Pocket map. Lithograph with hand coloring. Image measures 23 5/8" x 36" Beautiful large scale map of Brooklyn, viewed from the perspective near the Brooklyn Bridge oriented toward the southeast. Drawn by George Welch for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The view shows sweeping views of the borough, with Navy Yard, downtown, and Brooklyn Heights in the foreground, extending to South Brooklyn and Coney Island and continuing to the east to show Jamaica Bay in the background. Points of interest such as Prospect Park and Greenwood Cemetery are prominently depicted. Buildings are rendered in axonometric detail, highlighting church steeples, smokestacks from factories, and commercial development along Atlantic Avenue. Major roadways are visible, with several intersecting at Grand Army Plaza. Seller Inventory # 307080

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Bird's-eye View of the Borough of Brooklyn; ...

Publisher: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York

Binding: unbound

Store Description

We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.

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Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
116 East 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022, U.S.A.

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All items are offered net, subject to prior sale.
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt -- please contact us first.
Payment by VISA, MASTERCARD & AMERICAN EXPRESS.
Appropriate sales tax will be added for all New York State residents.

Argosy Book Store, Inc.
Benjamin Lowry
116 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
USA

telephone 212-753-4455
fax 212-593-4784
email argosy@argosybooks.com

Shipping Terms:

Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are estimates based on an "average" book weighing 2 pounds and measuring no more than 10 x 7 inches. If your book(s) are heavy and/or large, we may contact you to request extra shipping charges...

DOMESTIC SHIPPING:
Media Mail (Book rate) is $4.00 for 1st volume and $2.00 for each additional volume.
Priority mail is $11.00 for 1st volume and $3.00 for each additional volume.
UPS is $14.00 for 1st volume, $3.00 for each additional volume.

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING:
Books of "average" size might be sent overseas via Global Priority Airmail for $35.00 each volume, but oversized or overweight books must be sent by other methods or carriers, and will almost certainly cost more, depending on the actual weight.

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