(New York: Valentine's Manual Inc., 1926).

FIRST EDITION OF THE SPECIAL 10TH BIRTHDAY EDITION, SCARCE IN NICE CONDITION. This issue differed from the usual format of collecting varied articles on this city and instead presented a special issue THE LAST FIFTY YEARS OF NEW YORK. Item #25282

First edition, this being No.10, Volume 1, the special tenth year anniversary issue. With a beautiful and elaborate colour illuminated title-page with gilt, colour frontispiece, five double-page colourplates and countless illustrations both throughout the text and on sepia printed plates. 8vo, publisher's original cloth, gilt decorated and lettered on the upper cover and spine. xix, 404pp. Internally very fine, the original cloth has no real wear or fading but the gilt of the spine is flaked, the text-block, plates and illustrations are all in excellent condition. A Mead family copy with their bookplate.