Sep 30, 2010 - Sale 2223

Sale 2223 - Lot 159

Price Realized: $ 450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(NEW YORK CITY.) John I. Downey, Inc. Building Construction, New York City. [44] pages. 4to, full calf wrappers, slight spotting; internally clean; small inked name stamp on inner wrapper. [New York, circa 1914?]

Additional Details

Consists mainly of 42 full-page illustrations of New York buildings built by Downey over the previous half-century, most captioned with address, architect and owner. Highlights include the Waldorf-Astoria, the Park Row Building, and the Hotel Astor. A handsome presentation. One other copy in WorldCat.