Sunshine and Shadow in New York by Smith, Matthew Hale - 1869

hartford: j b burr and co, 1868. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW IN NEW YORK Matthew Hale Smith J.B. BURR AND CO., 1868. Illustrated with engraved plates. Wonderful title. -City Life-High Life in NY-Wall Street-Sailors in NY-Swindlers-Bowery-Central Park and MUCH more. 712 p. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW IN NEW YORK Matthew Hale Smith J.B. BURR AND CO., 1868. Illustrated with engraved plates. Wonderful title. -City Life-High Life in NY-Wall Street-Sailors in NY-Swindlers-Bowery-Central Park and MUCH more. 1869 SUNSHINE AND SHADOW in New York City post civil war crime gangs illustrated Age: 146 years old! SUNSHINE AND SHADOW IN NEW YORK Matthew Hale Smith J.B. BURR AND CO., 1868. Illustrated with engraved plates. Wonderful title. -City Life-High Life in NY-Wall Street-Sailors in NY-Swindlers-Bowery-Central Park and MUCH more.

Book in Fair condition, with weak hinges, spine slightly cocked, light foxing beginning, and moderate wear at corners of cover as well as discoloration.

Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012-02-22. Paperback. Good.

Hartford, CT: J. B. Burr and Company, 1868. First Edition. Cloth. Good Plus. 8vo. 712 pp. + 2 pp of ads. Compendium of New York institutions of day, Wall Street, Alexander Stewart, clubs, moneycracy, morality of city, Harper Brothers the publisher, John Jacob Astor, Beecher, crime, the police, Cornelius Vanderbilt, detectives, Blackmailing, the Five Points, the Bowery, sailors, Fernando Wood, the new Central Park, the lowly, gambling, and on and on. A must for anyone with a passion for old New York. Purple boards soiled. Boards remain attractive, spine less so. While there is slight looseness to front hinge, still reasonable tight and pages clean, if very toned.

J. B. Burr, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good. 1869; Hartford; rebound in green cloth over black with 5 raised bands and gold titles; mild shelf wear; interior pages are toned but unmarked; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 718 pages; Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

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Burr & Co, 1869. First edition preserved in a beautiful modern full leather binding. Some scattered foxing and toning of pages. Pristine new endpapers. Leather binding is fine.. Ten of the twelve original engraved illustrations present. Frontispiece is missing as is the illustration opposite p. 437 " Inside Harry Hill's Dance House.". Chapter titles include: The City of Hew York; High Life in New York; Wall Street; Alexander T. Stewart; A Shoddy Party; Mrs. Burdell-Cunningham; Sharp Business, and its Value; Mr. Beecher and Plymouth Church; Harper Brothers; Stock and Oil Preachers; John Jacob Astor; Black-Mailing as an Art; Sunday in New York; Detective Force of New York; A Night Among the Detectives; The Tombs on Sunday Morning; Police Force of New York; William B. Astor; Cornelius Vanderbilt; The Five Points; The Bowery; Philip Phillips, the Christian Vocalist; Sailors in New York; Fulton Street Prayer-Meeting; and sixty-nine more chapters. "My purpose in this book has been to draw the Great… Read More

Hartford, CT: J. B. Burr and Co., 1869 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. RARE copy of this post Civil War look at New York City - "its lights and shades" from the author's observations, including "selected representative men, things, and places. . .". Covers from Wall Street to the Bowery, from Central Park to the "low class gambling houses", its social evils, the children of Abraham, New York churches, and so much more. 718 pages, illustrated. Binding has a dampstain on the front cover, is a bit faded, has moderate wear to the spine ends, minor age-toning of pages..

Hartford, CT: J B Burr and Company, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 712p octavo, illustrated. Inner hinges cracked, fraying along the extremties, contents good and clean.