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Wed, Aug 18, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 40

Group of New York City books

Estimate: $100 - $200
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Group of New York City books, to include Memoirs of the Long Island Historical Society, volume one, published by the society, 1867; New York by Gas-Light: With Here and There a Streak of Sunshine, by Forster, published by Dewitt & Davenport, 1850; Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated, by Robinson, published by De Witt and Davenport, 1854; The Old Boston Post Road, by Jenkins, published by Putnam's Sons, 1914; History of the City of New York, by Valentine, published by Putnam, 1853; South Street, A Maritime History of New York, by McKay, published by Putnam's Sons, 1934; The Better New York, by Tolman, published by Baker and Taylor, 1904; Consolidated Gas Company of New York, by Collins, 1934; New York and its institutions, by Richmond, published by Treat, 1873; The American Metropolis, volume two and two copies of volume three, by Moss, published by Collier, 1897; Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York, by Dayton, published by Harlan, 1882; History of the City of New York in the Seventeenth Century, volume two, by Van Rensselaer, published by Macmillan, 1909; Vignettes of Manhattan, by Matthews, published by Harper, 1894; The Rise of the New York Port, by Albion, published by Scribner's Sons, 1939; and Cradle Days of New York, by Macatamney, published by Drew & Lewis, 1909.

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