COMPTON, Rich J. (editor and designer) : [Atlases]. [223]pp., including 110 plates. Blue-green cloth over boards with decorative gilt titles stamped to front, spine. No dustjacket, as issued. This is the 1989 edition lovingly and elegantly reprinted by local amateur historian Todd McGraw in blue-green cloth with a bright gilt title design to the front in a worthy production which far outshines the myriad 21st Century on-demand and coil-bound reprints typically found.
Authentic finishing techniques using Golden Oak stain and SHER-WOOD® dull-rubbed lacquer.
Valentine’s Manual. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. Published by D. T. Valentine in New York in1852 . 12mo. (7.5” X 5”), 504 pages. Publishers cloth binding with cloth separated at front and rear hinges. Front and rear boards still firmly attached. Larger map of the city is present. Three of the other 4 maps have scotch tape repairs. One folding plate is present but torn in half. Another with scotch tape repair. Some light foxing to the other plates. See photos.
