About this title: A celebration of the author's lifelong love for New York, this may be the walking tourist's guide to the city. Readers visit the World Trade Center, Wall Street, Fraunces Tavern, Rockefeller Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and more. Maps, index.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Moyer Bell, Mt. Kisco NY
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780918825735ISBN:0918825733
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. 84 Charing Cross Road author. Stories of author's Big Apple. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780708814130ISBN:0708814131
Description: Very Good. Very good paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked, though slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Edition: First Edition stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780385124836ISBN:038512483X
Description: B&w photographs. Good+ in Fair jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. [204]pp [light chipping, soiling, tears and wear to price-clipped dj] read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Futura Publishing Company, Inc.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780708814130ISBN:0708814131
Description: Fair. 0708814131. 1987 Futura paperback. Good sound copy, pages lightly tanned. Some wear to cover edges/corners. First class daily dispatch from Devon.; 0.4 x 6.9 x 4.1 Inches; 128 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780233969343ISBN:0233969349
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. Deutsch, London
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780233969343ISBN:0233969349
Description: Good in good dust jacket. 1977 hardcover. DJ shows minor wear and scratching. The text is clean and nice. 1st and last blank pages have some stains on them. Different DJ art. 121 p.; 23 cm. secure packing. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780751502879ISBN:0751502871
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Edition: 1st Ed.
Binding: HC
Publisher: Doubleday, NY
Date Published: 1978
Description: Photos of New York. F/VG+ Dj is price clipped, has small closed tear top front panel + nick front panel top corner. Minor grubbiness. New York. read more
Edition: First British Edition
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Andre Deutsch Limited, London UK
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780233969343ISBN:0233969349
Description: Book VG ++ Dustjacket VG ++ 8 3/4" Tall By 5 3/4" Wide. 121 pages. Dustjacket has very slight wear to corners. Book has very slight wear to spine-ends, minimal wear to corners, ink inscription dated 1977 to flyleaf, short one line ink annotation & short underlining to 2 pages, text is otherwise spotless. Little used. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780385124836ISBN:038512483X
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 038512483X. Black and white photographs. First American edition. Previous owner's name blacked out on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (a few tiny chips, light shelf wear) dust jacket. read more
Publisher: MOYER BELL LIMITED., MT. KISCO
Date Published: 1989
Description: Promotional POSTER. (11" X 17") Fine on a single high-gloss printed sheet folded in half as originally received. Presents in muted purple hues with lemon yellow & green titles, a panoramic view of the New York skyline, with the Empire State building featured prominently. (Photo courtesy The Bettmann Archive) (Design by the Sarabande Press) (B) read more
Edition: Stated First US Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday 1978, 1977, Garden City
ISBN-13:9780385124836ISBN:038512483X
Description: Square 8 vo. 203 pp. Numerous b/w photos Karen Tweedy-Holmes, red cloth. near fi ne; dust jacket price clipped, lightly sunned, light edgewear very good-. read more
"I really liked this walking tour of New York City. I'm not from New York. I remember we all went there in the early '60s. My father had a business trip and my brother and I were out of school. My mother really wanted to go see the Cloisters. My brother not so much. And I just got dragged along. It should be noted that no one bothered to check on whether they were open that day. They weren't. My brother left my mother and me standing by the side of the road and I guess went back to the hotel on his own. And my mother and I made our way back to the hotel as well. But it was one of the worst afternoons of my young life. I was 10-12 and my brother was in his mid-teens.
The point is that this book tells me that we would not have enjoyed the Cloisters even if it had been open. My mother would have. I believe she went some years later and also confirmed that we (my brother and I) would not have had an enjoyable time ... and thus her time would have been much less enjoyable than when she went alone.
But I really did like this tour of NYC - as long as I could take it from my armchair."
"Generously mailed to me all the way from Vermont by my virtual friend Chris! :) A gesture of which Helene Hanff herself would have highly approved. (Read 84 Charing Cross Road and you will see why.)
This is the most lighthearted, informal guide book you'll ever read. Back in 1976, Hanff was commissioned to write the text for what was to be a book of photographs and tourist information for Manhattan. I have no idea what happened to the pictorial part of the equation. This book has no photos. But the text is delightful. Over a period of two months, the author and her friend Patsy went out once or twice a week to places of interest to both tourists and locals. Hanff would then write up a few pages about each "tour," including local secrets, little-known history, and dialogue between her and Patsy as their day progressed.
If you are very familiar with NYC, you will love this book for all the things that are dear to your heart. If, like me, you've never been to NYC and don't care to go, you will love this book for all the insider information about neighborhoods and attractions you've always heard about but never really understood.
Hanff is irreverent, opinionated, and saucy, and her great love for Manhattan shines through on every page.
"I read this very quickly this afternoon. Like the other Helene Hanff books I have read, it is charming and readable. I supose it didn't enthrall me quite like 84 Charing Cross Road, or The Legacy of Q however. The book written in 1976 is somewhat out of date, and I knew the world trade centre was gone, and wondered how many other things were different now. The story of Helene and her friend Pat's "holiday" in their own city though is lovely."
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