Chamberlain, Samuel, ed.
ROCKEFELLER CENTER. A Photographic Narrative
NY: Hastings House, 1949

Octavo. 72 pp; fully illustrated with b/w photographs by Chamberlain & a number of other photographers. Pictorial wraps. VG, staples rusted, light wear to spine.
Inventory number #011797

Mitchell, Joseph [Inscribed to New Yorker Cartoonist Whitney Darrow & his wife Middy]
MCSORLEY'S WONDERFUL SALOON
NY: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1943

Sixth printing. War Edition, with '6' on the copyright page. Red cloth with black spine lettering, no jacket. Inscribed by Mitchell to New Yorker cartoonist Whitney Darrow and his wife Middy.
Inventory number #011535

Blaisdell, A.G.
PEASE & ELLIMAN'S Catalogue of East Side of New York Typical Apartment Plans
NY: A. G. Blaisdell, n.d.

circa 1929. Thick folio. unpaginated, over 600 b/w floor plans. Original post binding with cloth backed boards. VG-. rebacked, front and back cover have some discoloration from removal of old tape repair. prelims of index pages are chipped and wrinkled, five pages were loose and heavily chipped on the edges; they have been put into binder pockets and bound into the book. The plates are all clean and bright, with an occasional edge chip. Board edges moderately rubbed. This is a scarce 1920's edition, which is the largest and most complete.
Inventory number #011533

Bodenheim, Maxwell
MY LIFE AND LOVES IN GREENWICH VILLAGE
NY: Bridgehead Books, 1954

First edition. Octavo. 255 pp; frontispiece b/w photograph & b/w drawings by a group of the author's friends. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, clean, unmarked copy, short tear at bottom inside corner of frontispiece, small stain to top edge; unclipped jacket spine ends lightly chipped, short tear at top edge of front cover.
Inventory number #011528

Bliven, Bruce, Jr.
BATTLE FOR MANHATTAN
NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1956

First edition. Octavo. 128 pp; 32 pp b/w illustrations; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/Good, previous owner name on reverse of front free endpaper; unclipped jacket - curved tear on back panel, edges of spine moderately rubbed with 3-in. split at top, top & bottom of spine & corners lightly chipped, spine toned.
Inventory number #011508

Wolfe, Tom, Walter Kerr, Judith Crist et al
New York Herald Tribune Presents New York, New York
NY: Dial Press, 1964

First printing. Octavo. 190 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on cover & spine, no jacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, light wear to joints at top & bottom of spine. A collection of essays about New York City in the 1960's.
Inventory number #011507

Heckscher, August
ALIVE IN THE CITY: Memoir of an Ex-Commissioner
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974

First edition. Octavo. 294 pp; b/w photographs; index; map endpapers. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, clean, unmarked copy, thin strip at top & bottom edge sunned; price-clipped jacket spine sunned from green to blue.
Inventory number #011506

Strunsky, Simeon
NO MEAN CITY
NY: E.P. Dutton, 1944

First edition. Octavo. 285 pp. Original blue cloth, no jacket. VG, former owner name on front free endpaper, spine lightly faded, front pastedown tanned. Simeon Strunsky (1879-1948), a Russian-born essayist, was on the staff of the New York Evening Post and then the New York Times. His most notable contributions to the Times were his editorial-page essays titled 'Topics of the Times.' His columns also appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Bookman, Collier's, and Harper's Weekly.
Inventory number #011505

Baral, Robert
TURN WEST ON 23RD: A Toast to New York's Old Chelsea
NY: Fleet Publishing, 1965

First edition. Octavo. 128 pp; b/w photographs & illustrations by Ron Chereskin. Cloth, no jacket. VG, old price in red pencil on front free endpaper, else an unmarked copy; spine gilt dull, top
Inventory number #011504

Lindsay, John V.
THE CITY
NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1970

First printing. Octavo. 240 pp. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, clean, unmarked copy, rear free endpaper toned; unclipped jacket has minor edgewear, white spine lightly soiled.
Inventory number #011503

Miller, Kenneth D. & Ethel Prince Miller
THE PEOPLE ARE THE CITY: 150 Years of Social and Religious Concern in New York City.
NY: Macmillan, 1962

octavo. 258 pp; b/w photographs; appendix; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket edges lightly chipped. History of the New York City Mission Society.
Inventory number #011502

Morand, Paul
NEW YORK
NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1930

Second American edition. Twelvemo. 322 pp; 14 b/w drawings by Joaquin Vaquero. Translated by Hamish Miles. Original black blind-stamped cloth with silver-lettered spine & skyline in silver on front cover. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; silver illustration on cover lightly rubbed.
Inventory number #011501

Rogers, Agnes & Frederick Lewis Allen
METROPOLIS: An American City in Photographs
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1934

First edition (K-I). Quarto. Unpaginated. Full of b/w photographs. Illustrated paper-covered boards with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, former name on toned front endpaper, else a clean, unmarked copy, covers are clean & bright; unclipped jacket has a few tiny edge chips, spine toned. Overall, a very nice copy of the 1st edition. Clippings from NY newspapers dated 1934, 1936, 1948, 1950 laid in.
Inventory number #011500

Dutch Treat Club
In Praise of Working Women: Florens Numquam Deflorata
NY: Dutch Treat Club, 1989

Small octavo. 79 pp; well illustrated. Tan cloth with gilt lettering on cover & spine. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, front cover has short black mark, else vg.
Inventory number #011493

FIFTY YEARS OF NEW YORK STEAM SERVICE: The Story of the Development and Founding of a Public Utility
NY: New York Steam Corporation, 1932

Quarto. 135 pp; color and b/w illustrations, maps, and b/w photographs throughout. Cloth-backed suede boards with illustration pasted on. Very good with some light shelf wear and a small rub to suede on top corner. A beautiful copy.
Inventory number #011337

Fowler, Gene
BEAU JAMES
NY: Viking Press, 1949

Octavo. x, 389 pp, illustrated with 16 pp of b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near fine/VG; jacket has small chip to top of front panel and near the heel and a couple of small closed tears and light edgewear. The chronicle of James J. Walker, New York City's 100th mayor, known to millions as 'Jimmy'.
Inventory number #011315

Dutch Treat Club
THIRTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DUTCH TREAT CLUB [DUTCH TREAT RATION BOOK FORTY-FOUR]
NY: Dutch Treat Club, 1944

Small octavo. Unpaginated, profusely illustrated and with literary contributions by members of the famous arts club. Pictorial paper-covered boards with original glassine jacket. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; glassine has small chip at top of spine, tiny chips to top corners. Limited edition of 500 copies. Covers designed by Fred Cooper, endpapers designed by Don Herold.
Inventory number #011216

Dutch Treat Club
FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DUTCH TREAT CLUB
NY: Dutch Treat Club, 1945

Small octavo. Unpaginated, profusely illustrated and with literary contributions by members of the famous arts club. Pictorial paper-covered boards. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy with tiny rubs at top & bottom of spine. Four-pp insert by Bud Kelland, titled '... better late than never' laid in. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Covers designed by John Falter, endpapers designed by Dean Cornwell.
Inventory number #011215

Dutch Treat Club
DUTCH TREAT FAMILY ALBUM 1947
NY: Dutch Treat Club, 1947

Small octavo. Unpaginated, profusely illustrated and with literary contributions by members of the famous arts club. Paper-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy with minor edgewear to covers. Limited edition of 750 copies. This yearbook includes photographs of all the members.
Inventory number #011214

Dutch Treat Club
Vidiotics of '49: DUTCH TREAT CLUB 1948-49
NY: Dutch Treat Club, 1949

Small octavo. [86] pp; profusely illustrated and with literary contributions by members of the famous arts club. Pictorial paper-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy withlight edgewear to covers. Covers designed by Fred Cooper; endpapers designed by Lejaren Hiller. Limited edition of 900 copies.
Inventory number #011213