New York Then and Now
by Annette Witheridge
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 1571457976
- ISBN 13
- 9781571457974
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
San FDiego: Thunder Bay Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Oblong oevrsized hardcover. 144 pp. with index. Illustrated with alternation vintage black and white and contemporary color photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of the most interesting photographic looks at New York City and its history, the books offers vintage 19th and early 20th century views of Gotham buildings and places side-by-side with modern images of the same spots. A few examples: a 1913 view of the city's first skyscraper, the Woolworth Building opposite a modern view of the same building from the same angle with the World Trade Center looming behind it; the orinial William Waldorf Astor residence in 1893 and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 2002; a baseball game in progress at the first incarnation of the Polo Grounds in 1886 and a view of the same site, 5th Avenue and 110th Street today.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E15598
- Title
- New York Then and Now
- Author
- Annette Witheridge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1571457976
- ISBN 13
- 9781571457974
- Publisher
- Thunder Bay Press
- Place of Publication
- San FDiego
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- history, new york, big apple, gotham
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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