A lively (not "dry") history of Manhattan, New York, the "Empire City" of the "Empire State"! True accounts of "The Notorious Bowery," "The Ill-Famed Five Points," "The Naughty Tenderloin," "Hell's Kitchen," "Greenwich Village," in fact every sector of "The Queen City"! Jouney back to the past with Mrs. Margarette de Andrade and travel on to the present along boulevards, alleyways and paths leading from The Battery and Chinatown to Harlem and Morningside Heights. You'll recognize many of the people - the great and not so great of their times. Former proud landmarks are resurrected phoenix-like to once agian line historic avenues. Yes, the way is nostalgic! And, yes, the trip is one you won't forget!
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Anbieter: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1988. First edition, 1988. Lively history of Manhattan, with true accounts of its more celebrated and notorious neighborhoods. Brick red cloth with heavy gilt cover lettering, 242 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, looks and feels new, with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Artikel-Nr. 018056
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Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: fine. First. Illustrated. 241 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w. Rutland & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1988). First printing. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Artikel-Nr. 339212
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Anbieter: MW Books, New York, NY, USA
First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages; Description: 241 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject: New York (N.Y.) -- History. New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. Manners and customs. 1 Kg. Artikel-Nr. 219949
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