Janice Devine Dorsey (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Large hardback in very good + condition with very good condition dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good +. 1st Edition. A real nice clean unmarked 328 page first edition hardcover. dust jacket has a little wear and has been coener clipped on front inside flap. still nice. book has a wear spot on center of half title page. Looks like an erased spot. rest 0f book is real nice. This is a history of the major hotels and eateries, mainly in New York City, decade by decade over the past 200 years. wonderfully illustrated throughout. Book.…

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good/Good. New York, NY: Crown Publishers. Good/Good. (1964). . Hardcover w/DJ. 4to., 328 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, price-clipped, cover edges rubbed, bumped, pages lightly toning . Black & White Illustrations & photos, red & white illustrations (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition. 4to decor cloth. 328pp. Lavishly illustrated. Bookplate on h-t. Includes establishments both East & West. Fine in pc dj.

hardcover. Condition: very good. very good(-). Profusely illustrated 328pp. 4to, cloth, dust wrapper; wrapper soiled and rubbed at spine. New York: Crown, (1964). A very good copy in a very good(-) wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good +/Good +. New York, NY: Crown Publishers. Good +/Good +. 1964. . Hardcover w/DJ. 4to., 328 pp., dust jacket shelf wear to edges and corners, spine very lightly faded, very light soiling, otherwise quite good; hardcover very light shelf wear to edges and corners, corners and spine tips lightly bumped, bottom edge lightly faded, otherwise quite good; pages clean and unmarked. . Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Duotone photographs and drawings throughout. First edition. Fine in a near fine (slightly sun faded along the spine), price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine large hardcover in a like, priced and glassine covered dj. 4to. 328pp. Index. Photos. No names or markings to text. First edition. Americana. DJ has a Very lightly sunned spine.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. VG/VG. First Edition. 1964. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards, bit faded, w/ orange lettering & design to spine, wear to edges & corners. Dust jacket in protective plastic cover, tanned & price-clipped, small tears, chips, edge and corner wear. Binding tight, solid & square. Interior pages evenly tanned throughout. Sm. pencil notation to front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Illustrated w/ b&w photographs throughout. Oversized; 9 x 11 x 2. 328 pp. Pictorial survey of two centuries of American hostelries, fashionable spas & seaside resorts, archiving rare engravings and ephemera of Gilded Age leisure culture. Ships in box from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Fare Thee Well: A Backward Look at Two Centuries of Historic American Hostelries, Fashionable Spas & Seaside Resorts is a massive 328-page pictorial survey of early American resort culture, incorporating hundreds of historic prints, vintage engravings, and primary source advertisements that map the rise and decline of iconic American gathering places. From Boston's Tremont House and New York's Astor House to the mineral spas of Saratoga Springs, the book documents how the architecture and social rituals of these establishments shaped Gilded Age leisure and hospitality culture. Leslie Dorsey was an interior designer and store display manager in New York City who spent decades collecting and archiving 19th-century visual media, assembling a specialized commercial stock illustration library that forms the core of this volume. Janice Devine was a professional researcher and historical writer who adapted Dorsey's extensive pictorial collection into a detailed chronological social history, giving narrative structure to an otherwise scattered archive of American ephemera. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 328pp/illus. A history of the major hotels and eateries, mainly in New York City, decade by decade over the past 200 years. The old menus are terrific.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (US history, hotels, seaside resorts) 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. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket.

Condition: Good. some shelf wear. The Jacket has scuffs,stains,small tears,multiple creases,content is fine.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover /edges have light wear. Pages are clean/intact.