1: BERENICE ABBOTT Changing New York. New York, 1939. 97 plates. 4to, cloth; lacks the dust jacket; ex-library, with stamp and ink notationon front pastedown. FIRST EDITION. E150/250 Commissioned by the W.P.A, Abbott's photographs of Manhattan and the

2: BERENICE ABBOTT Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery. Silver print, 1935; printed later. 7.5 x 9.5in, with the photographer's signature and inscription, in pencil, on mount recto and her Maine handstamp on mount verso. E1,000/1,500 The photographer

3: BERENICE ABBOTT Downtown Skyport, Pier 1. Silver print, 1936. 9.5 x 7.5in, with the photographer's handwritten caption, in pencil, and her "Changing New York" handstamp on verso. E3,000/4,000 This image appears as plate 44 in Abbott's book CHANGING

4: HORATIO ALGER Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the BootBlacks. Boston, (1868). Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's green cloth stamped in blind and gilt, cocked, joints cracked, quite worn; binding threads tearing in last half of book with a

5: "ALWAYS INSPIRING! / NEW YORK" Offset color lithographed poster, 40.5 x 25 inches; repaired tears in corners and margins, some affecting image, restoration in image. An advertisement for the Pennsylvania Railroad featuring people walking outside of

6: (AMERICAN REVOLUTION-MAP) An Accurate Map of Staten Island with thatPart of New York . . . which is the Rendesvous [sic] of the Two GrandArmies, and the present seat of Action. Great Britain, circa 1776. Engraved folding map, extracted from a British

7: (AMERICAN REVOLUTION-MAP) An Accurate Map of New York in North America, from a late Survey. London, circa 1780. Engraved folding mapof New York extracted from the Universal Magazine, 335x270 mm, ample margins; minor cellotape stain in the lower left.

8: (AMERICAN REVOLUTION-VIEW) L'Entre triumphale des Troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck - Der Einzug der Koeniglichen Volcker in neu Yorck. Paris: Chereau, circa 1780. Hand-colored engraved vue d'optique, showing British troops walking in the streets of

9: (AMERICAN REVOLUTION-VIEW) Representation du Feu Terrible a NouvelleYorck. [Augsbourg, circa 1776]. Hand-colored engraved vue d'optique, showing the city burning out of control, with British troops beating Americans in the streets. 290x405 mm, wide

10: (ARCADE RAILWAY) Proposed Arcade Railway. Under Broadway, View Near Wall Street. New York: Mayer & Sons, circa 1870. Chromolithograph, 545x695 mm sheet size; some staining, minor browning in image, 2 repaired tears. Still an impressive image. Stokes

11: (ARCHITECTURE) Hidden Houses of New York. By A. M. T. and H. D. C. COLT. London: Two Horse Press, 1960. Illustrations. 8vo, publisher's 1/4 cloth with a pictorial cover label, minor wear. ONE OF 150 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED "THE TWO COLTS." Inscribed

12: (ARCHIVE) Impressive collection of manuscript material relating to significant early New York families, including Hamilton, Morris, Livingston, Bleeker, DePeyster, Jay, Bogardus and Riker. New York, circa 1800. Mostly legal documents, receipts and

13: JOHN JACOB ASTOR Group of 3 partly-printed Documents Signed, relating to the purchase of land on the Lower East Side: the land deed and two invoices. New York, 1827-32. One signed in full, the others "rec'd pay J. J. A." Countersigned by others,

14: JOHN JACOB ASTOR, III Two Autograph Letters Signed, by the heir and executor of the Astor fortune. New York, 11 December 1878; 14 January1889. The first to D. and J. Jardine, agreeing to pay them for architectural services on "the new building of St.

15: PEGGY BACON Noon Hour. Etching, 1931. 126x176 mm; 5x6.875in, full margins. Signed, dated and titled in pencil, lower margin. Ex- collection The Downtown Gallery, New York, with the ink stamp verso, Kraushaar Gallery, New York, with the gallery label

16: REYNOLDS BEAL The Freighter Olinda. Etching, 1930. 222x350 mm; 8.75 x 13.75in full margins. Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin. A very good, clean impression.

17: JESSIE TARBOX BEALS "Dr. Parkhurst's Church" [Madison Square Presbyterian Church]. Silver print from a paper negative, 1910s. 9.25x 5 inches, with the photographer's signature and caption, in pencil,on mount recto; and her signature in ink, on recto.

18: JESSIE TARBOX BEALS Group of 3 photographs of the boho set and theirhaunts. Silver prints, circa 1910. 3.5 x 5 inches, each captioned, credited, and numbered in the negative. E2,000/3,000 "Washington Square Book Shop" * "Vera Black, The Black Parrot

19: F. W. BEERS Atlas of New York and Vicinity. New York, 1867. 61 (of 62?) hand-colored maps, many folding, 5 sheets with 14 heliogravure views. Folio, modern cloth and leather; title-page backed with paper, several of the folding maps reinforced on

20: CECIL BELL Market Shopping. Lower East Side. Lithograph, 1937. 254x256mm; 10x10.125in, full margins. Signed, dated and numbered 13/25 in pencil, lower margin. With the artist's blindstamp, lower left. A good, clean impression.