Skip to product information
An original late 19th-century photographic souvenir book titled The Greater New York Album: One Hundred Selected Views, published in Chicago and New York by Rand, McNally & Company, dated 1895 (copyright 1894 & 1895).
Bound in its original two-tone cloth boards with gilt decorative titling and border motifs. Features a comprehensive table of contents and 100 full-page monochrome photographic plates depicting iconic 1890s New York landmarks, including Battery Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Fifth Avenue, Central Park, Coney Island, Staten Island, and early Manhattan skyscrapers.
Key Features:
-
Title: Greater New York Album: One Hundred Selected Views
-
Publisher: Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers
-
Date: 1895 (Copyright 1894, 1895)
-
Format: Landscape Hardcover with Gilt Stamped Cloth Covers
-
Content: 100 Photographic Plates of NYC, Brooklyn, Staten Island, etc.
Dimensions & Weight:
-
Size: 23 cm x 17 cm
-
Weight: 414 g
Condition:
In good antique condition for its age. Cloth boards show minor age-related fading, light rubbing/scuffing to the edges, and minor spots. Internal binding is complete and sound, with clean floral endpapers and faint edge toning/foxing to preliminary leaves. Plates remain clear and sharp.
Antique 1895 Greater New York Album Rand McNally Photo Views NYC Brooklyn Book
£34.99
Pickup currently not available
Bound in its original two-tone cloth boards with gilt decorative titling and border motifs. Features a comprehensive table of contents and 100 full-page monochrome photographic plates depicting iconic 1890s New York landmarks, including Battery Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Fifth Avenue, Central Park, Coney Island, Staten Island, and early Manhattan skyscrapers.
Key Features:
-
Title: Greater New York Album: One Hundred Selected Views
-
Publisher: Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers
-
Date: 1895 (Copyright 1894, 1895)
-
Format: Landscape Hardcover with Gilt Stamped Cloth Covers
-
Content: 100 Photographic Plates of NYC, Brooklyn, Staten Island, etc.
Dimensions & Weight:
-
Size: 23 cm x 17 cm
-
Weight: 414 g
Condition:
In good antique condition for its age. Cloth boards show minor age-related fading, light rubbing/scuffing to the edges, and minor spots. Internal binding is complete and sound, with clean floral endpapers and faint edge toning/foxing to preliminary leaves. Plates remain clear and sharp.