A HISTORY OF NEW YORK From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Published by Geo P. Putnam, New York, 1860
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.Alkahest Books
AbeBooks seller since April 26, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 250.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Complete in one volume. Large, thick octavo (approx. 6 1/4" wide by 8 3/4" tall). Dark purple leather with elaborate gilt decoration and gilt titles on spine; gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. 472 pages. Illustrated with 12 full page engravings, (includimg a long, folding illustration of Peter Stuyvesant's Army Entering New Amsterdam) and 10 vignettes inserted in the text. Covers are scuffed at edges. Former owner name in light pencil on front free endpaper Hinges lightly cracked, but book appears tight and solid. Humor, Americana.
Seller Inventory # 000020858
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A HISTORY OF NEW YORK From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
- Author
- Knickerbocker, Diedrich (pseud. Washington Irving)
- Publisher
- Geo P. Putnam, New York
- Publication year
- 1860
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Illustrator
- Darley, Cruikshank, et al.
- Edition
- author;s revised edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Americana
Alkahest Books
Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.
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Established in 1984, Alkahest Bookshop took over the space and stock of the Atheneum Bookstore on Central St. in Evanston, IL. For many years we were a partner in Chicago Rare Book Center, which closed in 2017. We are now on-line, and have a select general stock, with large sections on U.S. history, art, and literature. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) and IOBA.
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Alkahest Books
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