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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, for the Year 1851
by Valentine, David Thomas
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: McSpedon & Baker. Good. 1851. Hardcover. Dark brown boards, blind embossed designs and small gilt design on front and back boards. Rebacked, with most of original spine pasted to new spine. Also has new pastedowns and endpapers. Title is gilt on spine. Corners are lightly bumped and top corners have some chipping. All edges have light soil. Gilt title is fading slightly. Binding is tight. Some light toning and one library stamp on bottom of title page, otherwise interior is clean. Included are 5 folding maps, and 12 plates and lithographs. There are two folding maps before the title page; one is a map of the city of New York, 1851 with fire districts and boundaries of wards; the other is a map of the state of New York exhibiting towns and counties from 1850, including Syracuse, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Utica, Buffalo and more. Valentine's manual provides a comprehensive portrait of New York City in the 19th century, using prints, maps, diagrams and text to illuminate the city's rich history and contemporary standing. This book catalogues religious and social institutions, a list of paintings at city hall, the city inspector's report, post office records, policemen and station houses, history of city council members, historical views of the city, early seals of the city and much more. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 480 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013122
- Title
- Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, for the Year 1851
- Author
- Valentine, David Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- McSpedon & Baker
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1851
- Keywords
- New York City, New York, American History, Historical Maps
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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