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New York Historical Reference Books

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Group Eighteen Art Reference Books: all relating to American art and artists, including "Catalogue of American Portraits in the New York Historical Society", 2 volumes. Largest: 13 1/4" high, 11 1/4" wide. Estate condition with soiling

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Antique Reference Books: Antique reference books. New York related including Potters & Potteries (N.Y.S. 1650-1900); N.Y.S. Furniture (1788-1825); N.Y. Furniture (N.Y.S. Museum); Poughkeepsie Potters and The Plague; Third Rai

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Group of Pewter Reference Books: Group of Pewter Reference Books Including Metalwork in Early America by Donald L. Fennimore. Approximately twenty volumes. C

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ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL REFERENCE BOOKS: A lot of architectural and historical reference volumes.

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First Family Abigail & John Adams By Joseph Ellis SIGNED First Edition: Founding Brothers The Revolutionary Generation By Joseph J. Ellis RARE SIGNED First Edition published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2000. SIGNED in person at The New York Historical Society

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Two reference books on California Literature: Heading: (Zamorano Select) Author: Title: Two Zamorano Select Books on the Literature of California Place Published: New York and Los Angeles Publisher:Various publishers Date Published: 193

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31 VARIOUS ARTS & CRAFTS REFERENCE BOOKS: Titles include but not limited to: "Roycroft Art Metal" by Kevin McConnell; "Collected Works of Gustav Stickley"; "The Arts & Crafts Movement in New York State 1890s-1920s

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Group of Gem Reference Books: Group of Gem Reference Booksto include: Post, Jeffrey E. The National Gem Collection: Smithsonian Intitution (New York: Abrams, 1997), 144 pp, cloth hardback with box; Gemological Institute of America

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Audubon Reference Books: [Audubon Reference] , The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America, New York, American Heritage, 1966, 2 volumes, brown cloth, original slipcase IMPORTANT: All pur

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THREE REFERENCE BOOKS ON FURNITURE, 4 VOLS: Lot of 3 works in 4 volumes on antique furniture, including: Lockwood, Luke Vincent. COLONIAL FURNITURE INAMERICA, 2 vols. (New York: Charles Scribnerâ€™s Sons, 1913). ** Wenham, Edward. COLLECTO

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Six Art Reference books: Escher, Rodin, Blake, Dove, Tamayo, Antreasian 9 1/2"H x 13"W x 1"D: Six Art Reference books: Escher, Rodin, Blake, Dove, Tamayo, Antreasian Including: The World fo M. C. Escher, Harry Abrams, New York, 1971 William Blake, Tate Gallery, Martin Butlin, 1978 Arthur Dove

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Large Lot of Vintage New York State Books & Pamphlets: Large Lot of Vintage New York State Books & Pamphlets. Includes: 2 Rip Van Winkles Books, Washington Irving Maps New York Folklore Quarterly History of Erie Canal New York Historical Society Journ

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Lot of 16 Railroad Reference Books: Lot of 16 Railroad Reference Books. 1 - HC The Railroad Station by Carroll Meeks. 2 - 15 are all "The Next Station Will Be..." SC books by The Railroadians of American. Includes: Vol 1 1973 New York S

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2 Reference Books, Native American Interest: 2 Reference Books, Native American Interest, #1 Song from the Earth: American Indian Painting by Jamake Highwater, hardback book c. 1976 First Edition New York Graphic Society/Boston, comes in origina

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CIVIL WAR AND OTHER MILITARIA REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF 19,: CIVIL WAR AND OTHER MILITARIA REFERENCE VOLUMES, LOT OF 19, including Calver and Bolton, History Written with Pick and Shovel, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1950; and Laurence, The George

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19th- early 20th c New York reference books- 1845 "A History of Long Island", 1854 George Lippard "New York its Upper Ten and Lower Million" (lacking frontis, two pages torn with losses), 1860 Gazetteer of the State of New York", 1869 "Battle of Long Island",

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