New Harlem, Past and Present: The Story of an Amazing Civic Wrong, Now at Last to Be Righted

By: Carl Horton Pierce; William Pennington Toler; Harmon De Pau Nutting

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, NY, New Harlem Publishing: 1903

Edition: First edition

Seller ID: 017007

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The history of the Harlem section of Manhattan and an overview of the legal prospects of the original landholders. Illustrated with period photos Green decorative publisher's boards. Moderately soiled. Some fraying to spine ends and corners. Hinges splitting but have been repaired with archival rice paper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Inventory No: 017007. Hardcover View more info

Toots

By: Considine, Bob

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Meredith Press: 1969

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 027246

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Biography of New York saloonkeeper and raconteur Toots Shore owner of Toots Shor's Restaurant. Black boards. Quarter bound with red cloth spine and silver lettering. Celebrity photographs throughout. Slight toning to top edge of boards. Jacket is attractive but about 1" chipped away from head of spine. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Second Printing. 214 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Inventory No: 027246. Hardcover View more info

Delegates Manual: New York Constitutional Convention 1915; The Convention Manual of Procedure, Forms and Rules for the Regulation of Business in the Seventh New York State Constitutional Convention

By: Francis M. Hugo; Charles S. Whitman (New York Governor); et al

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Albany, NY, J. B. Lyon: 1915

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 002871

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"Hon. Leroy A. Lincoln" (delegate) gold-stamped on cover. Individually hand autographed by nearly every delegate/attendee pictured in the volume over their photo/bio page. The 1915 Constitutional Convention made 33 recommendations, all of which were rejected by voters. 1915 was also the year when the New York State Legislature gave women the right to vote, but the bill was rejected by voters. Leroy A.Lincoln's autograph is present on his page but heavily faded. H... View more info

Plan For New York City 1969, A Proposal: 1 Critical Issues

By: New York City Planning Commission

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York City Planning Commission: 1969

Seller ID: 027100

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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. Size: 17" X 17". 181 pages. Quantity Availab... View more info

Plan For New York City 1969, A Proposal: 4 Manhattan

By: New York City Planning Commission

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York City Planning Commission: 1969

Seller ID: 027101

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Plan for the city proposed during the Lindsay Administration. Oversize. Maps charts and photos throughout. A great resource for a New York City, map or infographic aficionado. Book shows some splitting and chipping at spine ends but remains solid. Some creases/cracked corners and some insect damage. Some moisture damage and rumpling to back cover and final few pages. See my other listings for volume 1 on Critical Issues. Size: 17" X 17". 171 pages. Quantity Ava... View more info

The Block

By: Schoenstein, Ralph

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Random House: 1960

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 024792

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SIGNED and warmly inscribed by author to a linguist and author Maxwell Nurnberg. Novel of Manhattan children's life in the 1930s and 1940s. Stickball cover. Spaldeens and P.S. 87 mentioned in the flap copy. Picture of author (as a child) with Joe DiMaggio on rear flap. Heavy toning to edges and some chipping to corners. Book Clean, square and unmarked. Jacket in new Brodart protector. Stated First Printing. 137 pages. Illustrator: Oscar Liebman. Quantity Available: 1. S... View more info