Description: Magical City. Intimate Sketches of New York. Pictures by Vernon Howe Bailey Notes by Arthur Bartlett Maurice published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1935. Facsimile signature of Vernon Howe Bailey on the dedication page. Hardcover. 256 pages. This book is filled with stunning sketches of New York, documenting the magic and many wonders of the Greatest City in the World. Whether you're an art enthusiast, architecture lover, or simply fascinated by New York's history, this book is sure to delight and inspire. THE PICTURES: The Great Cañon of Lower Broadway Fraunce's Tavern City Hall Park and Woolworth Building No. 75½ Bedford Street Pennsylvania R. R. Station Interior International Telephone & Telegraph Building The Union Club, Park Avenue Colonnade Row Hell Gate Bridge, Astoria 50th Street Between Park & Lexington Avenues 14th Street Theatre Vandewater St Arch of Brooklyn Bridge Approach Garden of Saint John's Church Madison Square Fifth Avenue, South of 54th Street No. 7 State Street Cathedral of Saint John the Divine Park Avenue Viaduct & Grand Central Terminal The Public Library Terrace 100 Bedford Street Municipal Building Colonnade Spuyten Duyvil The Stuyvesant, NY's First Apartment House Church of Saint Jean Baptiste Erasmus High School, Brooklyn The Morgan Library New York Stock Exchange The Billopp House, Staten Island City Hall, Municipal & World Buildings Columbus Circle Columbia University Library Saint Paul's Chapel The Hall of Fame The Little Church Around the Corner Beekman Place Gramercy Park Captain's Row, Richmond Terrace, Staten Island Rockefeller Center The Players Lady Chapel of Saint Patrick's Cathedral Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Queensboro Bridge & General Electric Tower Fifth Avenue North of 55th Street Washington Arch & No. 1 Fifth Avenue Former Building of the Congregational Dutch Church University Club Sherman Square U.S. Custom House Racquet & Tennis Club, Park Avenue North Façade of New York Central Building Chelsea Piers In the Grand Central District General Post Office, Eighth Avenue Slave Gallery of All Saints Church Lexington Avenue, South from 55th Street The Colony Club Southeast from the Squibb Building The Plaza Fifth Avenue North from the Hotel Gotham Roof The Plaza and Fifth Avenue from 67th Street The East River from the Brooklyn End of Williamsburg Bridge The Harlem River High Bridge & the Speedway Saint Patrick's Cathedral Bayonne Bridge Crossing the Kill van Kull Old Buildings in Battery Place MacDougal Alley from MacDougal Street The New York Hospital from First Avenue Broad St, Looking North from Beaver St South William Street from Broad Street Jeanette Park Times Square Fordham Dutch Reformed Church Grove St, Greenwich Village & Saint Luke's Chapel Metropolitan Museum Entrance Hall Whitehall Building North Stairway, New York Public Library Gateway of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi South Ferry The West End Collegiate Church West 32d Street from Near Broadway Friends Meeting House, Flushing Harlem Mere and Fifth Avenue Hospital from 110th Street Fifth Avenue Hotels at & near 59th Street Central Park South Trinity Church The Empire Theatre Riverside Church and Grant's Tomb Museum of the City of New York Sunken Plaza, Rockefeller Center The George Washington Bridge Wallabout Market, Brooklyn College of the City of New York Carnegie Mansion & Central Park Reservoir Standard Oil Company Building & New York Harbor Apartment Houses on Upper Park Avenue Skyscrapers from Manhattan Bridge near Henry Street Coenties Slip James Slip Gospel Mission & Brooklyn Bridge Tower Wall Street from South Street "Old Beekman," Beekman & Gold Streets Cherry Street at Manhattan Bridge Saint Bartholomew's West Street Looking South Sutton Place Central Synagogue Park Avenue North from 38th Street Erie Basin, Robin's Dry Dock “Mount Vernon on the East River" Lower Manhattan from the Top of Rockefeller Center Building The Harlem River South of 145th Street The West Side Motor Highway Washington Street, Brooklyn The Columbia University Boat House Broadway, North from 71st Street 181st Street Subway Station East River Bridges from Brooklyn Lower Manhattan from the Hotel Saint George Central Park West Sutton Court and Riverview Terrace Grace Church CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Facsimile signature of Vernon Howe Bailey on the dedication page. Book shows normal fairly minor sign of storage & age. Tight binding, clean text. Pages have turned yellow from age. The cover is worn, soiled, stained, scuffed, and has some discoloration. The name of the previous owner is written on the endpaper at the front of the book. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Subj Lookup 1: Art Sketches
Place of Publication: New York
Topics: art book, iconic buildings, Famous Landmarks
Book Title: Magical City: Intimate Sketches of New York
Signed: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Subject: Pictorial works, Art & Culture, Architecture, Sketches
Year Printed: 1935
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Vernon Howe Bailey
Special Attributes: City Hall Park & Woolworth Building, Pennsylvania R. R. Station Interior, The Union Club, Park Avenue, 50th Street Between Park & Lexington Avenues, Vandewater St Arch of Brooklyn Bridge Approach, Garden of Saint John's Church, Madison Square, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Park Avenue Viaduct & Grand Central Terminal, The Public Library Terrace, Church of Saint Jean Baptiste, New York Stock Exchange, The Billopp House, Staten Island, City Hall, Municipal & World Buildings, Columbus Circle, Saint Paul's Chapel, The Hall of Fame, Rockefeller Center, The Plaza, The Harlem River High Bridge & the Speedway, Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Times Square, Metropolitan Museum Entrance Hall, New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue Hotels, The Empire Theatre, Carnegie Mansion & Central Park Reservoir, Wall Street from South Street, Park Avenue North from 38th Street, Rockefeller Center Building
Region: New York
Author: Arthur Bartlett Maurice
Features: Illustrated, Facsimile signature of Vernon Howe Bailey
Genre: Art, Art & Culture
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: New York, Architecture, Buildings, Art, Historic, Drawings
