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Part 5 Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets

Posted on January 18, 2013 by B.P.

The Art of The Book #5 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s As we complete our look at New York City books from 80+ years ago, some of these dust jackets incorporate photography into … Continue reading →

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Part 4 Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets

Posted on January 16, 2013 by B.P.

The Art of The Book #4 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s Continuing our look at the those great New York City books from 80 years ago, here are more great dust jacket covers. … Continue reading →

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Part 3 Even More Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets

Posted on January 14, 2013 by B.P.

The Art of The Book #3 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s We continue with our look at vintage books about New York City with great dust jackets. (click here to read part 1 … Continue reading →

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Part 2 More Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets

Posted on January 12, 2013 by B.P.

The Art of The Book #2 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s We continue our look at some great New York City books from the 1920′s and 1930′s with exceptional artwork on their dust … Continue reading →

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Part 1 Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets

Posted on January 10, 2013 by B.P.

The Art of The Book #1 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s From the 1920′s until the 1940′s, book publishers put out some phenomenal books about New York. They also hired talented artists to … Continue reading →

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Jack Klugman, Odd Couple’s Oscar Madison, Dies At 90

Posted on December 25, 2012 by B.P.

Last Of “12 Angry Men” Cast Passes Away At Home When Jack Klugman decided to write a book he insisted it would not be an autobiography. He was too modest for that. Instead he wrote a book about his close … Continue reading →

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Five Of The Best Latin Quotations

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Bert

Latin To Impress Your Friends & Improve Your Mind Certain maxims, proverbs or quotations simply sound better in Latin.  Here are five simple and profound Latin quotations from great books. “Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono.” There is no … Continue reading →

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First Pneumatic Mail Delivery In New York 1897

Posted on December 11, 2012 by B.P.

The Pneumatic Mail Tubes And The “Age of Speed” Reading Howard Wallace Connelly’s highly entertaining 1931 autobiography Fifty-Six Years In The New York Post Office-  A Human Interest Story of Real Happenings in the Postal Service (self-published) the following anecdote … Continue reading →

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All New York City Sidewalks Are Not Created Equal

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Max

What Is The Width Of The Sidewalks In Manhattan? Following up on our November 19, story, All New York City Streets Are Not Created Equal, the 1904 World Almanac has a list of the width of Manhattan’s sidewalks. The chart … Continue reading →

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How The Super Wealthy Woman Of 1903 Lived

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Max

“Free To Indulge Her Whims and Fads In Whatever Way The Gay World Of Society, And Her Own Inclination, May Lead Or Tempt Her” Let’s say you are the wife of a turn of the century financier. How do you … Continue reading →

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