Description: Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York by Abram C. Dayton, Illustrated Edition, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1897, 386 pp, 20 full page plates, 8.75 x 6.25", 8vo. In fair condition. Dark green boards are scuffed at edges & bumped corners. Gilt lettering bright and clean. Head and tail of spine lacking - binding exposed. Small white paint stain found on front board. Gilt top edge is rubbed and dulled. Front gutter split - binding mesh exposed. Previous ownership gift inscription on front end-page. Toning throughout text-block - especially to tissue guards. Title page exhibits off-setting from frontispiece's tissue guard. Red and black lettering found on title page. All plates present and clean. Rear gutter beginning to split at head - binding fragile, but intact. Please see photos. Knickerbocker is a term often used to describe a native or inhabitant of New York, after the original Dutch settlers of the area. The Knickerbocker Press was built in 1889 by G.P. Putnam and Sons, one of the nation's lading publishers at the time. The Knickerbocker Press may have derived it's name from the company's interest in the works of Washington Irving, originally published by G.P. Putnam. Irving was a proponent of Dutch and Netherlandish architecture, as evidenced by his descriptions of Dutch colonial architecture in his writers, and as seen at his own home, Sunnyside, in Tarryton, New York. Presents well. FORN-MSB-0923-0727-HK696
Price: 75 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Abram C. Dayton
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons - The Knickerbocker Press
Topic: New York
Subject: Americana
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1897
