Description

Hardcover, publisher’s burgundy cloth, no dust-jacket. 304pp., Index. Illustrated with numerous full-page plates and map end-papers. First edition, no additional printings listed. The Story of the Adventurers, Artists, Statesmen, Grafters, Songsters, Mariners, Pirates, Guzzlers, Indians, Thieves, Stuffed-Shirts, Turn-Coats, Millionaires, Inventors, Poets, Heroes, Soldiers, Harlots, Bootlicks, Nobles, Nonentities, Burghers, Martyrs, and Murderers Who Played Their Parts During Four Centuries on Manhattan Island’s Tip. Brief pencil notes on last blank page, else no previous ownershuip marks. A clean, square copy protected by clear acetate cover. Very good.