Jun 06, 2019 - Sale 2512

Sale 2512 - Lot 263

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(NEW YORK CITY.) Holley, Orville L. A Description of the City of New York: with a Brief Account of the Cities, Towns, Villages, and Places of Resort Within Thirty Miles. 2 engraved folding maps, 2 engraved plates, 114, [2] pages. 12mo, 6x4 inches, publisher's pictorially gilt and blind cloth, minor wear; light age toning, small stain to frontis plate. New York: John Disturnell, 1847

Additional Details

Scarcely seen on the market, Holley's New York City guide is found here in a fabulous and unusual blue and white striped ticking cloth binding. The plates depict Castle Garden and steamboats landing at Pier 1 on the Hudson River; the first petite folding map shows Manhattan with part of Brooklyn and Williamsburg and the other offers a more general view of the vicinity of New York. The final leaf is advertisements for Disturnell's publications. Sabin 32533.