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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Seller: Pheonix Books and Collectibles, Clearfield, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in overall good condition with light general wear, clean throughout. Dust jacket with light shelf wear. Seller Inventory # 0001828
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. Seller Inventory # 113511
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. ISBN: 0804814309, Hardback, 1st edition, Near Fine in a Very Good Plus DJ; DJ has a few light scratches and light wear to back panel, very tiny closed tear to bottom front edge, illustrated, no internal markings, 8vo., 242 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0. Seller Inventory # 07552
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Seller Inventory # 147352
Seller: Popeks Used and Rare Books, IOBA, Oneonta, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Jouney back to the past with the author and travel on to the present along boulevards, alleyways and paths leading from The Battery and Chinatown to Harlem and Morningside Heights. Book and jacket are both in very good condition with light wear and jacket is price clipped-jacket in mylar. 1st printing. 241 pages, 8.5 x 5.5. Seller Inventory # 405392
Seller: funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean and tight and square with sharp corners. Nice white pages. Great photos. Very little shelfwear. The dust jacket is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. History, Manhattan. Seller Inventory # 050506
Seller: Gebhard and Burkhart Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper with a bit of wear. This is a "Lively" history of the "Empire City", New York City through the ages. "Hell's Kitchen" Greenwich Village", from the Battery to Harlem. Seller Inventory # 005149
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # 018056
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Cloth, Gilt Titles. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. History of Manhattan, New York City - The Bowery, The Tenderloin, Hell's Kitchen, Greenwich Village etc. 241pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding and a similar dustjacket. Weight, 550g. Size: 8 3/4" Tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 14781
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First printing. About fine in like dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 78697