1892 1st KING\'S NEW YORK CITY Publisher\'s Presentation Copy SIGNED BY MOSES KING For Sale

KING\'S HANDBOOK OF NEW YORK CITY An Outline History and Description of the American Metropolis. © FIRST EDITION. Planned, Edited and Published in 1892 by Moses King, Boston, Mass. 8\" x 6\" decorated cloth hardcover edition. Illustrated with black and white photos and other illustrations. 1008 pages
Condition:
VERY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. Original untouched condition. No repairs. No cosmetic treatments. Handsome exterior as shown in photo, has rubbing in keeping with more than 125 years of use. Some leather scraping on back board. Binding is solid. Hinges secure. Text is clean and complete. No torn, loose or missing pages. Super rare signed example of this important and valuable guide to New York City in the Gilded Era.
Provenance:
This is an extremely rare Publisher\'s Presentation 1892 1stEdition copy of Moses King\'s celebrated guide to the great metropolis, KING\'S HANDBOOK OF NEW YORK CITY.
This particular copy was personally presented by the famous publisher Moses King to Mr. Charles E. Sickels, Art Manager of the Matthews-Northrup Company. King praises Mr. Sickels and Matthews-Northrup in the Preface, identifying them as, \"the famous Art Printers of Buffalo, whose establishment is one of the most complete of its kind in the world, and whose President George E. Matthews, and Art Manager,Charles E. Sickels, are entitled to much of the credit for the artistic quality of this volume.\"
This was Mr. Sickels personal First Edition copy of KING\'S HANDBOOK OF NEW YORK CITY, presented to him by the man who led the Herculean effort to publish this now-classic book of 1890s Gotham. The book is personalized and signed in Moses King\'s own hand.
This exceptionally rare book has been cared for by people who understand the significance of this historical relic (including myself, as I have looked after it for 30 years now).
Description:This 1892 First Edition of KING\'S HANDBOOK OF NEW YORK CITY is a veritable time capsule of information and period photographs direct from New York\'s Gilded Age. As publisher Moses King writes in his Preface:Never before has any one put forth an illustrated history and description of New York City in a single volume at all comparable with KING\'S HANDBOOK. This volume contains exactly 1,008 pages, more than 1,000 illustrations, thirty chapters, and an index of twenty-four pages with 60 columns, containing over 5,000 items and about 20,000 references. The text furnishes an elaborate but condensed history and description of the city itself, and also of every notable public institution and especially interesting feature. The illustrations give many reminders of the past, and furnish an extensive series of pictures of the present city, to an extent many times beyond that of any volume yet published. Every plate has been made expressly for this book, and so were nearly all of the original photographs. The whole has been printed on an exceptionally fine quality of paper. Altogether, it is the handsomest, the most thorough, the largest, the most costly, and the most profusely illustrated book of its class ever issued for any city in the world.The illustrations are almost wholly from specially-made photographs, upwards of fifteen hundred negatives having been made by Arthur Chiar, who has shown most remarkable skill in photographing exceedingly difficult subjects. Some photographs were also made by Frank E. Parshley, John S. Johnston, C.C. Langill and others. The designs for the cover lining papers and the series of bird\'s-eye views were made by the New York Photogravure Company, the President of which is Ernest Edwards. The outside cover design is by Ludwig S. Ipsen, of Boston.When you look at the summaries of photos below, keep in mind that they are individual photos. There are hundreds and hundreds of them! They are full-page, half-page, quarter page ... all sizes. It\'s a literal archive. There are also a number of illustrations made from photos, so masterfully rendered and exacting in detail that I often found myself squinting to tell the difference.The value of this book increases when you consider that many of the grand old buildings and structures featured in the photos were demolished long ago. But the value of this book isn\'t limited to the photos. The sheer amount of information it contains is incredible. For each category -- hotels, churches, hospitals, retail establishments, wholesalers, financial, etc -- it not only lists every significant entity operating in New York City in 1893, but furnishes pertinent factual information about history, patrons, quality of service, etc., that would otherwise slip through the cracks of time.In order to give you the most accurate description of this rare and valuable book, I have provided some helpful details below, starting with the Table of Contents. I have also personally prepared summaries of the various historic photo views in the book, arranged by category.
Contents Are:(1) Historical -- New York of the Past, from the Earliest Times to the Present (2) New York of the Present -- A Comprehensive Outline Description of the Whole City, Area, Population, Wealth, Statistics, Etc (3) The Water Ways -- The Harbor and Rivers. Piers and Shipping. Fortifications and Quarantine. Imports and Exports. Oceanic and Coastwise Lines, etc. (4) Transportation and Transit -- Railroads, Steam, Elevated, Cable, Horse and Electric. Stages, etc. (5) Thoroughfares and Adornments -- Streets, Avenues, Boulevards, Alleys, Ways, Parks, Squares, Drives, Monuments, Squares, Fountains, Statues, etc (6) Overhead and Underfoot -- Bridges, Tunnels, Sewers, Water, Aqueducts, Reservoirs, Lighting by Gas and Electricity, Telegraph, Telephone, etc (7) Life in the Metropolis -- Hotels, Inns, Cafes, Restaurants, Apartment Houses, Flats, Homes, Tenements, etc (8) The Rule Of the City -- The City, County, State and National Governments. Officers and Buildings, Courts, etc. (9) The General Culture -- Educational Institutions. Universities, Colleges, Academies and Seminaries. Public, Private and Parochial Schools and Kindergartens (10) The Higher Culture -- Art Museums and Galleries, Scientific, Literary, Musical and Kindred Institutions, Societies and Organizations (11) The Literary Culture -- Libraries, Public, Club, Society and Private (12) Shrines of Worship -- Cathedrals, Churches, Synagogues, and Other Places of Religious Work and Worship (13) Charity and Benevolence -- Institutions and Associations for the Poor and Unfortunate. Homes, Asylums, and Temporary Relief (14) The Sanitary Organizations -- Board of Health and Health Statistics. Hospitals, Dispensaries, Morgue, Curative Institutions, Insane and Other Asylums (15) Reformatories and Corrections -- The Police Courts, Prisons, House of Refuge, Penitentiaries, Work-House, House of Correction, etc (16) Final Resting Places -- Cemeteries, Burial Places, Crematories, Church Yards and Vaults, Tombs, etc (17) Defense and Protection -- Police Department, Military and Militia, Army and Pension Offices, Fire Department, Fire Patrol, Detectives, Etc. (18) Sociability and Friendship -- Clubs and Social Associations, Secret and Friendship Organizations (19) Amusement Places -- Play-Houses, Opera-Houses, Theatres, Public Halls, Museums, Outdoor Sports, etc (20) Journalism and Publishing -- Newspapers and Periodicals, Book, Music and other Publishing (21) Fire and Marine Insurance -- Offices and Companies for assuming losses by fires and transit and Fire and Marine Underwriters\' Association (22) Life-Insurance -- Companies for protection of widows, orphans and others, and for providing incomes in advanced age, etc., and Life Insurance Associations (23) Miscellaneous Insurance -- Companies for providing against accidents, explosions, broken plate glass, dishonest employees, loss of salaries, and for furnishing bonds (24) Financial Institutions -- United States Treasury and Assay Office, Clearing House, National and State Banks, Bankers, Brokers, Etc. (25) Fiduciary Associations -- Trust and Investment Companies, Savings Banks, Safe-Deposit Companies, etc. (26) Financial and Commercial Associations -- The Custom House, Chamber of Commerce, the Stock, Produce, Cotton and other Exchanges, Board of Trade, Mercantile and other Agencies, Warehouses and Markets (27) Architectural Features -- Development in Architecture. Notable Office Buildings and Business Blocks (28) Notable Retail Establishments -- Interesting and Prominent Retail Concerns, nearly all being unquestioned leading houses in their respective lines (29) Notable Wholesale Establishments -- Some gigantic Firms and Corporations, whose yearly transactions involve millions of dollars and extend over the earth (30) Notable Manufacturers -- An outline history of some preeminent industries carried on or represented in New York.Photos Include:(These summaries represent only a portion of the photos included in this amazing book.)General Views:World, Times and Potter Buildings, Park Row * Hall of Records, near Park Row * Jefferson Market Police Court, abcxs Sixth Ave * The City Hall * Court of General Sessions, Chambers St * United States Post Office, Broadway * Washington Building, Broadway * Aldrich Court, Broadway * Columbia Building, Broadway * Mills Building, Broad St * Mortimer Building, Wall St * Bennett Building, Nassau St * Potter Building, Park Row * Temple Court, Beekman St * Morse Building, Nassau StTwo photographs taken after the Blizzard of March 11th, 12th, and 13th, 1888 * Washington Centennial Exercises in 1889, at the U.S. Sub-Treasury * Garibaldi Statue, Washington Park * Alexander L. Holley Bust, Washington Square * Washington Irving Bust in Bryant Park * Washington Centennial Arch, Washington Square * Bryant Park, Sixth Avenue * Mount Morris Park, Fifth Avenue * Washington Statue, Wall St * Franklin Statue, Printing House Square * Greeley Statue, Printing House Square * Cox Statue, Astor Place * Dodge Statue, Broadway and Sixth Avenue * Union Square Fountain * Washington Equestrian Monument, Union Square * Lafayette Statue, Union Square * Lincoln Statue, Union Square * Farragut Statue, Madison Square * Ellis Island Immigrant Station in NY Harbor * Liberty Enlightening the World, Statue by Bartholdi, on Bedloe\'s Island, New York Harbor (Statue of Liberty) * Delmonico\'s, Fifth Avenue * Delmonico\'s, Beaver and William StFinancial and Commercial:Wall Street, north side, in 1860 * Wall St, from the Assay Office to Trinity Church * Wall St, south side, from the Custom House to Broad St * United States Sub Treasury, Wall St * Assay Office, Wall St * New York Stock Exchange, Broad St * Interior View of New York Stock Exchange, Broad, Wall and New Sts * Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange, Broadway * Clearing House, Nassau St * Bank of New York, Wall St * Merchant\'s National Bank, Nassau St * Mechanic\'s National Bank, Wall St * Bank of America, Wall St * Tradesmen\'s National Bank, Broadway * Chemical National Bank, Broadway * Merchant\'s Exchange National Bank, Broadway * National Butchers\' and Drovers\' Bank, Bowery * Gallatin National Bank, Wall St * Seventh National Bank, Broadway * National Bank of Commerce, Nassau St * National Bank of the Republic, Wall St * Hanover National Bank, Nassau St * Mercantile National Bank, Broadway * Irving National Bank, Warren St * National Shoe and Leather Bank, Broadway * Market and Fulton National Bank, Fulton St * East River National Bank, Broadway * St. Nicholas Bank, Mills Bldg, Broad St * Central National Bank, Broadway * Second National Bank, Fifth Avenue Hotel and Madison Square * Ninth National Bank, Broadway * Eleventh Ward Bank, Avenue D * Bank of the Metropolis, Union Square * Madison Square Bank, 26th St * Mount Morris Bank, 125th St * Seaboard National Bank, Broadway * United States National Bank of New York, Wall St * National Bank of Deposit, Liberty St * Sherman Bank, Broadway * Blair & Company, Wall St * Baring, Magoun & Co., Wall St * Knickerbocker Trust Co, Fifth Ave * Union Trust Co. of NY, Broadway * Manhattan Trust Co., Wall St * New York Security & Trust Co., Wall St * Farmer\'s Loan & Trust Co., Beaver St * Bank for Savings, Bleecker St * Bowery Savings Bank, Bowery * Custom House, Wall St * New York Produce Exchange, Whitehall St * Interior view of main floor, Produce Exchange * Washington Market, Washington St * Brewer\'s Exchange, E 15th St * New York Cotton Exchange, Beaver St * Interior of Cotton Exchange * Tompkins Market, Third Ave * Oyster Market, West St * Mercantile Exchange, Hudson St * Fulton Market, Beekman * Real Estate Exchange, Liberty St * Fruit Exchange, State St * The \"Farmers\'\" and the \"West Washington\" Markets, West St * Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Co., 42d St * Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Co., Seventh Ave * Central Stores Terminal Warehouse Co., 11th Ave * \"Bradstreet\'s\", Broadway * George P. Rowell & Co., Spruce St * Neetmok Market * Centre Market, Grand St * Essex Market, Grand St * Central Market, Seventh Ave * Old Clinton Market, West and Canal St * Fulton Fish Market, Piers 22 and 23, East RiverRetail:Arnold, Constable & Co.\'s Dry Goods Establishment, Broadway * Gorham Manufacturing Company, Broadway * Lord & Taylor, original Catharine St store * Lord & Taylor, Grand St * Lord & Taylor, Broadway * Gillman Collamore & Co., Fifth Ave * W. & J. Sloane, Broadway * James McCreery & Co., Broadway * Interior view of silk department, James McCreery & Co., Broadway * Brooks Clothing Store, Catharine St * Brooks Brothers, Broadway * Mathew Rock, Fifth Avenue * Best & Co. Liliputian Bazaar, W 23d St * Henry Mallard chocolate factory and stores on Fifth Ave and Broadway * Randel, Baremore & Billings Diamonds, Maiden Lane * Aitken, Son & Co., 18th St * J. Milhau\'s Son, Broadway * M.J. Paillard & Co. Music Novelties, Broadway * James M. Thorburn\'s Seeds, John StCentral Park Views:The Obelisk * Terrace, Fountain and Lake * Boat House and Lake * Scenes and Ornamental Structures * Statues, Busts and Ornaments * Statues and Ornamental Work * Menagerie in Central Park * Bow Bridge * Statues and Busts * The Cave, Lake, Old Fort and Ornamental StructuresNautical:\"City of New York\" and \"City of Paris\" twin-screw steamships * Inman Line building, Pier 43, North River * French Line Steamships \"Compagnie Generale Transatlantique\" and \"La Touraine\" * Red Star Line steamship \"Friesland\" * Red Star Line steamship \"Westernland\" * Vessel of Henry W. Peabody & Co.\'s Australasian Line * Henry W. Peabody & Co.\'s offices, New St * Clyde\'s Steamship Pier at foot of Roosevelt St * Peck Slip, East River * Hoboken Ferry Pier, foot of Christopher St * South St and harbor * Fulton Ferry, foot of Fulton St, East River * Hamsdell Line to Newburgh, Homer Ramsdell Transportation Co., foot of Franklin St, North River * U.S. Barge Office, Battery PlaceRailroad:Grand Central Railroad Station, 42nd St * New York Central & Hudson-River Railroad Company\'s elevator * New York Central & Hudson River Railroad tracks above 98th St * Riverdale Station, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad * Mott-Haven Station, 138th St, New York Central and Hudson River Railroad * \"Empire State Express,\" New York Central & Hudson River Railroad * Morrisania Station, N.Y.C. & H.R. Railroad * Interior view of Switch Tower controlling all trains entering the Grand Central Depot * Pennsylvania Railroad, Jersey City Station * Pennsylvania Railroad Ferry Boat * Interior of train house, Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, Jersey City * Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Cortlandt St., New York * Desbrosses St Passenger Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, West St * Freight depot of Pennsylvania Railroad, West St * Central Railroad of New Jersey depot, West St * Central Building, Central Railroad of New Jersey, West St * Central Railroad of New Jersey depot, Jersey City * Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad depot in Hoboken * Elevated railroad near Coenties Slip, East River * General offices of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company, Exchange Place * Mott-Haven Canal * \"The White Train,\" New York & New England Railroad * South Ferry Station, Elevated Railroad * Elevated Railroad at 110th St * Fifth Avenue stagecoach at the Cathedral * Passenger elevator and station, Elevated Railroad, Eighth Ave * Cable-cars on the East River Bridge, New York End * New York Central and Hudson River Railroad freight depot, Hudson St * Train House of the Grand Central DepotBridges:Brooklyn Bridge Promenade, looking toward New York * East River, or New York and Brooklyn, Bridge * Washington Bridge, Harlem River * Approach to the Washington Bridge * The Bridge, or \"Croton Aqueduct Bridge,\" Harlem River * Third Avenue, or Harlem, Bridge * Harlem River and Harlem Bridge, at 130th St and 3rd Ave * Suburban Elevated Railway Bridge, at Second Ave and 129th St * Harlem River and Second Avenue Bridge at 129th St * Harlem River, High Bridge and Washington Bridge, and the Water TowerNewspapers & Publishing:The Evening Post Building, Broadway * \"The Sun\" building, Nassau St * The \"Mail and Express\" Building, Broadway * The \"New York Times\" Building, Park Row * The \"World\" Building, Park Row * Park Row, from the \"Recorder\" office to Beekman St * \"Recorder\" Office, Park Row * \"Recorder\" Plant, New Chamber St * Front page of \"Puck\" * Front page of \"New York Dramatic News\" * The Churchman building, Lafayette Place * Front page of the New York Observer * 0ffices of \"Frank Leslie\'s Popular Monthly,\" Fifth Ave * Charles H. Ditson & Co., Broadway * United States Book Company, 16th St * Tribune Building * Franklin Square and the Harper Publishing HouseHotels:Fifth Avenue Hotel, Madison Square * Windsor Hotel Rotunda * Windsor Hotel, Fifth Avenue * The Hoffman House, Madison Square * The Gilsey House, BroadwayCultural:Interior of the Metropolitan Museum of Art * Metropolitan Museum of Art * American Museum of Natural History * Metropolitan Opera House, Broadway * Carnegie Music Hall, Seventh Ave * National Academy of Design, Fourth Ave * Associated Artists, E. 23d St * The American Art Galleries, Broadway * Hegger\'s Art Establishment, Broadway * Castle Garden, Battery Park * Madison Square Garden, Fourth Avenue portico and 26th St front * Madison Square Garden, Madison Square * Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, Fourth Ave * Beethoven Maennerchor, Fifth St * New York Maennerchor, E 56th St * Liederkranz, 58th St * Arion Society, Park Ave * Aryan Theosophical Society, Madison Ave * American Institute Hall, Third Ave * American Geographical Society, W 29th St * Fowler & Wells Co., E 21st St * Astor Library, Lafayette Place * Lenox Library, Fifth Ave * Mercantile Library, Astor Place * New York Society Library, University Place * Apprentices\' Library, E 16th St * New York Historical Society, Second Ave * New York Free Circulating Library, W 13th St * Mott Memorial Free Medical Library, Madison Ave * Palmer\'s Theatre, Broadway * Hoyt\'s Madison Square Theatre, 24th St * Proctor\'s Theatre, W 23d St * Berkeley Lyceum, W 44th St * Steinway Hall, E 14th StFire:Fire Department, 67th St * Engine House No. 7, Chambers St * Engine No. 15 and Hook-And-Ladder House, Old Slip, near Front St * Fireboat \"New Yorker,\" at Castle Garden BulkheadPolice:Police Headquarters, Mulberry St * Police Boat \"Patrol,\" Pier A, North River * 32d Precinct (Mounted) Police Station, Amsterdam Ave * Nineteenth Ward Police Court, East 57th St * Essex Market Police Court, Essex St * County Court HouseMilitary:Seventh Regiment Armory, 66th and 67th Sts * Twelfth Regiment Armory, 61st St * Eighth Regiment Armory, Park Ave * Twenty-second Regiment Armory, Boulevard * New York State Arsenal, Seventh Ave * Second Battery, Seventh Ave * United States Army Building, Whitehall St * View of Fort Wadsworth, the School Ship and War Vessels of the White Squadron: School ship \"St. Mary\'s,\" USN; \"Chicago\"; \"Newark\"; \"Boston\"; Fort Wadsworth * Castle Williams, Governor\'s IslandPrisons, Workhouses, Etc:Ludlow Street Jail * The Tombs, Franklin St * The Penitentiary, Blackwell\'s Island * Scenes on Blackwell\'s Island: Female Insane Pavilion; Nurses\' Home, Charity Hospital; Almshouse Chapel; Light House; Amusement Ha1l; Steamer Landing; Warden\'s Residence; Old Blackwell Residence; Visitor\'s Promenade * Work House, Blackwell\'s Island * Blackwell\'s Island Institutions: Charity Hospital; Nurses\' Home, Insane Asylum; New Ward for Incurables; Catholic Church, Insane Asylum; Receiving Department; Penitentiary Workshops; Almshouse Hospital; Episcopal Church * Female Almshouse, Blackwell\'s Island * New York Juvenile Asylum, Amsterdam Ave * Home of Industry and Refuge for Discharged Convicts, W 63d StHospitals:Bellevue Hospital, First Ave * Sturgis Surgical Pavilion, Bellevue Hospital, E 26th St * Gouverneur Hospital, Gouverneur Slip * New York City Asylum for the Insane (Women), Blackwell\'s Island * New York City Asylum for the Insane (Men), Ward\'s Island * New York Hospital, W 15th St * Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane: Main Building, Bloomingdale Asylum, Chapel, Macy Villa * Roosevelt Hospital and Syms Operating Theatre, Ninth Ave * Presbyterian Hospital, Madison Ave * Mount Sinai Hospital, Lexington Ave * Langtrea Dispensary * Mount Sinai Hospital: Dispensary and Nurses\' Home, E 67th St * St Luke\'s Hospital, Fifth Ave * Hahnemann Hospital, Park Ave * German Hospital, Park Ave * Manhattan Hospital, Amsterdam Ave * St. Joseph\'s Hospital * New York State Woman\'s Hospital, Park Ave * New York Infirmary for Women and Children, Livingston Place * Sloane Maternity Hospital, Tenth Ave * New York Dispensary for Women and Children, 15th St * Nursery and Child\'s Hospital, Lexington Ave * St Mary\'s Free Hospital for Children, W 34th St * New York Medical College and Hospital for Women, W 54th St * Laura Franklin Free Hospital for Children, E 111th St * Babies\' Hospital, Lexington Ave * New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Second Ave * Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, Park Ave * New York Cancer Hospital, Central Park West * New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Lexington Ave * Infirmary of Five Points House of Industry, Worth St * German Dispensary, Second Ave * Eclectic Dispensary, E 14th St * New York Academy of Medicine, W 43d St * Vanderbilt Clinic, 60th St * Demilt Dispensary, Second AveSocial Institutions:Union Club, Fifth Ave * Union League Club, Fifth Ave * Manhattan Club, Fifth Ave * New York Club, Fifth Ave * Knickerbocker Club, Fifth Ave * St. Nicholas Club, Fifth Ave * Calumet Club, Fifth Ave * Century Club, W 43d St * Harlem Club, Lenox Ave * Lotos Club, Fifth Ave * University Club, Madison Ave * Colonial Club, Boulevard * Harmonie Club, W 42d * Progress Club, Fifth Ave * Freundschaft Verein, Park Ave * Fidelio Club, E 59th St * St. Anthony Club, 28th St * Grolier Club, E 32d St * Players\' Club, Gramercy Park * The Aldine Club, Lafayette Place * New York Press Club, Nassau St * Psi Upsilon Club, W 42d St * Harvard Club, W 22d St * Xavier Club, W 16th St * Association of the Bar of the City of New York, W 29th St * Down-town Association, Pine St * Merchant\'s Club, Leonard St * New York Caledonian Club, Horatio St * Engineer\'s Club, W 29th St * United Service Club, W 31st St * Tammany Hall, 14th St * Sagamore Club, W 124th St * Republican Club, Fifth Ave * Reform Club, Fifth Ave * Manhattan Athletic Club, Madison Ave * New York Athletic Club, Sixth Ave * Racquet & Tennis Club, W 43d St * Central Turn-Verein, E 67th St * New York Turn-Verein, E 4th St * Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, E 32d St * Riding Club & Troop A Armory, W 56th St * Deutsch-Amerikanische Schuetzen Gesellschaft, St. Mark\'s Place * Masonic Hall, 23d St *Scottish Rite Hall, Madison Ave * Arlington Hall, St. Mark\'s Place * German Odd Fellow\'s Hall, St Mark\'s Place
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