History from Carnegie Hill Books

London: Scala Publishers, 2000. First edition. Octavo. 144 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations. Glossy paperback. Near Fine, a long gift inscription of front free endpaper, else an unmarked copy. A richly illustrated history of the New York Public Library, founded in 1895.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Boston: Self-published, 1946. Octavo. 39 pp plus 10 pp of b/w photographs. Stiff card covers. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; a few tiny brown spots on front cover, minor soiling along edges. Inscribed by author on half-title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1981. First paperback edition. Octavo. ix, 212 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; notes; bibliographical guide; index. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, minimal edgewear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Pantheon Books, 2007. First edition. Octavo. xii, 336 pp; b/w illustrations; notes; bibliography; index. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press / Museum of London, 1992. First edition. Quarto. 624 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, clean, tight copy; "John Russell, 1992" inked on half title page, else unmarked; jacket has one closed tear at top edge, corners & top of spine lightly rubbed. Georgian London has been the subject of… Read more about this item

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1951. First edition. Octavo. viii, 152 pp; color frontispiece, 126 b/w illustrations (a few in color); index. Light gray cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG+/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has lightly chipped spine ends & corners, extremities lightly rubbed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1978. First edition. Quarto. 240 pp; 14 color plates & numerous b/w illustrations; chronological summary; index, glossary. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, an unmarked copy, bottom corners bumped, not affecting pages; unclipped jacket shows minimal wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Smiley Brothers, 1932. Second edition. 7" high x 4.75". 85 pp; sepia photographs; chronology of Mohonk, list of flora and fauna. Tan paper-covered boards with brown-lettered title on cover & spine. VG, covers lightly soiled, bottom of spine chipped. History of the Mohonk resort in Upstate New York.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953. First edition. Octavo. xii, 177 pp plus 19 maps & b/w illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-lettered cover & spine, lacks dustjacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; minor rubbing to spine ends & corners.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh at the University Press, 1993. Reissue; first published in 1966. Octavo. xv, 338 pp; 82 b/w photographs, 80 figures, appendix; notes; index. Publisher's cloth with gilt-lettered spine. VG+, a clean, unmarked copy; spine gilt bright, light soiled area on back cover. This book features the Georgian 'New Town' part of Edinburgh, built in the space of 75 years,… Read more about this item

Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Press, 1972. First U.S. edition. Octavo. 195 pp; frontispiece & 61 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Original cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has minor wear at top of spine, light creasing at top edge of back panel. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Cresset Press, 1968. Octavo. 192 pp; b/w illustrations. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975. First American edition. Octavo. 317 pp; b/w photographs; notes; bibliography; index. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jacket has lightly sunned spine, small nick at top of spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1994. Octavo. 137, 26 pp. Cloth with gilt titles. Near fine, small notation on rfep. no jacket. The master index for family names listed in the DAR magazine between 1892 and 1955.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1949. Quarto. 235 pp; b/w illustrations; 2 fold-out maps. Original publisher's cloth. Good+ to Very Good-. spine ends frayed, corners rubbed through, cloth darkened along top edge, 2 light stains on front; short tear to fold on one map, covers moderately darkened. Great working copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Heraldry Unlimited, 1961. Twelvemo. 22 pp; b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG. Scarce.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Baltimore: Clearfield Co, 1995. Second printing of the Clearfield edition. Octavo. 86 pp. Paperback. VG slight sunning to margins of covers. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: G.P. Putnam, 1969. First edition. Octavo. 320 pp; 32 pp of b/w photographs; 42 maps, charts & diagrams; bibliography; index. Gilt-stamped blue cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, tight, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minor wear at top & bottom of spine, 1/4 in. slit in rear flap fold, small inked price next to printed price on front flap..… Read more about this item

NY: Bloomsbury, 2003. First printing. Octavo. 198 pp; bibliography. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has tiny tear at head of jacket spine, else fine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First American edition. Octavo. xvi, 318 pp; b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket lightly soiled. A biography of Diana Mitford, the Mitford sister who married Oswald Mosley, the leader of Britain's fascists.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.