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[AMERICANA]. [NEW YORK]. Group of 12 Works Concerning New Y...

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[AMERICANA]. [NEW YORK]. Group of 12 Works Concerning New York City and State. [V.p., ca. 1840s?1904]. Includes: The Great Metropolis of New York in 1865. New York: John Doggett, Jr., 1844. With a map engraved by Sherman & Smith. Brown boards with gilt lettering. Some rubbing. ? [Two variant copies of] Miller?s New York As It Is; Or Stranger?s Guidebook to The Cities Of New York, Brooklyn. New York: James Miller, 1865. Densely illustrated with folded woodcuts and maps, one hand-colored map in each. With one copy containing two maps. One in publisher?s original red gilt cloth with ads; the other rebacked with quarter blue leather, marbled boards, and gilt-stamped lettering. Some rubbing lightly toned. ? MICHAELIUS, Jonas (1577?1638). Manhattan in 1628. New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1904. SIGNED by printer Frank E. Hopkins. Cloth boards with gilt-lettered spine. Copyright 1904 William Harris Arnold. Number 24 from the limited edition of 50, printed on Imperial Japan paper. With plates and illustrations.?Scuffing to cover. Pages are lightly toned; the interior is clean. ? Utica City Directory. Utica, NY: Curtiss & White Printers, 1861?62. 12mo. With advertisements. ? FELTON, Mrs. American Life: A Narrative of Two Years? City and Country Residence. [New York]: Bolton Percy, 1843. With maps. ? HEADLEY, Hon. J.T. Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Great Riots. New York: E.B. Treat, 1877. Illustrated. ? EASTMAN, F.S. A History of the State of New York. New York: A.K. White, 1831. ? And others. Mostly 12m and 8vo. Leather and cloth bindings. VARIOUS EDITIONS. Condition varies. Worn with foxing, rubbing, ownership marks, and staining. Generally fair or better.