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Item Details

Description

Two Books on New York, including "Register of the Early Settlers of Kings County" by Teunis Bergen, 1881, with presentational inscription by author; and "Shepp's New York City Illustrated", 1894
Fair condition, some losses to pages and bindings

Condition

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