Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for the Years 1842 & 3 by Valentine, D. T - 1842

New York: Thomas Snowden, Printer. Good+. 1842. Hardcover. A compact handbook to the New York City of 1842 & 1843. This almanac-style work provides detailed information about people engaged in a variety of occupations, government officials, law enforcement, NY post office, foreign consuls, city financial data, real estate values, water supply systems, ferries, newspapers and other assorted data. With a large fold-out map showing parts of Manhattan & Brooklyn, a fold-out view of New Amsterdam in 1659 and another of the Croton Dam. --- (NOTE: An additional folded map entitled "A Plan of the City of New York from an Actual Survey Made by James Lyne" is missing, per "An Index to the Illustrations in the Manuals of the Corporation of the City of New York, 1841-1870" by William Loring Andrews.) --- This work was expanded in later years, adding more data, several more illustrations and in larger format. --- In brown cloth-covered boards with debossed designs to covers… Read More

New York: Thomas Snowden, printer, 1842. 1st. Cloth. Very Good-. 1st edition. A Very Good - copy. 16mo., 253 pp., with a large folding street map, large folding Plan (on light paper), Large folding engraving of Crotan Dam, a folding view of New Amsterdam, as well as many charts. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth, with the seal of New York in gilt on the front board, and the title on the spine.. Small loss at the spine's crown; Joints' cloth cracking. Small spot on the front end paper, from a piece of paper sticking. News clipping taped to the rear end paper (small article stating the Valentine Manual from 1857 selling at auction for $7.50). Large folding maps and plans do have small tears where they join the binding. Tight, with very clean maps, plane, views and text.