1909 The New New York: A Commentary on the Place and the People

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty-five colour plates, and ninety-eight black-and-white plates. Collated complete. An in-depth work on the swiftly expanding city of New York, with chapters on the approach from the sea, streets, sky-scrapers, Fifth Avenue, the bridges, water-ways, traffic and trade, and much more. Written by John Charles Van Dyke, an American art historian, critic, and nature writer. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell, a prolific American draftsman, etcher, lithographer, and illustrator. Publisher's advertisements to the rear.