Editore: Thunder Bay Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 1571451900 ISBN 13: 9781571451903
Da: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Editore: Thunder Bay Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1571457976 ISBN 13: 9781571457974
Da: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Editore: San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press (2001), 2001
Da: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: UNSPECIFIED. First edition with a 1 present in the number line; oblong sm 4to.; glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; 144 pages; black and white and color photographic illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket.
Editore: Thunder Bay Press, San FDiego, 2002
ISBN 10: 1571457976 ISBN 13: 9781571457974
Da: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: USED_FINE. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. First edition. Oblong oevrsized hardcover. 144 pp. with index. Illustrated with alternation vintage black and white and contemporary color photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of the most interesting photographic looks at New York City and its history, the books offers vintage 19th and early 20th century views of Gotham buildings and places side-by-side with modern images of the same spots. A few examples: a 1913 view of the city's first skyscraper, the Woolworth Building opposite a modern view of the same building from the same angle with the World Trade Center looming behind it; the orinial William Waldorf Astor residence in 1893 and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in 2002; a baseball game in progress at the first incarnation of the Polo Grounds in 1886 and a view of the same site, 5th Avenue and 110th Street today.
Editore: Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, California, 2001
ISBN 10: 1571457976 ISBN 13: 9781571457974
Da: ELK CREEK HERITAGE BOOKS (IOBA), TOMS RIVER, NJ, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: USED_FINE. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition per number line. Hard cover in fine condition with glossy pictorial boards. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition and photographs and lettering mirror the glossy boards. * Front cover and back cover both show a photo of the Port of New York from the air : front photo taken 1933 and back photo taken 1995. Every glossy page of the volume contains black & white, sepia toned, or colored photographs. Includes color photographs of the NYC skyline showing the World Trade Center; opposite a photograph of the same view taken a week after the September 11th Terrorists attacks with a fog from the still burning debris where the towers had stood. From the jacket, ". . . a celebration of New York City's great past and a captivating look at the way in which the city has changed and evolved over the years since the advent of photography. . . ".
Editore: Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, California, 2001
Da: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: USED_ASNEW. No Jacket. 1st Edition. As new condition glossy oblong photographic boards. Includes Introduction and Index. Profusely illustrated with color photographs and black-and-white photographs. "New York is fondly known as the capital city of the world, yet until the 17th century the only inhabitants were Native Americans. The Indians and the Dutch began trading in 1610. In 1621 a group of merchants organized the West India Company and the first Dutch settlers arrived in Manhattan in 1623. In 1626 Peter Minuit bought the island from the Manhattan Indians for a hnadful of trinkets worth $24. By the 1660s the settlement had 270 residents and its first municpal government. The English snatched Manhattan in 1664 after Charles II gave the colony to his brother the Duke of York. For the next century New York muddled along, but high taxes united the settlers in their dislike of the British. During the American Revolution, the British hung onto Mahnattan for seven years until 1783, when American claimed victory over England in the War of Independence. For the next six years New York was the capital of America but after his electon as president, George Washington moved the government to Philadelphia and then Washington, D.C. Ignoring its loss of federal supremacy, New York expanded rapidly and by the 1800s the population had tripled to 100,000. By 1811 city commissioners had laid out Manhattan streets as a checkerboard of 2,026 rectangular blocks. Ironically, most of the city was still swamp land and pitifully unprepared for around three million European immigrants who arrived seeking the American dream. While commerce thrived, the poor lived in appalling slums. As work began to relieve the overcrowding, the Civil War broke out in 1861 and ambitious building plans were put on hold. But after the war Manhattan expanded in spectacular style. The Brooklyn Bridge, the New York Public Library, and the Metropolitan Museum were completed; grand mansions sprang up along Fifth Avenue; and department stores were built to cater to the needs of New York's rich. The race for the sky began in 1902 with the Fuller Building - quickly nicknamed the Flatiron because of its triangular shape - and Frank Woolworth's 792-foot tower followed to become the world's tallest structure in 1913. In 1930 the Chrysler became the tallest building, only to lose the title to the Empire State Building one year later. The 1,454-foot structure retained its "world's tallest" tag until 1973 when the World Trade Center's twin towers were built. Financier John Rockefeller's dream city-within-a-city began to take shape in the Depression and the complex covering 11 acres includes 19 buildings, Radio City Music Hall, a 5,900-seat theatre, and the studios of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), along with shops and restaurants. Glass boxes, steel structures, and stone monstrosities followed as New York expanded upward. But Manhattan's nonchalant attitude to knocking down the old and bringing in the new horrified conservationists, and when the once spectacular Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1965, the New York Landmark Trust was created to preserve the city's old buildings. Today New York is a dramatic blend of old and new and its skyline is instantly recognizable around the world. In this book we hope to capture the very best - and sometimes the worst - of New York and its changing vista. - Annette Witheridge, New York, 1999" - excerpt from the introduction.
Editore: Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, 2001
ISBN 10: 1571457976 ISBN 13: 9781571457974
Da: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Light shelfwear to DJ ; Charming photos from yesteryear opposite the same scene in a contemporary shot; Photographs; Small oblong 4to; 144 pages.
Editore: San Diego. Thunder Bay Press., 2001
Da: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
Prima edizione
Condizione: UNSPECIFIED. Oblong 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 144pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. New York City has long been known as the most exciting place on earth. Bought for a handful of trinkets from the original Native American inhabitants in the 17th century, it became a Mega City in time.
Editore: Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, 2003
ISBN 10: 1571457976 ISBN 13: 9781571457974
Da: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: UNSPECIFIED. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages.
Editore: Thunder Bay Press (CA), 2001
ISBN 10: 1571457976 ISBN 13: 9781571457974
Da: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: USED_FINE. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. A celebration of New York, with comparison shots facing each other. Utterly fascinating. This is a hardback first printing of the first edition. Looks unread, firm binding, no owner marks, not ex-library. Spine of the jacket a bit sunned. Perfect collectable.
Da: LibreriaElcosteño, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, BA, Argentina
Tapa Blanda. Condizione: USED_VERYGOOD. IMAGENES: En caso que no exista imagen de tapa. no dude en solicitarla. Ejemplar Usado, puede (o no) contener signos de uso como firma, anotaciones o subrayados, consultenos para mayor informacion del estado.