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1886 Peculiarities of American Cities New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia USA

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1886 Peculiarities of American Cities New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia USA: 1886 Peculiarities of American Cities New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia USA A beautifully bound, scarce 19th-century explorational narrative by Captain Willard Glazier entitled, Peculiarities of Am

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American Banking Archive [166738]: About 100 items in this c. 1885-1924 American banking archive. Mostly Montana, also Chicago, California, Wyoming, New York etc. Letterheads, accounts etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prov

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History Books, U.S. (25) [150053]: About 25 US history books. Missouri, Vermont, New York City, Statue of Liberty, American Commonwealths, Virginia, Rhode Island, Boston Wool Fire, Burial of General Rosecrano, John Brown Among the Quak

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Eastern Trade Cards, 100+ [164171]: 100+ mostly Eastern US tradecards, about 1.8 lbs. Boston, New York, Rhode Island, Buffalo, Connecticut etc.Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Stuart Mackenzie Montana Ephemera Collec

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STAUFFER - Copper & Steel USA Engravers 1907: STAUFFER, David McNeely, & Mantle FIELDING. American Engravers upon Copper and Steel. New York [vols I and II] and Philadelphia [vol.III]:: Grolier Club [vols. I and II], 1907-1917. 3 volumes (includi

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American Hotel Letterhead Group, 200 [166734]: About 200 pieces of American hotel pictorial letterheads c. 1891-1925. Montana, Missouri. Minnesota, North Dakota, New York, Washington etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Stuart

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LAMP BLACK, Afro-American Artists 1970: Afro-American Artists New York & Boston. The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. The Museum of Fine Arts. The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston 19 May-23 June, 1970. Contain

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1892 BOSTON & CHICAGO American City Albums Illustrated Architecture Photographs: 1892 BOSTON & CHICAGO American City Albums Illustrated Architecture Photographs Two rare 19th-century photograph illustrated American city albums. These two oblong works offer descriptions and fine il

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4 ANTIQUE BOOKS DUMAS +: 1- A Bed of Roses W.L. George published by Modern Library, 1919. Soft Cover. 2- Duma's La Tulipe Noire Published by D. C. Heath & CO., Boston New York Chicago (1899). 3- Owen Meredeth Lucille publishe

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JAMES BALDWIN Signed THE FIRE NEXT TIME Steve Schapiro TASCHEN Numbered 227 LTD: ARTIST: James Baldwin (Harlem, New York City, Saint Paul de Vence, France, 1924-1987), Steve Schapiro (New York City, Chicago, Illinois, 1923-2022) TITLE: The Fire Next Time PUBLISHER: Taschen, 2017 D

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1802 TWO Early American Newspapers Boston New York: Two early American newspapers: New-York Herald, for June 12, 1802; and Boston Gazette for May 9, 1805. Very Good, some discoloration. Complete. Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $10.00 to anywhere with

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1853 1ed New York City MAPS American INDIANS Revolutionary WAR Valentine: 1853 1ed New York City MAPS American INDIANS Revolutionary WAR Valentine David Valentines â€œHistory of the City of New York” is a rare and complete history of New York from the earliest tim

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Transactions of the American Institute of the City of New York 9 Volumes: Transactions of the American Institute of the City of New York. Includes the following years: 1849, 1850, 1854, 1855, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1867 & 1868. Published by Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, printer

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4 Books on the Past of U. S. cities.: Peculiarities of American Cities, Glazier, Captain Willard, Philadelphia 1886, Hubbard Brothers, embossed cloth cover in good shape though a bit faded and worn with gilt title and decoration. Pages in

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Somerset Maugham, Gentleman in the Parlour, 1st US Edition 1933: "The Gentleman in the Parlour: Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong" by W. Somerset Maugham, published by Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., Garden City, New York, First American Edition, late

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1886 Peculiarities of American Cities New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia USA

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1886 Peculiarities of American Cities New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia USA

A beautifully bound, 19th-century travel narrative by Captain Willard Glazier entitled, Peculiarities of American Cities. Glazier describes the unique and distinguishing characteristics of 39 major American cities including Boston, Buffalo, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington DC, and many more!

Item number: #22265

Price: $399

GLAZIER, Captain Willard

Peculiarities of American Cities

Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1886.

Details:

Collation: Complete

[6], xv, [1], 25-558, 565-570

33 full-page plates (includes frontispiece)

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Decorative cloth

Size: ~7.75in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 13.5cm)

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