Starts Jul 25, 2025 10:00 EST
Ending Aug 7, 2025
10:03 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
Stokes’s beautifully presented and important reference work on the iconography of Manhattan
STOKES, I. N. PHELPS
The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. One of 360 copies on English handmade paper. Six volumes, publisher's half-vellum over blue boards with gilt insignia, top edges gilt, housed in original gilt dark blue cloth dust protectors, in original dark blue cloth and board slipcases, lacks one slipcase. 11 x 8 inches (28 x 21 cm); illustrated throughout with color and black and white intaglio plates depicting Manhattan throughout its history. Lacks the slipcase to volume 5, some chipping, creasing, and small losses to jackets, jacket spines dulled, wear to the slipcases with a few short cracks and chips at joints and some creasing and losses to cloth coverings, the vellum spines a bit yellowed, front hinge of volume one cracked, contents with the occasional pale spot, and some small pencil annotations in the text, mostly check marks and circles next to descritptions of views of the city, otherwise a clean and bright set, with only minimal signs of use, otherwise the contents are clean, with the bookplate of J. Clarence Davies.
A lovely copy of Stokes' invaluable, painstakingly researched, and profusely illustrated reference work on the history of Manhattan from the 16th to the early 20th century.
$3,000 - $5,000
(this item has a reserve)
STOKES, I. N. PHELPS
The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. One of 360 copies on English handmade paper. Six volumes, publisher's half-vellum over blue boards with gilt insignia, top edges gilt, housed in original gilt dark blue cloth dust protectors, in original dark blue cloth and board slipcases, lacks one slipcase. 11 x 8 inches (28 x 21 cm); illustrated throughout with color and black and white intaglio plates depicting Manhattan throughout its history. Lacks the slipcase to volume 5, some chipping, creasing, and small losses to jackets, jacket spines dulled, wear to the slipcases with a few short cracks and chips at joints and some creasing and losses to cloth coverings, the vellum spines a bit yellowed, front hinge of volume one cracked, contents with the occasional pale spot, and some small pencil annotations in the text, mostly check marks and circles next to descritptions of views of the city, otherwise a clean and bright set, with only minimal signs of use, otherwise the contents are clean, with the bookplate of J. Clarence Davies.
A lovely copy of Stokes' invaluable, painstakingly researched, and profusely illustrated reference work on the history of Manhattan from the 16th to the early 20th century.
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Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 7, 2025
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Timed Online Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps Closing on Thursday, August 7, 2025 Beginning at 10am
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Featuring a Group of New York-Related Material from Various Collections and Estates
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