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New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown two-toned cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Lafever, Minard. 313 pages. 25 x 17.5 cm. 109 illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Lafever's Gothic Revival style was his major contribution to the development of New York architecture during its formative years. KARPEL B1125. "The major study, thoroughly documented.

Port Washington: Kennikat Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth lettered in silver. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 150 pages. 28 x 22 cm. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Presents a representative cross section of architecture on Long Island. Index.

New York: Century Co. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt. Teg. 2 vols. 601, 606 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Illustrated. Bibliography and extensive Index. Vol. I: a later edition (1914), Vol. II: a first edition (1905).

New York: Winkler & Kelmans, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated white boards. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper. 189 pages. 27.5 x 20 cm. Book and Maps designed by Clarence Pearson Hornung. "This general, and I might also say spontaneous, participation by other countries, is a gesture of friendship and good-will toward the United States for which I render grateful thanks." Excerpt from President Roosevelt's address at the opening ceremonies of the New York World's Fair, April 30, 1939. Bookplate, clean copy.

Buffalo: Privately Printed, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned cloth, front cover lettered and decorated in gilt. Near fine. 155 pages. Illustrated. Presidents of the Library 1836-1936. Librarians 1836-1936. Library Board Members. Limited edition, one of 1800 copies. A hundred year history of the Buffalo Public Library. Lovely copy.

Seneca Fall: Seneca Falls Historical Society, 1948. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed and stapled cream wrappers. Very good. 179 pages. Foreword by Elizabeth D. Howland. A series of Biographical and Historical Papers. Article on Indians of the 18th century in the Finger Lakes Region, et al.

Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. rust linen cloth and patterned boards with green and red spine labels. Portions of the green spine label faded. Near fine in fine black slipcase. 206 pages. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Title page printed in red and black, eighteen plates printed on glossy stock, a centennary celebration with the publication of this book to commemorate and delineate the outstanding features of its holdings. Manuscripts, maps and atlases, rarities, architectural matter, photographs are some of its valuable and distinctive possessions.

Scotsville: Carl F. Schmidt, 1965. First edition. Original Wraps. Loose as issued in printed wrapper portfolio. Very good. Folio, 33 x 26 cm. Signed presentation copy "to my friends Eleanor and Paul Eshbaugh from Carl F. Schmidt." Two pages in text and seven plates printed recto only on quality stock, drawings by the author, of Greek Revival homes. Introduction by Gertrude H. Moore. Two smudges cover of portfolio.

New York: New York Historical Society, 1912. First editions. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good. 2 vols. 407 pages. 24.5 x 15.5 cm. Vol. 1 mostly unopened. Book label of Kings County Historical Society front cover Volume I paste down. Small dampstain Vol. I margin head not affecting text, otherwise very clean and fresh. Volume II with extensive Index. With notation for Harlem Division of "White Wampum in the pound to be allowed his Excellency The Earle of Bellomont & John Fanfan Lt. Governour made ye 15th July 1699." Names of tax payers, where they lived and how much they paid. Rubbing to backstrip extremities.

New York: Grolier Club, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. vellum spine and tan boards. Teg. Fine. [xv] 49 pages. 23.5 x 15 cm. Limited edition, one of 300 copies printed by The Gilliss Press. The author died of consumption at the age of 25. He is considered part of the "Knickerbocker Group" including Fitz-Green Hallock, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant et al. Poe mocked his work. Bookplate of Parsce E. Simmons. Frontispiece off Drake and two illustrations.

New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1920. Third State. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth and brown boards with watercolored title label (possibly from the original wrapper). Near fine. Unpaginated. 28 x 21 cm. Twenty-one etched plates with tissue guards. Signed by wall and numbered "copy no. 12" in his hand on title page. The half title states "Limited to 50 copies," and Bernhardt's introduction notes, "Big business is fast butting in on the outskirts of the Village. Soon the Montmarte of America will be a mere memory." Pencil note 'Etched Printed Bound by Bernhardt Wall Dec 31 1921" and signed by him. This third state printed 1921. The etchings depict Greenwich Village buildings, characters, and street life. "An interesting pictorial presentation of 'the Monmartre of America' an area in Manhattan long frequented by authors, artists, and students"-- WEBER p.31. Nick to backstrip head.

New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 630 pages. 23 x 16.5 cm. Index. Much of these materials concern New York and the eastern seaboard, but a surprising amount covers affairs pertaining not only to the nation as a whole but also to other states and particular regions.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1909. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 341 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Nearly 50 illustrations -- mostly photographs of historic sites.

Albany: Brandow Printing Company, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. 2 vols. Very good. 1480 pages. 8vo, Fraud proceedings and conviction of Justice Warren B. Hooker. Paper spine labels on front covers and spines.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. leather_bound. Orig. full English tan calf, brown spine labels lettered and outlined in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 2 vols. Kemble, E.W.. 364 & 379 pages. 26 1/2 x 19 cm. Illustrations by E. W. Kemble. The Peter Stuyvesant Edition, copy 225 of 281 copies (being one for each year since the founding of Nieuw Amsterdam, 1614 to 1894, this number being 1839). Wide text margins with type within floral borders printed on linen paper, full page illustrations on Japan paper with lettered tissue guards. Cover decorations in gilt, State of New York Seal at center; windmill, crossed clay pipes, tankard and broad brimmed hat at each corner; silk moire endpapers. Extremely handsome presentation.

France & London: [Roto-Sadaq, Geneva for] Editions du Seul Album Petite Planete 1 & Photography Magazine, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gilt lettered black cloth. Fine. Unpaginated. 28 x 22.5 cm. 188 black and white photographs, with the original booklet of captions (printed in English) affixed to the binding by a black cord as issued. Designed by William Klein, illustrated with gravure reproductions of Klein's gritty photographs in an animated graphic sequence. Influential work, considered one of the first great pop books. He, along with Robert Frank are progenitors of street photography. Two text pages in French and English. HASSELBLAD 164. ROTH 140. Clean, fresh and bright copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. peach cloth. Very good in rubbed dust wrapper. 242 pages. Over 200 black and white illustrations depicting buildings no longer extant. Index. Illustrations and Sources. Many rare photographs are printed here for the first time, and is a startling reminder of how much has disappeared forever. KARPEL B792. "A fine book, the original purpose of which was to make a plea for historic preservation in New York in 1963.

Avon, Connecticut: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Quarter black goatskin and decorated gray cloth boards. Fine in fine black slipcase. Sigmund Abeles. 124 pages. 27 x 19.5 cm. With an original signed copper etching by Sigmund Abeles laid-in, "A Portrait of Maggie," which appears in the book as the frontispiece. Introduction by Shirley Ann Grau, printed at the Press of A. Colish. Limited edition copy 1267 of 2000 signed by Abeles, containing etchings reproduced by gravure (a type of intaglio printing ) but with no dots as in offset lithography. Laid-in the LEC 8 page letter and original Abeles etching. NEWMAN & WICHE 479.

London: William Heinemann, 1896. First English edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Teg. Very good. 148 pages. 16.5 x 11 cm. Crane self published the first edition in 1893. To his great dismay it sold so poorly, he was forced to give copies away. Today, he is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. His writing in the realist tradition presents early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism, to end unceremoniously in an early death at the age twenty nine. This English edition carries the sterling reviews of his successful "The Red Badge of Courage," as a frontispiece. Interior contents clean and fresh, front cover decorated and letter in gilt, spine faded.

New York: Rizzoli, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Fine in slightly rubbed dust wrapper. 263 pages. 28 x 22.5 cm. Introduction by Dean James S. Polshek. More than 200 illustrations including twenty-four in full-color. A centennial celebration of The Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, this book commemorates the occasion with a series of essays by Columbia faculty and graduate students.