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1764WRCAM28821New 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
176624264New 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
170928950New 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
184661061846. 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
1820142641820. 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
1904D12720New 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
177430509New 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
177426611New 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
180233971Albany: Charles R and George Webster 1802. First Edition. Two volumes: 2 691pp. 4 544 2 203 1pp Full contemp sheep with leather labels on the spines. Shaw 2781 locates one copy only Charles R and George Webster hardcover books
179232550New York: Thomas Greenleaf 1792. Two volumes: 4 511 1 blank; 4 521 1 blank 14- Subscribers pp as issued. Later library cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels some chipping old institutional rubberstamps on title leaf scattered spotting Good. <br/> offered with LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK COMPRISING THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE SINCE THE REVOLUTION FROM THE FIRST TO THE TWENTIETH SESSION INCLUSIVE. IN THREE VOLUMES. New York: Greenleaf. 1797. 4 98 1 99-100 1 8 107-160 1 160-258 5 260- 354 3 356-500 1 504-525 1 pp as issued. Matching library cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels some chipping old institutional rubberstamps on title leaf scattered spotting Good. <br/><br/> These are the first editions of Greenleaf's printing of the Laws. The third volume which issued in 1797 prints the laws of the sixteenth through the twentieth sessions; AAS apparently does not own it. The long list of Subscribers printed in the second volume includes the great men of the times: Aaron Burr George and De Witt Clinton several Livingstons Elias Hicks and a host of other attorneys. Greenleaf reprinted all three volumes together in 1798. <br/> Greenleaf's Preface explains that he had been "engaged to publish a cheap Edition of the Revised Laws". A 1789 folio edition published by Hugh Gaine had been too expensive for the folks. Volume I which "contains all the Laws to the eleventh Session has one Session more than is comprised in the first Volume of Gaine's Edition." He emphasizes that "The Types and Paper were manufactured in this State.The Types are not so perfectly Regular as those from the London Foundaries which have been improving for Centuries-- but no Cash went to London for them-- and our infant Manufactures ought to be encouraged that they also may improve." <br/>Evans 24602 32555. NAIP w033259 w016519. Thomas Greenleaf unknown books
178931069New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine 1789. Large folio. 10 3/4" x 15 1/2". Two volumes in 20th century binder's cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Vol. I: 3 1 blank 336 11-Index 1 blank xii 1 1 blank; Vol. 2: 1-title 1 blank 471 1 blank 17-index 1 blank pp. Volume 1 is lacking the final blank leaf. A clean and bright text. Very Good. <br/><br/> Samuel Jones and Richard Varick compiled this book "which comprehends the Constitution and the public Statutes of this State from the Revolution to the End of the Twelfth Session of the Legislature." Volume I opens with the 1777 New York Constitution. The Statutes through 1789 are printed all under the reign of the long-serving Governor George Clinton. Revolutionary Acts-- such as raising five Continental Battalions Lotteries regulating the militia treatment of deserters-- are included. Several Acts concerning New York's efforts gradually to eliminate slavery are here: barring slave importations after June 1 1785 for purposes of sale penalizing purchase of slaves or trading or selling liquor to slaves; criminal slave codes and other laws reflecting the existence of slavery in New York. Acts concerning Quakers respect their scruples against bearing arms. Many civil criminal governmental and commercial laws are printed all with a detailed index. <br/>Evans 22012. II Harv. Law Cat. 204. Printed by Hugh Gaine unknown books
1792592511792. Early Post-Revolutionary Compilation of New York Laws New York. Laws of the State of New York Comprising the Constitution And the Acts of the Legislature Since the Revolution From the First to the Fifteenth Session Inclusive. New York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf 1792. Two volumes. iv 511 1 pp.; iv 521 15 pp. Octavo 8" x 4-3/4". Contemporary varnished sheep blind fillets lettering pieces and black-stamped volume numbers to spine. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped light fading to spines minor chipping to spine head of Volume 1 hinges starting. Toning to text light browning and negligible foxing in places internally clean. $950. Only edition. With the state constitution a digested index and subscriber list that includes Aaron Burr Edward Livingston and other prominent New Yorkers of the period. This was the second compilation of New York's laws published since the Revolution and the first octavo edition. This format was chosen to make this edition more affordable. 1400 subscriber copies were issued. Complete in itself a third volume was added to this set in 1798. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 350. unknown books
180035109Albany: Loring Andrews & Co. 1800. Modern buckram with institutional stamps on covers spine and fore-edge. 294 8 pp. Tanned scattered foxing Good. With Table of Contents and Errata at the end. Acts dealing with elections crimes courts corporations municipalities and other matters. <br/>Evans 38087.<br/> bound with LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. JANUARY 1801. Albany: Loring Andrews. 1801. 226 4 pp. Toned scattered foxing Good. Loring Andrews & Co. unknown books
179817843Albany: Loring Andrews & Co. 1798. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Tall 8vo. Untrimmed. pp 2 243-535 1 blank 5 1 blank as issued. Light uniform tanning Very Good. <br/><br/> With Table of Contents and Errata at the end. The Laws include an Act validating Quakers' manumissions of slaves even where such manumissions did not conform to prescribed legal procedures; an Act incorporating the firemen of the City of New York; an Act permitting aliens to purchase land in the State under certain conditions; and a host of other Acts dealing with courts corporations municipalities and other matters. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 34215. II Harv. Law Cat. 202. Loring Andrews & Co. unknown books
1885730149th Cong. 1st Sess.: HED13. 1885. 5pp disbound folding plans and sketches. Minor wear. Very Good. On the purchase of the "Old Produce Exchange" near Whitehall and Pearl Streets. HED13. unknown books
187633912New York: Coffin 1876. First Edition. 24pp. Original printed wrappers.spine mended; small piece missing at spine side of upper front wrapper no text affected. He and his friend Paul toured the Adirondack area in August of 1875. While looking like it might be fiction it doe not appear in Wrigvht vol. 3. Coffin unknown books
187524979New York 1875. Broadside 5.5" x 16.75". Light horizontal folds On verso in manuscript 'List Peddler 1875 Filed May 2 1875.' Signed in type by Diedrich Willers Jr. Secretary of State. Very Good.<br/><br/> This list contains the names of thirty-four peddlers dates on which their licenses were issued their mode of travel 'On Foot' 'One Horse' 'Two Horses' and the length of term of each license six months. The terms and conditions of the licenses are explained along with the fees which are based on the peddlers' modes of travel. Many of the peddlers have Irish surnames. unknown books
1836WRCAM7300Hartford: Case and Waters 1836. Colored folding map 22 x 15 3/4 inches. Original 12mo. gilt calf binding. Map cracking and splitting on some folds one portion detached but present. Else good. An inset shows the profile of the "Levels in the Grand Erie Canal." Another shows the course of the Hudson River in detail. Case and Waters unknown books
1821WRCAM29980Washington: Gales & Seaton 1821. 12pp. Dbd. Light offsetting on text. Very good. This memorial was part of an ongoing dispute between New York City auctioneers and merchants over the taxation of auction houses. Retailers claimed that auctions were inconsistent with regular trade and injurious to the interests of the city. The auctioneers respond by asserting that they help conduct the commerce of the city and that they combat monopolies and speculation. Still true today Shoemaker locates two copies of this pamphlet DLC NjP. Rare. SHOEMAKER 7366. Gales & Seaton unknown books
1816WRCAM26388Washington: Printed by William A. Davis 1816. 6pp. Dbd. Good. A document explaining the Erie Canal to Congress with a copy of the act initiating the project passed in the New York legislature. Printed by William A. Davis unknown books
18451470429th Cong. 1st Sess.: SD15. 1845. 23pp Disbound Very Good. Signed in type by more than 20 New York pilots. SD15. unknown books
1851JC12854Lockport New York 1851. Ephemera. Near Fine. Single leaf folded for mailing. Addressed to Hon. F. Follet W. Dayton recommends Frederick F. Hoyer for office of Collector. A short note is added at the end in another hand "I concur with Judge Dayton in the above / J. S. Wood." <br/><br/> unknown books
1850JC12840Lockport 1850. Ephemera. Near Fine. Single leaf 328x200mm printed form by O. C. Wright Bookseller and Stationer Lockport with lengthy handwritten entries signed by two witnesses and the Justice of the Peace. Deed for Enos Steel of Lockport County Niagara New York; with a lengthy description of the land. Flattened creases from folding else fine. <br/><br/> unknown books
1866205328James Miller 1866. Inkstamp on reverse of frontispiece and spotty stain to rear cover else a very good copy. Long folding map is misforded and lacks a small chip not affecting the image but is clean and bright. 134 pp Index plus ads including a number of plates some folding. Original cloth over boards with gilt stamped cover. <br/><br/> James Miller hardcover books
183221403Seneca Falls NY: Printed by William Child. 1832. 16pp. Disbound uncut untrimmed. Light dustsoiling of outer leaves and edges. Light foxing. Good. Printed by William Child. unknown books