bliss publishing co (4 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Gordon Morrison (illustrator). Second Edition. A crisp, clean, tightly bound softcover copy presenting light creasing to spine from having been previously gently read and presenting light shelf wear only.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Gordon Morrison (illustrator). Second Edition. A crisp, clean, tightly bound softcover copy presenting light creasing to spine from having been previously gently read and presenting light shelf wear only.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 224 pages,12mo hardcover, first edition. Illustrated, woodcuts in text, frontis. Cloth with gold stamping. Not in Howes, Decker, Streeter, Eberstadt, or Graff. Some staining on rear cover, some rubbing at cover edges, but overall, a very nice copy of a fragile book. 042407C.

Leather-bound. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. A study and commentary of dozens of aspects - historical, social, occupational, varying strata of society, of huge, varied, great bustle of an American city -- New York, New York. Small quarto (though at 700 pp., massively thick). Original sheep, with four raised bands to spine, and contrasting spine label, titling in gilt, to second compartment (down). Fabulous frontis of Churches of New York, an illustrated title page, and 24 additional illustrations, a number of which are full-page. Recent conservation and touch up, with both boards being reattached. Light rubbing to extremities, and remnants of four gilt highlights to bottom and top edges. Brown clay-based endpapers. Textblock is bright, clean, and pages supple to turn. The book is LOADED with fabulous anecdotes and historical tidbits. Lively storytelling! Some chapters include -- there are 90 Chapters in all!): The Rich and The Poor; New York Society; Wall Street; The Police;The Shipping; The Roughs; The Street-venders; The Ferries; The Parks; The Bowery; The Fortune-Tellers; The Bohemians; The Lager Beer Gardens; The Churches; The Theaters; The Dead Beats; The Boarding Houses; Horace Greeley; The Fifth Avenue; The Battery; The Gambling Houses; The Restaurants; The Five Points; The Morgue; The Daily Press; The Concert Saloons; Cornelius Vanderbilt; Broadway; The Thieves; Sunday in New York; Bleecker Street; The Gamins; The Demi-Monde; The Clubs; The Beggars; Street Railways; The Pawnbrokers; The Tombs; The Midnight Mission; Working Women's Home; Racing and Fast Horses; Gift Enterprises and Swindles; The Wickedest Woman in The City; The Child-Adopting System; Fanny Fern; Two Strong-Minded Women (Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton); Young Men's Christian Association; Public Schools; Distinguished Women; City Charities.and more! SABIN: 8667.