Published by Old Town Books, New York, 1990
Seller: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo, [21.25cm/8.5inches], full gilt-embossed ebony-coloured cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 640, indexed. Illustrated with chapter heading vignettes by Jeanyee Wong, Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Google notes: "In narrative form, this book attempts to trace the evolution of New York City and reveal its organic relationship to the rest of the United States and all the world. Spans the 400 years of its development from the wooded, hilly island that Giovanni da Verrazano called "a pleasant place" in 1524, to the vast, vital metropolis of today." In exceptionally good condition In exceptionally good condition.
Published by Coward-Mccann, New York, 1966
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 640 pages; 1966 Coward McCann. Stout HC/DJ. 1st edition. Snugly bound copy in original pictorial dust jacket. Prior owner name penned to half-title page and bookplate to verso of front flyleaf. Jacket price clipped front flap, lightly toned at spine and with light shelf rubbing to edges. Thin streak of white paint along the front jacket hinge and a stray pen squiggle to the front panel. Illustrated with b&w drawings by Jeanyee Wong. Binding strong and contents neat. VG++/VG-.
Published by Konsansha International, Fifth Avenue, New York -, 1997
ISBN 10: 1568362048 ISBN 13: 9781568362045
Seller: Book Orphanage, McCrae, VIC, Australia
Wong, Jeanyee (illustrator). paperback, 5½" x 8¼" 640 pages This is the most comprehensive - and certainly the most entertaining - history of New York City even published. Ellis's plain-spoken prose captures the ebullience of the great city, the flavor of its streets and parks, and the excitement that makes Gotham a magnet for teeming millions every year. The New York Time's reviewer wrote: "A magnificent, modern chronicle a fat compendium every page boasts something of interest." Promotional golf sticker to front cover. Paperback in AS NEW condition.