[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 19th c. NY City

[Kaaterskill Books]

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Seventeen scarce New York City items from Wealth to Pauperism, Water 
Supply, Yellow Fever, Hospitals, NYU, and others.

Beach, Moses Yale, ed. THE WEALTH AND BIOGRAPHY OF THE WEALTHY 
CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK BEING AN ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT OF 
THE NAMES OF THE MOST PROMINENT CAPITALISTS WHOSE WEALTH IS ESTIMATED 
AT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND UPWARDS WITH THE SUMS APPENDED TO 
EACH NAME, AND GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL 
PERSONS. New York: Sun Office, 1855. 83 pp. 12mo. Paper wrappers. 
12th edition. Originally published in 1842 with title 'Wealth and 
wealthy citizens of New York City,' the book went through numerous 
printings, the 1855 edition being over twice the size of the earlier 
editions. Sabin shows only the Philadelphia version. Disbound from a 
larger volume but still containing the original wrappers; front 
wrapper and the title page detached, a few chips, scattered foxing 
but most leaves crisp. A good copy.   [27346]  $150
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Caffall, R. M. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF 
SCIENCES, NOVEMBER 23, 1885, BY R. M. CAFFALL, ON HIS PROCESS FOR 
WATERPROOFING AND PRESERVING BUILDINGS, AS RECENTLY APPLIED TO THE 
OBELISK IN CENTRAL PARK. New York: New York Academy of Sciences. 
1886. 16 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers.  First edition thus. 
Offprint "extracted from the transactions of the New York Academy of 
Sciences, Vol. V, No. 2." Uncommon New York Central Park item. OCLC 
shows only one copy (NYHist. Soc). Mail fold else a very good or 
better copy.   [27341]  $40
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Dibblee, [Fyler]. NEW YORK CITY. REMARKS OF MR. DIBBLEE, IN COMMON 
COUNCIL, ON DISCUSSING THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION OFFERED BY ALDERMAN 
STEVENS. New York: n.p. [1831]. 55 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. 
First edition. Samuel Stevens had long sought to break up the 
Manhattan Company which held the water rights for the City and 
finally in a council resolution sought to have the City take back the 
rights and provide water from the Bronx. "Fyler Dibblee... defended 
the company and is legal rights, deriding the Bronx, and questioning 
the City's ability to plan, fund, and administer a public [water] 
supply. Though Stevens won the initial votes, the council refused to 
supply funding, and Albany thus rejected the project," Koepple, Water 
for Gotham. Scarce. OCLC and RLIN show only 3 copies. Front wrapper 
detached else a very good somewhat foxed copy.  Not in Sabin. [27656] 
$125
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Hawkins, Dexter A., et al. MURRAY HILL RESERVOIR. THE DANGER OF ITS 
REMOVAL DEMONSTRATED. TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
New York: S. W. Green's Typesetting Machines, 1879. 5 pp. 8vo. 
Stitched paper wrappers.  First edition. "The Murray Hill Reservoir 
was the terminus of the water which started with a dam on the Croton, 
passed through Westchester, crossed the Harlem on the High Bridge, 
came down Manhattan to the York Hill Reservoir in what was then open 
land (now in Central Park), and finally in pipes to Murray Hill for 
distribution by cast iron pipe to settled areas further south" Gerard 
Koeppel. The committee argues that the city should be increasing not 
decreasing capacity. OCLC and RLIN show 2 copies; NYU and Nat. Lib of 
Medicine. Wrappers chipped with rear internally repaired, one black 
leaf repaired, edges tears, some browning at the edges but still 
clean and about very good.   [27649]  $75
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New York. AN ACT INCORPORATING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW 
YORK, PASSED APRIL 18, 1831. New York: Wm. A. Mercein, Printer, 1831. 
8 pp. 8vo. Removed.  First edition. The act that incorporated New 
York University (NYU). OCLC and RLIN show only two copies. A very 
good copy, number on front wrapper, minor foxing on rear wrapper, 
leaves bright.   [27616]  $25
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New York City Chamber of Commerce. MEMORIAL OF THE CHAMBER OF 
COMMERCE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. IN RELATION TO A DISCRIMINATING 
TARIFF OF DUTIES. New York: J. P. Wright, Printer, 1842. 11 pp. 8vo. 
Stitched paper wrappers.  First edition. The Chamber argues for a 
"discriminating duty on foreign imports" as opposed to direct 
taxation to raise the funded needed by the Federal government. 
Presented at the 2nd session of the 27th Congress. Not in OCLC. RLIN 
shows the Library Company of Philadelphia copy. Lacking the printed 
wrappers else a very good or better bright copy.   [27637]  $75
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New York City Chamber of Commerce. Bayard, William. MEMORIAL OF THE 
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. DECEMBER 27, 1819. 
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE [20]. Washington, D. C.: 
Printed by Gales & Seaton. 1819. 8 pp. 8vo. Removed.  First edition. 
The Chamber calls for Congress to impose a heavy tonnage duty to 
counteract the French duties on American goods. OCLC and RLIN show 
only two copies: LOC and Boston Athenaeum Marginal holes from 
binding, untrimmed, small stain on rear wrapper, a good+ copy.  Shaw 
& Shoemaker 49872. [27640]  $35
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New York Hospital. REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED OCTOBER 
6, 1868 TO SUBMIT A GENERAL PLAN FOR CARRYING OUT THE VIEWS OF THE 
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL, IN REFERENCE TO LEASING 
THEIR PROPERTY ON BROADWAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1868. New York: D. Van 
Nostrand, 1868. 18 pp., [1]. Illus. with 1 b/w plan. Trade format. 
Paper wrappers.  First edition. There was not total unanimity about 
the construction of a new facility. Split at spine, some minor 
creasing and soiling to the lower fore-corner, a few small chips, 
else a very good copy. Scarce. RLIN and OCLC show only one copy at 
the NYHist. Soc.   [27324]  $50
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New York Hospital and Bloomingdale Asylum. REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE 
NEW YORK HOSPITAL AND BLOOMINGDALE ASYLUM, FOR THE YEAR 1865. New 
York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., printers, 1866. 38 pp. Sm. 4to. Stitched 
paper wrappers.  First edition. A good copy with spine chipped, 
wrappers loosen and soiled, front wrapper creased, leaves clean.  Not 
in Sabin. [27303]  $15
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New York Hospital and Bloomingdale Asylum. REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE 
NEW YORK HOSPITAL AND BLOOMINGDALE ASYLUM, FOR THE YEAR 1868. New 
York: D. Van Nostrand, 1869. 30 pp. Sm. 4to. Stitched paper wrappers. 
First edition. A good copy with chipping to soiled wrappers, leaves 
clean.  Not in Sabin. [27304]  $15
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New York University (University of the City of New York). Tallmadge, 
James. AN EXPOSITION BY THE COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF 
NEW YORK, RESPECTING THE LATE MEASURES OF RETRENCHMENT ADOPTED IN 
THAT INSTITUTION, AND WHICH LEAD TO THE DISMISSAL OF SOME OF THE 
PROFESSORS IN THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS, WITH AN APPENDIX. 
New York: Printed at the University Press, 1838. 96 pp. 8vo. Stitched 
paper wrappers.  First edition. Relating to the controversy between 
the university and seven undergraduate professors over their 
dismissal, their allegations of misconduct by the chancellor (James 
McFarlane Mathews), and the university's financial difficulties. 
Usually found disbound. Scarce in wrappers. Front wrapper detached 
and chipped else a very good crisp copy.  Checklist Amer. Imprints 
51965. Sabin 54705. [27322]  $100
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Parton, James. HOW NEW YORK CITY IS GOVERNED. Boston: Ticknor and 
Fields, 1866. 48 pp. 16mo. Stitched paper wrappers.  First edition 
thus. Reprinted from the North American Review. Parton (1822-91) was 
perhaps the most popular biographer of the 19th c. in America. 
Uncommon. OCLC and RLIN show 7 copies. Wrappers chipped, soiled, and 
detached, leaves bright and crisp, overall still about very good. 
Sabin 58948. [27648]  $100
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Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in the City of New York. THE 
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MANAGERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE 
PREVENTION OF PAUPERISM, IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, READ AND ACCEPTED, 
DECEMBER 29, 1819. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, ON THE SUBJECT OF 
PAUPERISM. New York: Printed by E. Conrad, 1820. 91 pp. 8vo. 
Disbound.  First edition. OCLC and RLIN show only seven copies. 
Removed else a very good copy with a few small chips on the title 
page.  See Sabin 54670. Shoemaker 3259. Kress 22976. [27655]  $75
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The Democratic Club of the City of New York. THE DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF 
THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 617 FIFTH AVENUE. New York: n.p. [1891]. 16 pp. 
Sm. 8vo. Stitched paper self-wrappers.  First edition. The Democratic 
Club had recently reorganized to set it apart from municipal politics 
as well as to attract nonresident members to its new building. 
Contains a list of members and their addresses, both resident and 
nonresident. A good or better copy with small chips on the corners. 
[27339]  $50
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Tilden, S.J. [Samuel J.] THE NEW YORK CITY "RING:" ITS ORIGIN, 
MATURITY AND FALL, DISCUSSED IN A REPLY TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. New 
York: Press of John Polhemus, 1873. 52 + 31 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper 
wrappers.  First edition. Samuel Tilden (1814-1886) as chariman of 
the Democratic party was harshly criticized by Nast in Harpers for 
allowing William Tweeds corruption to continue unabated. Finally 
Tilden formed a committee which led to the eventual imprisonment of 
Tweed. The New York Times, in a series of articles during 1872, 
attacked Tilden for appropriating too much credit in the break up of 
the Boss Tweed ring. This was Tilden's reply. A very good copy, small 
chips to front wrapper, bit of soiling on wrappers, mail fold, a few 
leaves in rear with tears along fore edge, not affecting text. 
[27650]  $60
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Towne, Henry R. [Robinson]. FINANCIAL PROJECT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 
EXHIBITION, COLUMBUS QUADRI-CENTENNIAL, NEW YORK, 1892. [New York]: 
n.p., 1889. 21 pp. Sm. 8vo. Paper wrappers (paperback).  First 
edition. Henry Robinson Towne (1844-1924) was an engineer and 
businessman, head of the Yale Lock Co., head of the Merchants' 
Association of New York, author of A Treatise on Cranes (1883), and 
would later be a member of the Federal Reserve. Here he details plans 
for an International Exhibition for 1892 which would include the 
building of a 1320 foot high observation tower (similar to the Eiffel 
Tower), a Coliseum with seating for 50,000, and a circulating railway 
which would move both outside and inside buildings. Includes 
estimated financing (from the City of course) and revenues. Chicago, 
however, was where the World's Columbian Exposition was held in 1893. 
Scarce. OCLC and RLIN show no copies of this separate publication 
though the Smithsonian and the NYPL each have a copy of "Papers 
relating to the international exhibition, of 1892," which includes 
this item. Very near fine with a small closed tear on the spine, 
otherwise bright and crisp. An exceptional copy.   [27285]  $250
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Woodworth, John Maynard [Surgeon General]. ALS:  "TO THE CHAMBERS OF 
COMMERCE AND BOARDS OF TRADE OF THE CITIES OF NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, 
BALTIMORE, BOSTON, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, AND CINCINNATI [TO REPORT ON 
THE YELLOW FEVER]. Washington, D. C.: n.p. 1878. 2 leaves. Sm. 4to. 
First edition. Letter from Department of the United States Treasury, 
Office Surgeon General United States Marine-Hospital Service, 
Washington, Sept. 30, 1878. Signed John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879) 
first Surgeon General along with his emboss. "Woodworth was directly 
responsible for creating a medical corps of professional physicians 
whose national orientation raised them above politics and mediocrity. 
His vision of a federal public health service was the blueprint his 
successors followed in building the strong service that evolved in 
the twentieth century," (ANB). Concerns the appointment of a Yellow 
Fever Commission after and outbreak in Memphis. In the wake of the 
1878 yellow fever epidemic, quarantine powers were briefly entrusted 
to the Marine Hospital Service, but without funding to execute them. 
Even this commission existed only because Elizabeth Thompson of New 
York donated the funds, without which the President was helpless. 
OCLC and RIN show no copies. Chamber of Commerce stamp, mail fold, 
otherwise fine.   [27639]  $100
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