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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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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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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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Riding A Turn Of The Century New York Stagecoach

Posted on October 31, 2012 by B.P.

New York Transportation In The Early 1900′s Hamilton Fish Armstrong was the longtime editor of the magazine Foreign Affairs. His charming memoir, Those Days published in 1963 by Harper and Row is a wonderfully evocative description of an upper middle … Continue reading →

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The Dangers And Lures Of New York City 1957

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Max

Stay Out of the Parks At Night! From the New York City Guide And Almanac 1957 – 1958 This vintage book is a great snapshot of New York City in the late 1950′s. I wish they would have printed this … Continue reading →

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50 Years After Marilyn Monroe’s Death – Examining The Books That Were Written About Her While She Was Living

Posted on August 4, 2012 by B.P.

The Fascination With Marilyn Monroe: A Look At The First Six Books About Her Sometime during the evening or early morning hours of August 4 or 5th 1962 Marilyn Monroe died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 36. Even after fifty years … Continue reading →

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