Starin John (2 results)

Original Green Cloth, Gilt. Condition: Near Fine. Pictures Throughout (illustrator). New and Revised Edition. Vi, 7-286 Pp + 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Green Cloth, Gilt. Faint Signs Of Use, Gilt Strong But Spine Gilt Beginning To Tarnish. Bookplate Of U S Congressman John H Starin Of Fultonville, Founder Of The Massive "Glen Island" Resort Which By The Late 1880'S Had Over One Million Visitors A Year, And With A Pencil Inscription On Title Page "To J H Starin By S Woodward August 1, 1869".

Steamship Timetable. Condition: Near Fine. Circa 1880's promotional steamship schedule for Starin's Glen Island Park in New York. Starin's was "the first summer resort in the United States, if not the world" and ".preceded Disneyland as the first "theme park" by many years. [Seacord, Morgan H. Historical Landmarks of New Rochelle. pp. 22-24]. Lithographed timetable, 6-1/4 x 7 inches wide, folded in half at center, "Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y." is printed at foot of back cover. Edge wear with a small tide line stain and tiny chip at bottom right corner, else bright and clean. The park was opened to the general public in 1881 and closed 1910.