Notable New Yorkers of 1896 - 1899
by KING, Moses
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
New York and Boston: Moses King. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. A gallery of photographic portraits of notable New Yorkers, as of 1896-1899. These people are grouped by occupation, e.g.: bankers, physicians, military, business, etc. It is notable that all are Caucasian, and all are men. This work is labeled "A Companion Volume to King's Handbook of New York City" on title page. --- In illustrated beveled-edge green cloth-covered boards with with cover & spine titling in black or in gilt. This work produced by Bartlett & Company, The Orr Press of New York. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- Both front and rear hinges are a little loose, with a few loosened leaves. Overall, binding remains mostly stable.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 616 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86124
- Title
- Notable New Yorkers of 1896 - 1899
- Author
- KING, Moses
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Moses King
- Place of Publication
- New York and Boston
- Date Published
- 1899
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>American History & Politics; >>American Society, Life in the US;
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