Description
The first edition, first printing of In Old New York by Thomas A. Janvier, with seven illustrations by Howard Pyle.
Octavo, x, [2], 285pp, [2pp ads]. Publisher’s brown cloth, pictorially stamped in black and gilt. Illustrated with plates, portrait, maps, and numerous in-text illustrations, including seven illustrations by Howard Pyle. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Clean text throughout, a fine example.
A historical and topographical study of old New York, with chapters on early Dutch and colonial settlement, Greenwich Village, and the landmarks of Manhattan. Janvier was an American writer and historian whose New York sketches helped preserve the memory of older neighborhoods.
