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Prouty, W. L. et al. . APPRAISER AND ASSESSORS MANUAL
NY 1930 1st McGraw Hill. Hardcover. Ocrtavo, 550pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a22534)
$45.00 (missouri) . BROADSIDE ST. JOSEPH REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE CO ADVERTISEMENT
St. Joseph, Missouri. No date (19thc ) 11x16 inches, printed on one side only. Folded at one point in time. Dense text listing properties for sale ("This is a lovely suburban home and no mistake") and ad text for broker ("You cannot fail to find bargains here..."etc) Text by Jones T. Wilson, President of Real Estate Exchange. Good, taped on rear on all fold lines, some light fraying around all edges, minor wear at fold lines. This would be nice framed and mounted in a Missouri real estate office. (a23062)
$39.00 (long island) . MANUSCRIPT CONVEYANCE FROM BENJAMIN WOOLLEY OF HEMPSTEAD LONG ISLAND 1776
Original manuscript conveyance, dated April 23 1776, from Benjamin Woolley (Woolsey?) and his wife Susanna to Hannah Cornwall of property in Hempstead Nassau County described as Madmans Neck located on Cow Bay. Price 110 Pounds. Completely handwritten, signed by Benjamin Woolley and Susanna Woolley with remains of their seals. Also signed as witnesses by Henry Stocker and Sam. Hanrahan. Folio, with horizontal and vertical folds. Worn along folds with slight text erosion, small hole at fold intersection. Some minor stains in margins, some overall soiling. (a29686)
$185.00 Dieterich, Harmutl Dransfield, Egbert and Winrich Voss . URBAN LAND AND PROPERTY MARKETS IN GERMANY
London 1993. Large octavo, 275pp., index, cloth. VG, two corners lightly bumped, some light soiling on fore-edges, in VG DJ, a bit soiled, light wear. (a39110)
$95.00 (minneapolis) . FIRST MORTGAGE REAL ESTATE LOANS AND PRIME COMMERCIAL PAPER PINE LANDS BOUGHT AND SOLD BY C.C. GARDLAND AND CO. INVESTMENT BANKERS
Minneapolis 1884 Klein. 12mo., 32pp., large color foldout map of Minnesota, woodcut illustrations of some of the property for sale, descriptions of parcels of property for sale, original printed wraps. Good, map is near fine, front wrap detached and chipped on all edges, rear wraps missing (a47088)
$40.00 Kendall, Leon T. (editor) . THRIFT AND HOME OWNERSHIP THE WRITINGS OF FRED T. GREENE
Chicago (1962) United States Savings and Loan League. 8vo., 135pp., wraps. VG. (a54006)
$40.00 Black, George Ashton . HISTORY OF MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OF LAND ON MANHATTAN ISLAND TO THE BEGINNING OF SALES BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND IN 1844
NY 1889 1st Columbia. Ph.D dissertation. Large octavo, original printed wraps. No illustrations or maos in this first printing of the dissertation. Good, top corners bumped, light chipping of cover. Very scarce. (a72163)
$245.00 Davis, Lenwood . DADDY GRACE AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
NY 1992 1st Greenwood. ISBN 0 313 26504 6. Daddy Grace was a preacher. When he died in 1960, the New York Times estimated that he and/or his church was worth 25,000,000. Among his real estate holdings was the shoe store at which occured the recent Harlem Massacre in New York CIty. Hardcover. Octavo, cloth. Fine, bit of price tag residue on end paper. (a80736)
$39.00 Greenwich, Connecticut . TOWN OF GREENWICH CONNECTICUT: LIST OF ALL REAL ESTATE ON THE GRAND LIST AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1964
1964. 4to., 199pp., original wraps. Signed by Edna Farrell, Broker. VG. (a81736)
$75.00 Stach, Patricia Burgess . REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN FORM: ROADBLOCKS TO THE PATH TO RESIDENTIAL EXCLUSIVITY
1989. Article on pp.356-383 in one complete issue of Business History Review. Other articles in issue as well. Octavo, original printed wraps. Institution stamp on front. VG plus. (a83795c)
$35.00 Griffin, John I. . INDUSTRIAL LOCATION IN THE NEW YORK AREA
New York 1956 first edition City College Press. Hardcover. Octavo, 212p., cloth. G Good, some light wear, spine faded. (a84935)
$29.00 Olmstead, Dwight . TRANSFER OF TITLE TO REAL ESTATE: A LECTURE DELIVERED TO THE WEST SIDE ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
NY 1881 Post. Octavo, 28pp., original wraps. Good, chipping around all edges. (m591)
$45.00