New York: John S. Taylor Publisher and Bookseller 1838. 50 xxviii blank 1 errata. Scattered light foxing Disbound. Good. The troubles began as soon as the University started up with the appointment of Dr. Mathews a "rash and ambitious" man as Chancellor in 1831. He alienated the faculty almost immediately and became a "fruitful source of embarrassments and convulsions." Fiscally unsound he "lost" the financial records; academically suspect he is "more intent upon gorgeous embellishments vain parade and mere effect than upon building up solidly and wisely an institution of learning." This regrettably is the view of "the whole Faculty of Science and Letters." The last straw-- or as this pamphlet refers to it "explosion"-- occurred when Mathews ejected seven teachers "from the duties of their Professorships." All his deficiencies are examined here with great care. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 14827. AI 51966 5. John S. Taylor, Publisher and Bookseller unknown
New York: John S. Taylor Publisher and Bookseller 1838. 50 xxviii blank 1 errata. Scattered light foxing Disbound. Good. The troubles began as soon as the University started up with the appointment of Dr. Mathews a "rash and ambitious" man as Chancellor in 1831. He alienated the faculty almost immediately and became a "fruitful source of embarrassments and convulsions." Fiscally unsound he "lost" the financial records; academically suspect he is "more intent upon gorgeous embellishments vain parade and mere effect than upon building up solidly and wisely an institution of learning." This regrettably is the view of "the whole Faculty of Science and Letters." The last straw-- or as this pamphlet refers to it "explosion"-- occurred when Mathews ejected seven teachers "from the duties of their Professorships." All his deficiencies are examined here with great care. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 14827. AI 51966 5. John S. Taylor, Publisher and Bookseller unknown books
New York: American Arts 1923. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Comprises 10 sepiatone views from photographs a four-page descriptive leaflet and a color-pictorial portfolio. Views measure about 5" x 7" and include the Steamer Washington Irving Bear Mountain West Point Sunnyside Lighthouse Point etc. Light wear to the corners of the portfolio not affecting the contents. WorldCat locates only the Columbia Univ holding of this set reporting nine views present and not mentioning the brochure. American Arts unknown
New York 1833. 9pp folding chart untrimmed stitched. Scattered foxing. Very Good. The large folding chart shows tolls collected at each location on each canal. unknown
New York 1833. 9pp folding chart untrimmed stitched. Scattered foxing. Very Good. The large folding chart shows tolls collected at each location on each canal. unknown books
Brussels 1781. Engraving 6 1/4 x 4 inches. Very good. This small dramatic engraving shows New York on fire on September 21 1776 when a large part of the city was burned during the engagement between the forces of Washington and Howe. This imaginative view appeared in Michel Hillard D'Auberteuil's ESSAIS HISTORIQUES ET POLITIQUES SUR LES ANGLO- AMERICAINS Brussels 1781-82. OLDS BITS & PIECES OF AMERICAN HISTORY 10. unknown books
New-York: Printed by Beach & Mallory 1802. 4.25" x 6.75". 48pp lightly toned stitched. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Journal lists the members and Lay Delegates present at each of the conventions the Lay Deputies from each county the Constitution of the Episcopal Academy; and the Canons including additions and repeals. <br/>AI 2945 3. Printed by Beach & Mallory unknown books
New York: Hugh Gaine 1764. Two volumes. 48402; 28118pp. Thick folio. Contemporary calf. Heavily scuffed spines worn. Internally clean. Good. In worn half blue morocco slipcases red gilt morocco labels. These two massive volumes record the complete proceedings of the New York Assembly from the establishment of William and Mary's rule through the end of 1765. An invaluable source for New York. According to Evans the act for reversing the attainder of Jacob Leisler and others the appendix leaf in the first volume is usually lacking. EVANS 9756 10418. Hugh Gaine unknown books
New York: Hugh Gaine 1766. Volume I: iv 840 2 pp. Folio printed in double columns. Text generally clean occasional foxing or tanning. Several errors in page numbering but text consecutive and complete Very Good. <br/> Volume II: 2 811 1 blank viii pp. Folio printed in double columns. Text generally clean occasional foxing or tanning blank margins of last index leaves chipped. Very Good in attractive matching modern half calf raised spine bands gilt-lettered spine title on black morocco.<br/><br/> "First edition of the most important legal collection of its time and a cornerstone of New York and American colonial history" Jenkins. "Edited by Abraham Lott" Sabin. Marke says "The constitutional history of New York can be followed in" this offering and Larned calls it "important." Included in Volume I is the last leaf which Evans says "is often lacking" reversing the attainder of Jacob Leisler and others "who were executed for not delivering the Fort at New York to Richard Ingoldsby 1690" Sabin. <br/> Although Journals of New York General Assembly Sessions had been published annually this is their first compilation. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 9756 10418. Marke 80. Larned page 10 #161. Sabin 53719. Hugh Gaine unknown books
New York: William Bradford 1709. Folio. 11 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. 40pp. Expertly bound to style in half calf over period marbled paper covered boards spine with raised bands in six compartments ruled in gilt on either side of each band red morocco lettering piece in the second compartment<br/> <br/>The votes of the New York Assembly 1709.<br/> <br/>A very rare and interesting imprint containing New York colonial acts passed between April 7 to November 12. It was printed by William Bradford New York City's first public printer. Bradford 1663-1752 originally settled in Pennsylvania where he began operating a printing press in 1685 and a bookstore in 1688. Controversies within the Quaker community with Bradford supporting the dissident George Keith led to the temporary seizure of his types and paper in 1692 and in 1693 he moved to New York. The present documents are among the earliest of official New York imprints. The present Journal includes the address to Governor Lovelace as well as a note of his death after less than a year in office one day after the Assembly granted him £1600. Page 39 final paragraph contains instructions to Bradford to print the laws of the Colony "since the arrival of Coll. Slaughter" i.e. Henry Slaughter governor in 1691 who died that same year together with details on its distribution. This is a very rare work; ESTC records four copies one of which is defective though Evans and Rosenbach note a fifth copy at the New York Public Library. Rosenbach offered a copy for $385 in 1938 and a copy possibly the present sold at Anderson Galleries in 1913 for $485.<br/> <br/>ESTC W11517; Evans 1424. William Bradford unknown books
1846. All are Utica imprints and first editions. The Journals are in original printed wrappers with scattered foxing and light wear. Overall in Very Good condition. Bound together lacking the boards. <br/><br/> Contents include the primary convention of 1838 through the ninth convention of 1846 plus the special convention of 1839 with the sermons of Bishop Onderdonk and of Bishop Doane of New Jersey. In addition to their significance as the major source for the development of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York the Journals provide a wealth of material on religious and cultural themes and travel and transportation conditions there during the last century. unknown books
1820. Thirteen pamphlets each printed in New York City during those years. The Journals show scattered foxing and do not have the original printed wrappers. They are bound together in worn later quarter leather. Good. <br/>offered with JOURNALS OF THE CONVENTIONS OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF NEW YORK. REPUBLISHED. New York: 1844. Disbound without wraps old institutional stamp. 480pp. Scattered fox and light wear. Good. Each Convention from the First Convention of 1785 through the 1819 Convention. <br/><br/> In addition to their significance as the primary source for the development of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York the Journals provide a wealth of material on religious and cultural themes missions to the Indians of New York and travel and transportation conditions there during the last century. unknown books
New York 1904-c.1950s. Hardcover. Very Good. Collection of 182 b/w or sepia photographs silver prints; ranging in size from about 7x9 to 11x14 inches; mounted in two albums or loose sometimes with heavy cardstock mount or paper backing from having been removed from an album see below; offers exteriors views of the hotel from construction to completion and interior views of private and public rooms in the hotel from its construction in 1904 to a later remodel in perhaps 1935 the hotel was remodeled again in 1949 but these images don't seem to extend that late -- there are just a few images showing the Sheraton-Astor when it was briefly bought and renamed in 1954. The collection breaks down as follows: Large album of 42 mounted photographs from around the newly-opened hotel circa 1904 almost all credited in mount and negative to Joseph Byron of New York a few to Drucker & Co. half morocco oblong folio; lacking front board several photographs removed /// Large album of 33 later Hotel Astor photographs c. 1933 linen-backed signed in the negative by "Byron Co." /// 12 large Byron photographs of the hotel about 11x14 inches most mounted most worn and/or faded /// Disbound album of 28 Drucker & Co. photographs of the hotel some showing second-phase construction 1908 and undated /// Group of 67 8 x 10 inch photographs of the hotel some of them after being renamed the Sheraton-Astor in 1954 by William F. Howland 20 Empire Photographers 10 and miscellaneous or unknown photographers 37 circa 1920s-1950s. <br/><br/>Built at a cost of $7000000 on land leased from William Waldorf Astor great-grandson of John Jacob Astor the fur trader the 11-story 35000-square-feet Hotel Astor was designed in the French Renaissance "Beaux Arts" style by architects Charles W. Clinton and William H. Russell who imitated many features from the old Waldorf-Astoria on 34th Street. The Hotel Astor opened in September 1904 dazzling guests with its enormous public rooms most decorated with themes. A year later the elaborate roof garden was opened. The former site of the hotel the block bounded by Broadway Astor Plaza West 44th Street and West 45th Street is now occupied by the high-rise 54-story office tower One Astor Plaza. hardcover books
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This important historical document offers a unique glimpse into the legal history of the Dutch colony of New Netherland which later became the state of New York. The laws and ordinances contained within cover a wide range of topics in hardcover
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New York: Hugh Gaine 1774. Folio two volumes in a single contemporary calf volume some rubbing hinges firm but each has small separation at the top. Raised spine bands somewhat faded spine lettering. Pages iv 420; 4 421-835 i.e. 833 1 errata as issued. Contemporary signature of Peter Silvester on title page. Occasional light tanning light wear two lightened spots on title page not affecting any type. Very Good. <br /> <br /> Peter Van Schaack the editor signs the Preface in type. This comprehensive compilation commences with the First Assembly in 1691. It ends with the Sessions of the Twenty-Ninth Assembly in 1773 which enacted a law that made defacing statues of the King a crime. The Acts encompass the broad spectrum of the requirements of a developing society including a number of laws regulating the behavior of slaves and the institution of slavery. <br /> Evans 13467. ESTC W6510. Hugh Gaine unknown
New York: Hugh Gaine 1774. Folio two volumes in one continuously paginated. Pages iv 420; 4 421-835 i.e. 833 1 errata as issued. Title vignette of the State Seal Reilly 941. Some spotting generally in the margins; occasional toning. Small square cut from blank bottom section of the last text page. Very Good in modern blue buckram with gilt spine title. With a typed letter signed by M.J. Walsh of Goodspeed's taped to front pastedown dated August 6 1952. <br/><br/> Peter Van Schaack the editor signs the Preface in type. This comprehensive compilation of laws commences with the First Assembly in 1691. It ends with the Sessions of the Twenty-Ninth Assembly in 1773 which passed a statute making defacing statues of the King a crime. The Acts encompass the broad spectrum of the requirements of a developing society including a number of laws regulating the behavior of slaves and the institution of slavery. <br/>Evans 13467. Hugh Gaine unknown books
New York: Hugh Gaine 1774. Folio two volumes in a contemporary calf binding some rubbing hinges firm but each has small separation at the top. Raised spine bands somewhat faded spine lettering. Pages iv 420; 4 421-835 i.e. 833 1 errata as issued. Contemporary signature of Peter Silvester on title page. Occasional light tanning light wear two lightened spots on title page not affecting any type. Very Good. <br/><br/> Peter Van Schaack the editor signs the Preface in type. This comprehensive compilation commences with the First Assembly in 1691. It ends with the Sessions of the Twenty-Ninth Assembly in 1773 which passed a statute making defacing statues of the King a crime. The Acts encompass the broad spectrum of the requirements of a developing society including a number of laws regulating the behavior of slaves and the institution of slavery. <br/>Evans 13467. ESTC W6510. Hugh Gaine unknown books
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