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Sale 2708 - Lot 150

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(NEW YORK CITY.) Complete run of the Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, better known as Valentine's Manuals. 28 volumes, with a profusion of folding maps and plates. Various sizes ranging from 24mo to large 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, condition varies widely, lacking at least 4 plates, some repairs; wide variety of ownership inscriptions including gift inscriptions by editor D.T. Valentine in the 1842-3 and 1857 volumes. Not fully collated beyond the scarce first 5 volumes; volume description available upon request. New York, 1841-1870
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A complete run (the 1845-6 issue was followed by the 1847, and no manual was issued in 1867). Valentine's Manual combined the mundane functions of an annual city manual with a profusion of historical data, lithographed city views, and maps spanning the city's history. The first five volumes in particular are scarce today.

In this run, the 1842-3 volume is inscribed "The respects of the author to R.R. Ward Esq.", and the 1857 is inscribed "Presented to Henry T. Kiersted Esq. with the highest respects of the author, D.T. Valentine."

With--"Historical Index to the Manuals of the Corporation of the City of New York." First gathering detached; "A List of Maps and Other Illustrations" tipped in. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1900.

And--"An Index to the Illustrations in the Manuals of the Corporation of the City of New York." New York: Society of Iconophiles, 1906.

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