Sunshine and Shadow in New York
first edition Cloth
1868 · Hartford, CT
by Smith, Matthew Hale
Hartford, CT: J. B. Burr and Company, 1868. First Edition. Cloth. Good Plus. 8vo. 712 pp. + 2 pp of ads. Compendium of New York institutions of day, Wall Street, Alexander Stewart, clubs, moneycracy, morality of city, Harper Brothers the publisher, John Jacob Astor, Beecher, crime, the police, Cornelius Vanderbilt, detectives, Blackmailing, the Five Points, the Bowery, sailors, Fernando Wood, the new Central Park, the lowly, gambling, and on and on. A must for anyone with a passion for old New York. Spine lettering faded. Light wear to the binding besides. Scattered foxing, heavy at times, most severe near the rear. (Inventory #: 002690)