Search Results: History / New York from Hang Fire Books

1932. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 135 pages. History of steam power in New York City filled with uncommon infrastructure photos and attractive period two-color design and lettering. Appendix in back of the steam power capacity of numerous landmark buildings. Some toning and age-darkening to boards with some bumping and fraying to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 pounds. Category: History::New York ; Inventory No: 030133. BZDB373 History::New York ; Unbranded New York Steam Corporation 50 Years of New York Steam Service: The Story of the Founding and Development of a Public Utility

1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Stated First Edition. 236 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Some reading-wear and bumping to corners. SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner. Jacket intact but somewhat rubbed and tattered at corners. Some toning to jacket and page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: History::New York ; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 030316. BZDB373 History::New York ; Signed by Author Unbranded Marion Edey Early in the Morning

[New York], 1982. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 145 pages. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Paper model intact and unused in a pocket on the inside back cover. Slight scuffing and reading-wear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: History::New York ; ISBN: 0960689222. Inventory No: 030355. BZDB373 History::New York ; Unbranded ISBN: 0960689222 Deborah Nevins Grand Central Terminal: City within the City

1964. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1331 pages. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight reading-wear and bumping to corners. Native New Yorkers business and attraction guide with well-written, experiential description of visits. Sections on: Bookstores, Japanese Interest, Czech Interest, and many more highly specialized topics. Illustrator: Ruby Davidson; Hilda Simon. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 pounds. Category: History::New York ; Inventory No: 030677. BZDB373 History::New York ; Ruby Davidson; Hilda Simon Unbranded Harold H. Hart Hart's Guide to New York City

New York, 1949. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Paperback Original. 143 pages. (Mentor Guide, New American Library G2) Paperback Original, first printing of mid-century guidebook to New York City. Attractive vintage pocket paperback. Almost fine. Binding solid. Cover glossy. Some laminate peel and rubbing to edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: History::New York ; Inventory No: 031050. BZDB373 History::New York ; Unbranded Carl Maas How to Know and Enjoy New York (Mentor Guide)

1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. First Printing. 322 pages. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Book square and solid. Jacket shows some medium/large chips along edges and toning to spine and extremities. Text unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: History::New York ; Inventory No: 030297. BZDB373 History::New York ; Unbranded Meyer Berger; Brooks Atkinson (foreword) Meyer Berger's New York

1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition. 288 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Extended essay on life in New York city attractively illustrated with glossy photos by Sam Falk. Long ink inscription on flyleaf. Black boards. Heavy bumping and fraying at corners. Some fading to edges. Illustrator: Sam Falk. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 pounds. Category: History::New York ; Inventory No: 030210. BZDB373 History::New York ; Sam Falk Unbranded Gilbert Millstein New York: True North

1985. Softcover. Good Condition. 160 pages. Photo essay on New York City's Greenwich Village with photographs by: Jack Berger; Anthony Lanza; Brown Brothers; Carl Paler; Stieglitz; William Acker; Susan Maytell; Geoffrey Dahlberg; M. Cohn; Berenice Abbott; Noel Brandel; Gail Greg; Bill Biggart; H. Kaplan Gaylord. Oblong oversize paperback. Book solid. Some moisture rumpling and discoloration to edges of cover and bottom edge of text block. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: History::New York ; Inventory No: 030211. BZDB373 History::New York ; Unbranded R. Btuce Gaylord The Picture Book of Greenwich Village

1970. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 17" X 17". 181 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Plan for the city proposed during the Lindsay Administration. Oversize. Maps charts and photos throughout. Pocket in the rear contains 3 oversize foldout maps. A great resource for a New York City, map or infographic aficionado. Book shows some splitting at spine ends but remains solid. Sunning to bottom edge of cover. Some creases/cracked corners and some insect damage. See my other listing for volume 4 on Manhattan. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 4 pounds. Category: History::New York ; ISBN: 026264004X. Inventory No: 027100. BZDB373 History::New York ; ISBN: 026264004X New York City Planning Commission Plan For New York City 1969, A Proposal: 1 Critical Issues

1961. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 127 pages. Text unmarked. Some reading-wear and bumping to corners. Beat-era essayist. Vintage paperback in pictorial wraps. Pages edge-toned with some chipped corners. Binding stressed at one point but solid. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: History::New York ; Inventory No: 030530. BZDB373 History::New York ; Unbranded Seymour Krim; Foreword by Norman Mailer Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer

1983. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 334 pages. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight reading-wear and bumping to corners. Presentation copy. SIGNED and inscribed by author to artist Vivienne Wechter. Author's obit clipping laid-in. Book solid. Jacket shows some nicks and discoloration to edges. Some vintage tape repairs on inside surface of jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: History::New York ; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0060151099. Inventory No: 030248. BZDB373 History::New York ; Signed by Author Unbranded ISBN: 0060151099 Elizabeth Lyttleton Sturz Widening Circles