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The New Metropolis, 1600-1900; Memorable Events of Three Centuries from the Island of Mana-Hat-Ta to Greater New York at the Close of the Nineteenth Century. Edition De Luxe
by ZEISLOFT, E. Idell, Ed
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Appleton, 1899. First edition, Edition De Luxe, limited to 750 numbered copies. Number 47, printed for Gilbert M. Plympton, Esq. Leather bound folio. An extensive resource and visual history of New York City. Weighs over 16 pounds. Published NY: Appleton, 1899. Thick oblong folio, 14 1/2" x 11 1/4", 640pp. plus 17 maps, 1000 engraved illustrations and full page and double page photographs in black & white and color, captioned tissue guards, plus street maps of New York City in color, errata slip laid in.. Bound in brown pebbled leather with gilt titles and gilt embossed seals of New York City, all edge gilting, printed on heavy coated paper. Chips to the leather, splitting at the joints, rear inner hinge split and separating, rear cover loose, moisture residue affecting the rear hinge and last 16 sheets (street maps), leaving one to two inches of the map stuck to its facing page at the bind. Some tearing/chipping to some edges, light sweating to a few preliminaries but most pages unaffected and clean. Still a solid working volume with most pages very good. . 1st. Hard. Fair/No Jacket. Folio.
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- The Wild Muse
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- 009202
- Title
- The New Metropolis, 1600-1900; Memorable Events of Three Centuries from the Island of Mana-Hat-Ta to Greater New York at the Close of the Nineteenth Century. Edition De Luxe
- Author
- ZEISLOFT, E. Idell, Ed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Appleton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- Folio
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York; American History & Americana;
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