IRVING, Washington. A HISTORY OF NEW YORK FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY . BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER. Illustrated by Maxfield PARRISH. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1915. Second edition. xxxi + 299 pp. 4to., pale buckram with paper pastedown boards, front cover with Parrish illustration in sepia and gilt. Light soil and edgewear to spine, boards edgeworn, corners slightly bumped/paper chipped at lower corners. Ink gift inscription to owner on front flyleaf; slight offset pp. 26-7. Eight tipped in sepia tone illustrations by Parrish. "After all, gentle reader, cities of themselves, and in fact empires of themselves, are nothing without an historian.". Seller Inventory # 81959

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Title: A HISTORY OF NEW YORK FROM THE BEGINNING OF ...

Publication Date: 1915

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OUR STOCK of some 30,000 volumes includes one of the largest and finest inventories of books relating to Japan and East Asia in the country. In addition to a large general antiquarian stock, our areas of particular expertise are: children's books, photographica, Americana, historical archives, women's books, color plate books, early maps and atlases, sets and fine bindings, American and British literature, Japanese woodblock print books from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and travel and exploration. We buy and sell books in all these categories. Through the years, we have issued over 50 catalogues of general antiquarian and literary materials, along with 30 catalogues relating to Japan and East Asia. Members of the firm travel extensively in America and Asia, to buy libraries and to attend bookfairs and auctions.

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Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA
705 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA, 02130, U.S.A.

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All items sold net, paid in advance save by prior arrangement. Domestic shipping (via UPS or
Priority Mail) includes postage, handling & insurance. $6.50 first volume, $1.50 each additional for
Media Mail/orders under $100; $10.50 via UPS or Priority Mail. Overage due to excessive size and
weight will be adjusted. Foreign shipping to be determined. Payment by VISA/MC, money
order or check. Payment must be made in US funds and drawn on a US bank. Title does not pass
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