Gilder Rodman (32 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1936; glossy red cloth covered boards with black and gold titles; wear and discoloration around edges; corners are bumped; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Ex-library with typical stamps and markings; marks and notations throughout book; 304 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. 40 pages. Ex-college library marks, missing the spine; pages toned with age; a reading copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American History; Inventory No: 235306.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1936, Houghton, Riverside Press, HB 304pp. The story of the adventurers, artists, statesmen, grafters, songsters, mariners, pirates, guzzlers, Indians, thieves, stuffed-shirts, turn-coats, millionaires, inventors, poets, heroes, soldiers, harlots, bootlicks, nobles, nonentities, burghers, martyrs, and murderers who played their parts during four full centuries On Manhattan Island's tip. VG (dj quite worn with chips and tears, dj price intact, covers and their titles bright, interior clean and unmarked, binding tight). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In red cloth with wear at top of spine.

Condition: VG+/Good (see notes). 1st. 8vo. 304pp. Interior tape repairs to tears along spine, 1 1/2" wide x 3.4" tall. triangular chip bottom rear DJ, DJ spine faded. Book nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. " The story of the adventurers, artists, statesmen, grafters, songsters, mariners, pirates. and murderers who played their parts during full four centuries on Manhattan's tip.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition, #50 of 228 copies. Signed by author without inscription. Spine crudely mended with brown cloth tape, ink stamps on endpapers, address label, some ink marginalia and underlining. 1936 Hard Cover. xiii, 304 pp. Endpapers illustrated with map of Battery Park, New York, 1686-1860. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. Includes: White Men on Manah-hatin (1524); Britain Appropriates New Amsterdam (1664); Long Live King George III (1760); Thirteen Stars and Stripes (1783); Castle Garden Opened (1824); The Nation's Gateway (1855); In Our Time (1901-1936); Looking Ahead; Index. Signed by author.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (new york city, american symbol, history) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (US history, new york, NY, genealogy) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unclipped dust jacket is protected by archival mylar. Dust jacket is slightly worn at edges. Bookplate of Margaret Reeve Adair pasted to back of front, blank, fly leaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red cloth, lettered in gilt on black fields. Covers show a few areas of discoloration and/or surface paper adhesion, otherwise minor wear. Former owner's name inked inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. xiii,304 pp. 1st ptg., matching dates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 4 pages.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Cover. Very good hardcover, no dust jacket as issued, pictorial cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, 1/2 leather-gilt, cloth, t.e.g., slipcase, 304pp., frontis. + ills. #85 of 228 copies numbered, and signed by Gilder. VG+: very mild dust-soiling to cloth, backstrip mildly rubbed but still quite bright, corners straight, hinges/joints very solid, edges, endpapers, and text quite clean; slipcase mildly rubbed but bumped at the lower corner. A handsome copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover, publisher's burgundy cloth, no dust-jacket. 304pp., Index. Illustrated with numerous full-page plates and map end-papers. First edition, no additional printings listed. The Story of the Adventurers, Artists, Statesmen, Grafters, Songsters, Mariners, Pirates, Guzzlers, Indians, Thieves, Stuffed-Shirts, Turn-Coats, Millionaires, Inventors, Poets, Heroes, Soldiers, Harlots, Bootlicks, Nobles, Nonentities, Burghers, Martyrs, and Murderers Who Played Their Parts During Four Centuries on Manhattan Island's Tip. Brief pencil notes on last blank page, else no previous ownershuip marks. A clean, square copy protected by clear acetate cover. Very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth with gilt titles.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in excellent condition: slight handling, slight exterior wear, without DJ, old price inked on the front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. 413 pages, slightly age-yellowed. Bright spine gilt lettering. [2 lbs]. Book.

(NEW YORK CITY). GILDER, Rodman. The Battery. Boston, 1936. Illus. xiii, 304pp. Very good in orig. cloth. The story of the adventurers, artists, pirates, harlots, etc., who played their parts during four centuries on Manhattan Island's tip. Very good in d/j.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. No Dust jacket. Minor shelf-wear. Gently used with modest show of wear.Paperclip mark. Watermarks. Light rippling to pages. Minor shelf-wear. Condition Considered in Pricing.

1943 very good clean bright 40 page hardcover from the new york trust company!! great memories of the statue of liberty!1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Limited Signed Numbered Edition. Large 8vo. xiii (i), 304 (2) pp, illus. Signed Limited Edition of which this is No. 17 of 228, November 1936. Wear to top and bottom leather spine with faintly toned fore- text block. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 9.75". Heavy-weave cream cloth with maroon leather back strip, gilt lettering to spine, map on end papers, and gilt top text block. Size: Large 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Book. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Type: Book 390 pp. navy blue cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped front board & spine. Without a dust jacket. Illustrated with 62 b/w reprods. and phototypes on gloss paper plates, as well as several in text 5 illus. vignettes. (lightly scuffed edges spine & corners, few small stains on front board and spine, paper lightly yellowed at edges)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request. Photo scan available. Shipments to USA, USPS via Canada Post Express; FREE OF CUSTOMS OR DUTY CHARGE. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. No. 11 of 228 numbered & autographed copies; signed by author on limitation page. Octavo in red leather spine and oatmeal colored cloth covered boards. Endpaper maps, color frontispiece illustration, B&W illustrations. Condition: ex-library copy with a few library markings; lacks publisher issued slipcase; minor wear & rubbing; else very good. 304 pages. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. DJ darkened and with some loss. Endpapers tanned. 1" tear to half title page; The story of the adventurers, artists, statesmen, grafters, songsters, mariners, pirates, guzzlers, Indians, thieves, stuffed-shirts, turn-coats, millionaires, inventors, poets, heroes, soldiers, harlots, bootlicks, nobles, nonentities, burghers, martyrs, and murderers who played their parts during four full centuries on Manhattan Island's tip. SIGNED on title page by Gilder; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 304 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A first edition of Rodman Gilder's The Battery (1936), accompanied by a period 1943 Goldman Concert Band program from Bowling Green Park - an especially relevant artifact connected to the site's civic and cultural history. A richly detailed historical narrative of New York City's Battery, tracing its evolution from early Dutch settlement through its role as a cultural, military, and immigration gateway. Gilder blends narrative history with archival sources, covering four centuries of life at Manhattan's southern tip. The volume is enhanced with numerous illustrations, maps, and period images depicting Castle Garden, the harbor, and surrounding streets, making it both a historical account and a visual record of early New York. This copy is exceptionally well-preserved, bound in bright red cloth with black title labels to front and spine. The book is graded Near Fine: pages are clean and bright, binding is tight, and only light shelf wear is evident. A particularly appealing feature is the inclusion of several pieces of period ephemera ranging from 1943 through 1964, most notably an original June 22, 1943 Goldman Concert Band program from Bowling Green Park - an artifact directly tied to the historical setting of the Battery and illustrative of its continued civic and cultural life into the 20th century. Additional laid-in materials include contemporary newspaper clippings and related items, all in Very Good condition with expected age toning. Published by Houghton Mifflin at The Riverside Press, Cambridge, this is the original 1936 printing, with copyright page dated 1936 and no indication of subsequent printings. Copies accompanied by relevant contemporary ephemera are uncommon and offer added appeal to collectors of New York City history, Americana, and archival material. Rodman Gilder (1877-1953) was an American writer, poet, and editor associated with The Century Magazine and other literary institutions. Deeply engaged in New York's cultural life, he contributed significantly to preserving and interpreting the city's historical landscape. An uncommon opportunity to acquire a well-preserved first edition enhanced by historically relevant, site-specific ephemera.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo, red cloth lettered in gilt, slightly soiled. First edition, profusely illustrated. A handsome copy signed by Gilder on the title page. Signed by Author(s).