IN THE GOLDEN NINETIES by BROWN, HENRY COLLINS - 1925

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Valentine's Manual, Inc., 1928. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. Covers somewhat soiled and rubbed, spine panel faded with age. Firm binding, clean interior. Illus. with sepia plates, endpapers. 1st edition: copyrighted 1927, dated 1928 on t.p. 422 pp., color frontis., illus. Decent reading copy..

Hastings ON Hudson: Valentine's Manual, Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages have some yellowing. Endpapers have foxing. Corners have bumped. Spine has some light fading, and is beginning to chip. Front hinge is beginning to loosen. .

Valentine's Manual, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York: Valentine's Manual, Inc., 1928. Very Good condition. Bound in the original blue cloth -- spine mildly sun-faded. Inner hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with 116 vintage photos and engravings. Full-color frontispiece features a scene of bicyclists along Riverside Drive in New York City. Pictorial endpapers show Skyline Views of New York in 1880 and 1899. This book takes a nostalgic look at New York City life in the 1890's. There are big sections on the theatre and movies with many photos of the stars, accounts of writers and illustrators, advertising, Wall Street, big hotels, the coming of the skyscraper, passing of the horse carriage, arrival of the hot dog, impact of the invention of photo-engraving on magazines, etc.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 422pp.

Good+/no dustjacket Valentine's Manual Inc Hastings on Hudson 1928 1st thus hardcover 8vo, 422 pages, color and b+w plates, index. Valentine's Manual #12, a look at late nineteenth century New York City with chapters on theatre, Wall Street, hotels, outlying districts, writers and illustrators, coming of the skyscraper etc. etc. Some wear at spine ends and light cover rubbing Light chipping at extremities of frontis illustration. Name inked on front endpaper. Solid and clean.

Hastings-on Hudson: Valentine's Manual, 1928. hardcover. very good(+). Color frontis, b/w illustrations throughout including endpapers 422 pages. 8vo, blue cloth. Hastings-on-Hudson: Valentine's Manual, 1928. A very good(+) copy--tiny dampstain to lower edge of rear endpapers, sunning to spine and a touch of spotting to front cover.<br/> <br/> New York City in the 1890's.<br/> <br/>

New York: Valentine's Manual, 1928. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Bumps to spine ends, clean, unmarked copy. (Valentine's Manual number twelve). The author looks back sadly at the passing of the "gay nineties", but looks ahead to advances in society; "Perhaps I may yet enjoy cigarette smoking by women. Nothing can surprise me any more". Interesting illustrations.

Hastings-On-Hudson, New York: Valentine's Manual, 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with light wear to the spine ends, lacking the dustwrapper.

Hastings-on-Hudson: Valentine's Manual, 1928. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good.

Hastings-On-Hudson: Valentine's Manual Inc., 1928. Blue hard cover w/black spine & cover lettering, photo endpapers, 422 pgs including Index & many b&w photo illustrations, as well as color frontis. Binding is FIrm, previous owner's label inside cover, mild spine fade. New York City in the early 1900's Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.