Beschreibung:

NEW YORK]. A collection of 268 volumes and pamphlets relating to New York City and some to New York State, including many guidebooks, illustrated histories, municipal records, corporate and commemorative histories, biography, photography books, event programs and journals. Various places, v.d. [19th-20th century]. Various sizes. Various bindings. Examples from the collection include: HARDIE, James. The Description of the City of New-York... New York, 1827. -- SUTTON, Charles. New York Tombs; its Secrets and its Mysteries. Being a History of Noted Criminals, with Narratives of their Crimes . New York, 1874. -- MCCABE, James. New York by Sunlight and Gaslight . New York, [1880s]. -- LOSSING, Benson J. History of New York City . New York, [1884]. 2 vols. -- JOHNSTON, Henry P. The Battle of Harlem Heights . New York, 1897. -- SMITH, Francis Hopkinson Charcoals of New and Old New York . Garden City, 1912. -- SHACKLETON, Robert. The Book of New York . Philadelphia, 1920. -- HAVENS, Catherine Elizabeth. Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York . New York, [1920]. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by Catherine E. Havens. -- BONNER, William Thompson New York, the World's Metropolis 1623-4--1923-4...With Review of the Interim Accomplishments of its Citizens. Commemorative Edition . New York, 1924. -- COOPER, James Fenimore. New York...being an introduction to an unpublished manuscript, by the author, entitled "The Towns of Manhattan" . New York, 1930. LIMITED EDITION, no. 139 of 765 copies. -- WAYNE, Gerry. Around New York in Rhyme . New York, 1938. -- DUNSHEE, Kenneth Holcomb. Enjine!-Enjine! A Story of Fire Protection . New York, 1939. -- WRONECKI, Daniel. New-York . Paris, [1949]. -- MCCULLOUGH, Esther Morgan, ed. As I Pass, O Manhattan. An Anthology of Life in New York . New York, 1956. -- LAPOW, Harry. Coney Island Beach People . New York, 1978. (268)