Description

Hardcover, oblong quarto with gray cloth spine lettered in gold over pictorial paper wrapped boards. No dust-jacket as issued. 304 pages. Appendix, Selected Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 165 prints with accompanying letterpress. First edition, first printing with full number line. Published in celebration of the New York Historical Society’s bicentennial and culled from their collection of over 175,000 prints, these offerings represent a sampling of the images of New York over the course of nearly 500 years. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Mild shaded spot on front end-paper and small corner crease to last leaf, else a fine copy. Near fine. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage.