The Brown Book

A Biographical Record of Public Officials of the City of New York for 1898-9.

Martin B. Brown Company

New York:  Martin B. Brown Company, 1899  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Brown cloth covers have gilt script and embossed seal. 
• Boards show some stains, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed.  See photos.  
• Spine has gilt text and is bright with crushed ends.  See photos.
• Binding is strong. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some wear, a small hole and adhesion mark. 
• Illustrations are bright and clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have gilt along head. 
• PS2026.1029

314 pages. 6 x 8.75 inches

First Edition.  Publisher's brown cloth with gilt script and embossed seal to top board.  Guide to the public officials of the Consolidated City of New York for 1898-99, illustrated with photo portraits.  Boards show a few marks, edgewear.  Binding is tight.  Gilt along head.  A handsome guidebook to the officials of greater New York City.  Condition is overall Very Good.

Biographical vignettes cover the city's public officials from the Office of the Mayor to the Coroners and members of the Municipal Art Commission.  As the Publisher states in his preface, "the pubic has the right to know who its officials are.  The officials in turn have the same right to be known as they are."  

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