Sunshine and Shadow In New York

Hartford: J. B. Burr and Company. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1868. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Gilt blind-stamped title on front, gilt decorated spine. From the author's introduction: "My purpose in this book has been to draw the Great Metropolis with its lights and shades, in a series of graphic papers: to sketch New York as I… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: J. B. Burr and Company. Very Good-. 1869. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean solid condition. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. The book covers… Read more about this item

Hartford, Connecticut: The J. B. Burr Publishing Co., 1879. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Take a stroll through 19th-century New York City in this lively survey of "representative men" & important places from the Great Metropolis of New York, in 854 pages, replete with steel engravings on somewhat heavier, darker beige paper throughout, including frontispiece.… Read more about this item

Hartford: J. B. Burr and Company. Very Good-. 1868. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear and soiling. Internally nice and tight. ; All edges gilt. Smith was a Unitarian minister and author. This book was his last one, describing his personal experiences in New York. Numerous woodcuts. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 718 pages… Read more about this item

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

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.

"Sunshine and Shadow in New York" by Matthew Hale Smith. 1869; J.B. Burr and Company; Hartford. The book features an illustrated title page (with tissue guard) and eleven full-page plates. From the Introduction: "My purpose in this book has been to draw the Great Metropolis with its lights and shades, in a series of graphic papers: to sketch New York… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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",… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Hartford: J. B. Burr and Company, 1869. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The second edition of this thorough descriptive guide to New York, highlighting both the good and the bad of the city. The second edition of the work. First published the year prior. In the original publisher's cloth. With a leaf of publisher's advertisements to… Read more about this item

Hartford, J.B. Burr and Company, 1868.Original cloth (spine faded and sl. damaged). With wood-engraved title-page and 11 wood-engraved plates. 712; (2) pp.First edition. - 'My purpose in this book has been to draw the Great Metropolis with its lights and shades, in a series of graphic papers: to sketch New York as I have seen it'. (Introduction). -… Read more about this item

J. B. Burr and Company . Original brown cloth with black ad bright gilt titles and design. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1879.

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… Read more about this item

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.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

J. B. Burr and Company . Original brown cloth with gilt titles and design. Ware to the spine ends gutters and to the extremities. Front hinge starting. Page tops gilt. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1868.

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