"A Centennial Souvenir." A Brief History of Tarrytown, from 1680 to September 1880. With a Map of Tarrytown as it was One Hundred Years Ago.
Tarrytown: Geo. L. Wiley & Bro., civil engineers and surveyors, 1880. 24 pp. Illus. with 1 hand colored folding map and 1 b/w engraving. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. About very good, wrappers chipped at edges, front wrapper partially detached, map split at joint, a few small tears along folds, otherwise quite bright. Item #37675
Issued on the centennial anniversary of the capture of Major André on September 23, 1780 at Tarrytown, N.Y. "The Andre papers": pp. 12-18. The title vignette which is also reproduced on the front wrapper, is captioned "Monument erected near the spot where Major Andre was captured, September 23d, 1780," and signed E.M. Bacon. The map, which measures 18 x 14 inches, and hand-colored in yellow, blue, and green, is captioned: Tarwe-town in the manor of Phillipsburgh, Westchester Co. N.Y. One hundred years ago. Uncommon and quite fragile due to mounting of map on front wrapper. OCLC locates six copies under two accession numbers: NYPL, NYS Hist. Asn, NJ Histo. Soc. (19111384) and NY Hist. Soc., Westchester Lib., and Boston Athenaeum (82174650).
Price: $275.00