York in 1977-1978, at all levels of government, for each of the control systems that incarcerate or supervise criminal offenders/defendants., (Order No: 38664 ), $35.00
91. McKelvey, Blake, ROCHESTER: A BRIEF HISTORY -- ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 97pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) EX-LIB, ISBN 0889460264 Contents include: Origins; America's First Boom Town; The Flour City; The Flower City; The People's City - 1890-1910; George Eastman's Town - 1910-1929; No City Is An Island - 1929-1945; Metropolitan Emergence - 1946-1965; A Grass-Roots Metropolis - 1965-1984. --- EX-LIB No External Marks., (Order No: 45314 ), $27.50
92. McLaughlin, Edward J., AROUND THE WATERING TROUGH: A HISTORY OF WASHINGTONVILLE, N. Y., Washington Centennial Cele., Washington, NY, (1994), B&W illustrations, 232pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) author signed, "For two hundred and sixty-three years the fertile bottom lands beside the Moodna Creek has nurtured a community we know as Washingtonville. Its story is included within these pages from its birth on the hunting lands of friendly native Americans to its becoming a bedroom community to more than five thousand modern settlers.", (Order No: 55004 ), $150.00
93. McMartin, Barbara, THE ADIRONDACK PARK: A WILDLANDS QUILT, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, (1999) 1st ed, B&W maps color illustrations, 94pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0815605676 Focuses on the uniqueness of the forty-four individual tracts that make up the two-and-one-half-million-acre Forest Preserve within the Adirondack Park., (Order No: 57053 ), $14.50
94. Ment, David, THE SHAPING OF A CITY: A BRIEF HISTORY OF BROOKLYN [BROOKLYN, NEW YORK], Brooklyn Educ & Cultural All, Brooklyn, NY, (1979), B&W illustrations, 103pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0933250037 Contents include: Exploration and Colonization; Colonial and Revolutionary Brooklyn, 1664-1800; Early Urban Brooklyn, 1800-1834; The Growing City, 1834-1865; The Maturing City, 1865-1898; The New Borough, 1898-1940; Modern Brooklyn, 194e0-1978; notes and bibliography., (Order No: 55288 ), $40.00
95. Merkling, Frank (et al), THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, The Viking Press, New York, (1965), B&W and color illustrations, 319pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 5149 ), $7.50
96. Merriam, Hilda Doyle, NORTH OF THE MOHAWK: SOME OF THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF NORTHERN NEW YORK, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1950, B&W ill., B&W map, 140pp, very good, clay color cloth (hardcover) signed by the author, "It is not difficult to visualize the land lying north of the Mohawk. In these United States of ours, it extends north to Canada; east to Lakes Champlain and George, and the upper Hudson River; and nearly west to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. This territory also comprises most of northern New York.", (Order No: 21585 ), $20.00
97. Millstein, Gilbert (text by); photographs by Bernard Hermann, NEW YORK, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1977), 186 color ill., 159pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 081091350X An affectionate and intimate text by New York newsman/novelist Gilbert Millstein and brilliant all-color photographs by Bernard Hermann portray the vastness and diversity of the Big Apple., (Order No: 20106 ), $12.50
98. Mitgang, Herbert, ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW YORK: JIMMY WALKER, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, AND THE LAST GREAT BATTLE OF THE JAZZ AGE, The Free Press, New York, (2000) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 259pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684855798 A sparkling account of the battle between Governor Roosevelt and Tammany Hall., (Order No: 32287 ), $7.00
99. Mohl, Raymond A., POVERTY IN NEW YORK, 1783-1825, Oxford University Press, New York, 1971, B&W tables and maps, 318pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195013670 From a variety of original sources--almshouse records, newspaper accounts, state and local poor laws, and the minutes of philanthropic organizations--the author is able to bring into view, in very human terms, the underside of existence in pre-industrial New York., (Order No: 33616 ), $12.50
100. Moravian Historical Society, A MEMORIAL OF THE DEDICATION OF MONUMENTS ERECTED BY THE MORAVIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ..., C. B. Richardson, New York, 1860, B&W illustrations, 185pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover), A MEMORIAL OF THE DEDICATION OF MONUMENTS ERECTED BY THE MORAVIAN SOCIETY, TO MARK THE SITES OF ANCIENT MISSIONARY STATIONS IN NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT. The following pages contain an account of the dedication of two monuments, lately erected by the Moravian Historical Society, on the sites of once flourishing Moravian mission stations, among the "New England Indians," in New York and Connecticut., (Order No: 54326 ), $45.00
101. Morris, Jeffrey B. (foreword by Michael A. Cardozo), "MAKING SURE WE ARE TRUE TO OUR FOUNDERS": THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 1970-95, Fordham University Press, New York, 1997, B&W illustrations, 185pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0823217388 Writing a sequel to George Martin's centennial history of the Association of the Bar, Jeffrey B. Morris has told the remarkable story of the Association during the first twenty-five years of its second century., (Order No: 30901 ), $17.50
102. Noyes, Pierrepont, MY FATHER'S HOUSE: AN ONEIDA BOYHOOD, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1965), B&W ill., 312pp, very good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket, The story of the Oneida Community., (Order No: 32354 ), $15.00
103. Peel, Roy V., THE POLITICAL CLUBS OF NEW YORK CITY, Ira J. Friedman, Inc., Long Island, NY, (1968), B&W illustrations, 360pp, very good, gray cloth (hardcover), First published in 1935. A study of political clubs., (Order No: 49182 ), $12.50
104. Perks, Micah, PAGAN TIME: AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD, Counterpoint, Washington, D.C., (2001) 1st ptg, 163pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 1582431477 The story of the author's struggle to make comprehensible her unorthodox childhood at her family's commune in the Adirondack wilderness., (Order No: 33951 ), $4.00
105. Petrash, Antonia, MORE THAN PETTICOATS: REMARKABLE NEW YORK WOMEN, TwoDot, Guilford, CT, (2002) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 175pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0762712236 Chronicles the accomplishments of twelve New York women whose lives made a profound and lasting mark in the history of the Empire State., (Order No: 40191 ), $6.00
106. Phillips, Sandra S. and Weintraub, Linda (compiled and edited by), CHARMED PLACES: HUDSON RIVER ARTISTS AND THEIR HOUSES, STUDIOS, AND VISTAS, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1988), 184 ill., inc. 99 color plts, 160pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810910411 Published by The Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College and The Vassar Colle ge Art Library for an exhibition held 1988 to 1989 at: Bard College, Vassar College Art Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, The Queens Museum, and finally at The Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York. This book presents the artists of the Hudson River School in an intriguing new light. Long regarded as devotees of untamed nature, these famed painters - Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic E. Church, and Asher B. Durand among them - are shown to have been equally interested in their own enviroment. The five experts' essays provide new insights into how the same aesthetic considerations that shaped the artist's paintings held true for their planned enviroment. These essays include: The Hudson Sits for Its Portrait: 1821-1902; Landscape Architecture and the Hudson River Valley: The Juncture of Nature and Technology; The Painted Environment; Documents of the Personal Landscape; The Artist's House and Studio in the Nineteenth-Century Hudson Valley. These are followed by a catalogue of plates; notes; brief chronology; and selected bibliography., (Order No: 15436 ), $50.00
107. Pirsson, John W., THE DUTCH GRANTS, HARLEM PATENTS AND TIDAL CREEKS ..., L. K. Strouse & Co., New York, 1889, map, 200pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), "The Law Applicable to those Subjects Examined and Stated in Connection with the Titles to: THE MCGOWN MARSHES, (or the Meadows in the Bay of Hell Gate0, THE HARLEM MILL CREEK, THE HARLEM MILL POND, MONTAGNE'S POINT, MONTAGNE'S FLAT and VAN KEULEN'S HOOK., With and Appendix containing copies of: Ancient Dutch Deeds and Records, Translated from the Originals and Authenticated by James Riker, Esq. This book comes from the legal investigations made by the writer for his own information and use in his law practice in New York. Internally a nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 51664 ), $300.00
108. Rawls, Walton H. (edited by), THE CENTURY BOOK OF THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Long Island Historical Soc., New York, (1964), B&W illustrations, 206pp, fine, brown cloth spine (hardcover) in very good slipcase, (Order No: 49499 ), $7.50
109. Reed, Henry Hope and Duckworth, Sophia, CENTRAL PARK: A HISTORY AND A GUIDE - SECOND EDITION, REVISED, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, (1972) rev ed, 37 B&W ill., 8 B&W maps, 166pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), Here is the story of America's most influential park from its design by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to the present day when it is once again being recognized as an artistic achievement of the highest order., (Order No: 34269 ), $6.00
110. Reid, Edwin A., ADIRONDACK REIDINGS VI - CAMPS AND CRITTERS, Reid Publications, Adirondack, NY, (1996) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 120pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 1890072060 A collection of camping stories in the Adirondacks., (Order No: 50208 ), $15.00
111. Roberts, Gwilym R., NEW LIVES IN THE VALLEY: SLATE QUARRIES AND QUARRY VILLAGES IN NORTH WALES, NEW YORK, AND VERMONT, 1850-1920, New Hampshire Printers, Somersworth, NH, 2000 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 470pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0966828204 Presents a picture of the life of the Welsh in the slate quarries and quarry villages of North Wales, their migration to the United States, and the creation of quarry communities in the slage valley of the New York-Vermont border., (Order No: 56877 ), $35.00
112. Robertson, Constance Noyes, ONEIDA COMMUNITY PROFILES, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 1977, B&W illustrations, 146pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0815601409 This book tells a private story of upstate New York's Oneida Community, and provides an intimate view of the early years, based on personal letters never intended for publication that Mrs. Robertson discovered recently., (Order No: 13176 ), $8.00
113. Robinson, NEW YORK, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1967), B&W and color drawings, unpaginated, good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), Robinson first saw New York in 1964, and fell wildly in love with the city. These architectural drawings are portrayed with the insight and compassion and humor of the master - the New York everyone who has seen the colossus on the Hudson, comes to understand and feel., (Order No: 36895 ), $30.00
114. Rock, Howard B. (edited by), THE NEW YORK CITY ARTISAN, 1789-1825: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, State Univ. of New York Pr., Albany, NY, (1989) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 273pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0791400964 This is the first collection of primary sources by and about artisans in the early national era., (Order No: 30749 ), $8.50
115. Root, Elihu; and Seymour, Horatio, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF HAMILTON COLLEGE, Published by the College, Clinton, NY, 1922, 292pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover), Contents include: The Centenary of Hamilton College, by Elihu Root; Documents illustrating the History of the College; Address at the Dedication of the Kirkland Monument, by Horatio Seymour; and, Address at the Unveiling of the Statue of Alexander Hamilton, by Elihu Root., (Order No: 39988 ), $65.00
116. Schwartz, Lynne Sharon, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOMES: A GREAT UNIVERSITY AGAINST ITS NEIGHBORS, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1985) 1st ed, 175pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060154799 A powerful narrative that blends social commentary and personal memoir focusing on one of the central issues of urban America, the struggle of people to keep their homes against the entrenched power of large institutions., (Order No: 36517 ), $15.00
117. Seibel, George A., ONTARIO'S NIAGARA PARKS 100 YEARS - A HISTORY, The Niagara Parks Commission, Ontario, Canada, 1985, B&W and color illustrations, 413pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0969108214 Excellantly done history of this summer resort tourist area., (Order No: 42011 ), $20.00
118. Serrao, John, THE WILD PALISADES OF THE HUDSON, Lind Publications, Westwood, NJ, 1986, B&W illustrations, 169pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0910389012 Contents include: Geology and Landform; History; Habitats of the Palisades; Other Flora of the Palisades; Fauna of the Palisades; Modern Problems and Solutions; A Palisades Tour Guide; and, much more., (Order No: 57130 ), $37.50
119. Seymour, Whitney North (preface by), THE HERITAGE OF NEW YORK -- LACKS WALKING MAP IN REAR POCKET, Fordham University Press, New York, 1970, 178 B&W ill., B&W maps, 402pp, very good++, gray cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0823208257 A permanent pictorial and written record of the first twelve years' work of the Community Trust. NOTE - This Copy LACKS the walking map in the rear pocket., (Order No: 18075 ), $12.50
120. Shanon, Rebecca Read, THE CITY THAT NEVER WAS, Viking, New York, (1988) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 254pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670805580 "Two Hundred Years of Fantastic and Fascinating Plans that Might Have Changed the Face of New York City." A collection of ideas and plans for the city (good and bad) that never quite came to fruition., (Order No: 55141 ), $30.00
121. Shopsin, William C. & Broderick, Mosette Glaser (introduction by Brendan Gill), THE VILLARD HOUSES: LIFE STORY OF A LANDMARK, The Viking Press, New York, (1980), B&W illustrations, 144pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, ISBN 0670746851 When Henry Villard built his handsome Roman Renaissance style mansion on Madison Avenue opposite the rear of St. Patrick's Cathedral he broke with an architectural tradition that had existed in New York for decades. He also spared no expense., (Order No: 6660 ), $10.00
122. Shoumatoff, Alex, WESTCHESTER: PORTRAIT OF A COUNTY, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York, (1979) 2nd ptg, 219pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0698109252, (Order No: 9339 ), $14.50
123. Simpson, Jeffrey, THE HUDSON RIVER, 1850-1918: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT, Sleepy Hollow Press, Tarrytown, NY, (1981) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 204pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0912882441 In more than 130 photographs, drawn from dozens of sources- -local historical societies, state museums, and private collections--life in the Hudson River Valley is explored from 1850 until 1918., (Order No: 39199 ), $14.50
124. Stone, Jill, TIMES SQUARE: A PICTORIAL HISTORY, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1982) 1st ptg, B&W ill., 176pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 002614770X In this fond and frank pictorial history of Times Square, you will meet some of its more famous revelers. You will follow the development of the area from its beginnings as a home for stables and drivers of the carriage trade to its present as the exciting though seedy center of American theater., (Order No: 33426 ), $45.00
125. Sullivan, Joseph T. P. (edited by), THE SHERIFF'S JURY AND THE BICENTENNIAL JANUARY 30, 1976, Second Panel Sheriff's Jury, New York, (1976), B&W ill., color frontis, 184pp, very good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) no slipcase, New York City in the colonial period and the American Revolution., (Order No: 30117 ), $12.50
126. Swanberg, W. A., THE RECTOR AND THE ROGUE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1968), B&W illustrations, 160pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Being the TRUE & INCREDIBLE Acc't of a DASTARDLY HOAX against an Upright (if rather Stuffy) Divine. It turned N.Y. upside down., (Order No: 35947 ), $4.00
127. The Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, LIVERPOOL, N.Y. 1830-1980 ITS FIRST 150 YEARS [LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK], Onon-Town Publishing Co., Baldwinsville, NY, 1980, B&W illustrations, 182pp, ads, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 56345 ), $25.00
128. Thomsen, Thomas Carl, A WALK AROUND THE SQUARE, Cross River Publications, Shelter Island, NY, (1999) 1st ptg, 140pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) "Review copy" on jacket, ISBN 0945288050 As Tom Hunter revisits Washington Square Park and the streets of Greenwich Village, once so important to him 50 years ago, he is reminded of events that had long been forgotten and now reoccur in sharp detail., (Order No: 35320 ), $25.00
129. Tooker, William Wallace (edited with an introduction by Alexander F. Chamberlain), THE INDIAN PLACE-NAMES ON LONG ISLAND AND ISLANDS ADJACENT WITH THEIR PROBABLE SIGNIFICATIONS, Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY, (1975), 314pp, good+, light gray cloth (hardcover), First published in 1911, and first reprinted in 1962., (Order No: 48087 ), $125.00
130. Trager, James, WEST OF FIFTH: THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF MANHATTAN'S WEST SIDE - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Atheneum, New York, 1987 1st ed, 101 B&W ill., 272pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0689117752 This book provides an abundance of anecdote about the rich tapestry that is the West Side of Manhattan. Here are stories of its residents, its schools, its concert halls, its avenues and its parks, its food stores, churches, synagogues, and mansions., (Order No: 10855 ), $12.50
131. Ultan, Lloyd (written in collaboration with The Bronx County Historical Society), THE BEAUTIFUL BRONX (1920-1950), Arlington House Publishers, New York, (1979), B&W illustrations, 192pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870004395 1920 to 1950 were unusual and exciting years to live in the Bronx--it was during this period that The Bronx grew from a rural and suburban hinterland of New York City to become a full-fledged part of the thriving metropolis., (Order No: 30790 ), $10.00
132. Underhill, Linda, THE UNEQUAL HOURS: MOMENTS OF BEING IN THE NATURAL WORLD, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, (1999) 1st ptg, 145pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0820320404 These essays describe elements of the natural world: wind, water, ice, fire, trees., (Order No: 27360 ), $8.50
133. Walton, Frank L., TOMAHAWKS TO TEXTILES: THE FABULOUS STORY OF WORTH STREET, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc, New York, (1953), B&W ill., B&W maps, 177pp, ill., good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This is a biography of an industry and a City--the story of New York as seen from Worth Street, the great primary textile market of the world., (Order No: 24094 ), $4.00
134. Warren, John H., THIRTY YEARS BATTLE WITH CRIME, OR THE CRYING SHAME OF NEW YORK AS SEEN UNDER THE BROAD GLARE OF AN OLD DETECTIVES'S LANTERN, Published by A. J. White, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1875 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 400pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, A fascinating look at late 19th century crime in New York City. The first part of the book is devoted to prostitution, and the second part discusses: Beggars and Paupers; Child Vagabonds; "Gamins of New York;" Food Poisoners; Gambling "Hells;" and, much more., (Order No: 55270 ), $100.00
135. Welfling, Weldon, SAVINGS BANKING IN NEW YORK STATE, Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 1939, B&W charts, graphs, tables, 205pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), A Study of Changes in Savings Bank Practice and Policy Occasioned by Important Economic Changes., (Order No: 27946 ), $45.00
136. Wilberforce, Eames, THE FIRST YEAR OF PRINTING IN NEW-YORK: MAY, 1693 TO APRIL, 1694, The New York Public Library, New York, 1928, B&W illustrations, 25pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 26949 ), $25.00
137. Williams, Emily (text by) and Cardamone, Helen (photography by) (foreword by David M. Ellis), CHERRY VALLEY COUNTRY, E. Williams & H. Cardamone, n.p., (1978) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 122pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Portrays the beauty and value of old structures in upper New York State preserving its priceless architectural heritage., (Order No: 48239 ), $25.00
138. Wilson, Rufus Rockwell (with Otilie Erickson Wilson), NEW YORK IN LITERATURE: THE STORY TOLD IN THE LANDMARKS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY, The Primavera Press, Inc., Elmira, NY, 1947, 372pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), "An attempt is made in these pages to tell the story of New York in literature as reflected in the landmarks of town and country, thus dealing with a large section of our literary annals in a manner that blends recorded fact with intimate personal impression.", (Order No: 21801 ), $5.00
139. Worman, E. Clark, THE SILVER BAY STORY, 1902-1952, Silver Bay Association, Silver Bay, NY, 1952, B&W illustrations, 133pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A fascinating story of the origin and development of Silver Bay through its first half-century, a story full of human interest and the enthusiasm of a great purpose., (Order No: 53455 ), $10.00