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New York: Common Council, 1854. Hardcover. 12mo; Fair/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ, rebound; Spine, black with gold print; Boards in black cloth with gold print, mild wear to spine head; Text block has tanning to endpapers, missing frontispieces (maps), paper is lightly age-toned with foxing, intermittent spine breaks, checked against The Society of Iconophiles "Index" (1906) many of the numerous illustrations, many on folded plates, (maps, engravings, facsimiles, etc.) are missing, also missing are pages 441-442 and 527-528; Spine title: Manual of the Common Council, City of New York, 1854"; xii,560 pages, illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Room X, atop one of the bookcases. 1317554. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Edmund Jones & Co., Printers. A clean, hardcover copy in poor condition: cracked joints and hinges, cloth worn and frayed at extremities, corners lightly bumped; tears, stains and wear at end papers, but the remaining text block is clean, several antique pencil signatures on front end papers. No DJ, as issued. . Poor. Hardcover. 1865.

New York: Common Council, 1856. Hardcover. 12mo; Fair-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ, rebound; Spine black with gold print; Boards in black cloth, slight wear to spine caps, slight shelfwear; Text block has tanning to endpapers, intermittent spine breaks, age-toning to paper, some foxing, a check against The Society of Iconophiles "Index" (1906) showed that all of the numerous illustrations, some on folded plates, (maps, chromolithographs, engravings, facsimiles, etc.) are present except the frontispiece map, portion of folded illustration at page 426 is present but separated from remainder, pages 585-600 are water stained; Spine title: Manual of the Common Council, City of New York, 1856; xi, 630 pages, illustrated (some color). 1317628. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Common Council, 1860. Hardcover. 12mo; Fair/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ, rebound; Spine black with gold print; Boards in black cloth, slight wear to spine caps, slight shelfwear; Text block has spine break at page 324, inscription in ink on front endpapers, water stains to some pages and plates, mild age-toning to paper, some foxing, frontispiece map separated from binding, pencil notation to pages 296-315, spotting at top of pages 428-429, a check against The Society of Iconophiles "Index" (1906) showed that of the numerous illustrations, some on folded plates, (maps, chromolithographs, engravings, facsimiles, etc.) about one quarter are missing, also missing are pp. 103-104; Spine title: Manual of the Common Council of New York, 1860; xi, 630 pages, illustrated (some color). NOTE: Shelved in Room X, atop one of the bookcases. 1317627. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Common Council, 1860. Hardcover. 12mo; Fair/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ, rebound; Spine, black with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print, mild wear to spine head, small surface tears on rear; Text block missing frontispieces (2 maps), title page tearing at hinge, paper is lightly age-toned with some foxing, checked against The Society of Iconophiles "Index" (1906), the numerous illustrations, many on folded plates, (maps, chromolithographs, engravings, facsimiles, etc.) are present but for the frontispieces; Spine title: Manual of the Conmon [i.e., Common] Council of N.Y. 1860"; xi, 630 pages, illustrated (some color). NOTE: Shelved in Room X, atop one of the bookcases. 1317553. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Common Council, 1863. Hardcover. 12mo; Fair+/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ, rebound; Spine black with gold print; Boards in black cloth, slight wear to spine caps, slight shelfwear; Text block has cracked front hinge, spine break at page 622, tanning to endpapers, mild age-toning to paper, very slight foxing, tears to map frontispiece, a check against The Society of Iconophiles "Index" (1906) showed that the numerous illustrations, some on folded plates, (maps, chromolithographs, engravings, facsimiles, etc.) are mostly present (absent are illustrations at pages 120 and 352); Spine title: Manual of the Common Council, City of New York, 1863; xii, 852 pages, illustrated (some color). NOTE: Shelved in Room X, atop one of the bookcases. 1317626. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Common Council, 1864. Hardcover. 12mo; Fair/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ, rebound; Spine black with gold print; Boards in black cloth, slight wear to spine caps, mild surface tear to spine, slight shelfwear; Text block has tanning endpapers, cracked front hinge, some age-toning to paper, slight amount of foxing, a check against The Society of Iconophiles "Index" (1906) revealed that about half of the numerous illustrations, some on folded plates, (maps, chromolithographs, engravings, facsimiles, etc.) are missing, also some pages are missing, e.g. 669-672, 753-754, tattering to map frontispiece, seeming water stains to some plates; Spine title: Manual of the Common Council, City of New York, 1864; xiv, 856 pages, illustrated (some color). NOTE: Shelved in Room X, atop one of the bookcases. 1317622. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Common Council, 1866. Hardcover. 12mo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ, rebound; Spine black with gold print; Boards in black cloth, slight wear to spine caps, slight shelfwear; Text block has tanning endpapers, cracked hinges, some age-toning to paper, slight amount of foxing, a check against The Society of Iconophiles "Index" (1906) showed that the numerous illustrations, some on folded plates, (maps, chromolithographs, engravings, facsimiles, etc.) are all present, though the NYC "Plan" at page 766 seems to have been moved, tipped in behind frontispiece map and there is a tear at spine to this "Plan"; Spine title: Manual of the Common Council, City of New York, 1866; xvi, 820 pages, illustrated (some color). NOTE: Shelved in Room X, atop one of the bookcases. 1317623. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: McSpedon & Baker, 1850. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5" x 7 1/2. FAIR/ NO DUST JACKET. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK. 552 pages. Text clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. Multiple charts and maps throughout, six of them folded and tipped in. Green cloth boards with gilt gilt coat of arms at front, lettered in gilt at spine. Boards rubbed and soiled, corners worn to boards, spine top and tail rubbed. Front hinges starting to crack, back hinge good, text block broken at pages 288-289, all pages remain attached.

New York, New York, U.S.A: Chas. W. Baker, 1857. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5 x 7 1/2. FAIR / NO DUST JACKET/ FORMER LIBRARY BOOK. 571 pages. Text is unlined. Discoloration and staining on some of the pages. Three fold out maps and multiple tables and illustrations throughout. Maps are slightly torn, as well as one of the illustrations. Library markings on the cover pages. Original brown embossed board with light brown lettering on the spine. Gilt seal on the front cover.Cover is torn at the top of the spine, and worn on the bottom of the spine and edges. Library tape on the outside. Binding and hinges are somewhat loose and cracked.

New York: D. T. Valentine, 1863. Decorative Boards. Very Good. The 1863 issue of D.T. Valentine's epic 19th century manual of New York City. Tight and VG to VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with lavish blindstamping and gilt-design and titling to the panels. Dozens of fold-out maps, charts and crests throughout, a number of them in chromolithography. A gennereous amount of engravings as well, all designed to give a deep visual sense of a city which by the mid 19th century was already teeming with life and commerce. Very thick 12mo, over 860 pgs. of text.

1864. (NEW YORK CITY). VALENTINE, D.T. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, 1864. Thick 8vo. Illus. with engravings and folding maps (many in color). 856pp. Very good copy.

1865. (NEW YORK CITY). VALENTINE, D.T. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, 1865. [N.Y., 1865]. Profusely illus. including engraved portrs. and lithographic views, some tinted, 13 in full color (two folding). very large folding map, tinted. 879pp. Orig. cloth. Very good copy with the plates in fine condition.

1855. (NEW YORK CITY). VALENTINE, D.T. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, for 1855. [N.Y., 1855]. Illus. including numerous lithographic views, two large folding. Two very large folding maps. 600, (1)pp. Orig. cloth. A very good copy with the plates and fragile maps in good condition.

1863. (NEW YORK CITY). VALENTINE, D.T. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, 1863. [N.Y.: D.T. Valentine, 1863]. Illus. xii, 852pp. Very good copy illus. with engraved and lithographic views (many in color). Bound in orig. cloth.

1860. (NEW YORK CITY). VALENTINE, D.T. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, for 1860. [N.Y., 1860]. Profusely illus. including numerous lithographic views, one very large, some folding. folding facs. three folding maps, one tinted (collates complete). 630pp. Orig. cloth, rebacked. A very good copy with the fragile maps in particularly good condition.

New York: Thomas Snowden, printer, 1842. 1st. Cloth. Very Good-. 1st edition. A Very Good - copy. 16mo., 253 pp., with a large folding street map, large folding Plan (on light paper), Large folding engraving of Crotan Dam, a folding view of New Amsterdam, as well as many charts. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth, with the seal of New York in gilt on the front board, and the title on the spine.. Small loss at the spine's crown; Joints' cloth cracking. Small spot on the front end paper, from a piece of paper sticking. News clipping taped to the rear end paper (small article stating the Valentine Manual from 1857 selling at auction for $7.50). Large folding maps and plans do have small tears where they join the binding. Tight, with very clean maps, plane, views and text.

1856. (NEW YORK CITY). VALENTINE, D.T. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, for 1856. [N.Y., 1856]. Profusely illus. including one folding illus. in color and numerous lithographic views, some folding. folding facs. 2 very large folding maps, one tinted. (collates complete). 600pp. Orig. cloth. A fine copy with the maps and plates in particularly good condition.

(NEW YORK CITY). VALENTINE, D.T. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1858. [New York: Chas. W. Baker, Printer, 1858]. 646pp. Illus. with numerous lithographic views (including two folding views), facsimiles (some folding), folding maps. Orig. gilt-armorial blindstamped cloth. Light scattered foxing, very old waterstain to lower outside corner of front free endpaper, small tear to map of City and County of New York, else a very good copy.

New York City: D.T. Valentine, Clerk Common Council, 1864. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Resolved in 1864 by the NYC Mayor, Board of Councilmen and Aldermen that D.T. Valentine Clerk of the NYC Common Council was to print this Manual and publish in 9000 copies, this copy has 856 pages with original cover boards, spine with hairline split where map is internally bound is very much intact but outer shell is missing, inner hinges are intact, 2 folded maps (Matthew Dripps colored map of NYC & vinicity and a Hayward reproduction of a topographical drawn map of British military activity around NYC in 1776) are present in fragile condition with possible missing leafs, by count there are 17 Major Knapp 4.5 X 7 color lithographs (2 foldout), 12 Hayward lithographs (5 colored including Fulton Ferry Lith, 5 black & white, 2 foldout), a foldout lithograph of the Terrace Central Park, Baptismal records of the Dutch Church 1667-1720, foldout map of the residence of Thomas Paine,… Read More