About this title: In much the same way as the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn re-creates the borough at the beginning of the century, When Brooklyn Was the World brings Brooklyn's halcyon days to life. The book captures a wealth of information about the Dodgers, the Brooklyn accent, Coney Island, and everything else that makes it special. More than 150 black-and-white photographs.
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Description: Very Good+, Very Good+ 8VO, 239 pgs., B/W Photos, Hardcover. Hardcover: 2nd printing. Black cloth binding with metallic blue title on spine. Double page photographic title. Elliot Willensky, official Borough Historian, takes us back to a sweeter time when a trip on the new BMT subway was a delightful adventure, when summer days were a picnic on the sand and evenings were Nathan's hot dogs at Coney Island and a whirl of lights, spills, and chills at dazzling Luna Park. Chock full of fantastic ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony Books; Crown, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780517558584ISBN:0517558580
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 239 pp., illus., biblio., index; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Light edgewear to boards & dust jacket. Protected in a mylar book cover. Profusely illustrated with period photographs. "Around the corner. The next block. Across the At the end of the line. Borough Park. Gowanus. Flatbush. Canarsie. Ridgewood. Greenpoint. Brownsville. Bay Ridge. Bensonhurst. City Line. What was the place called Brooklyn really like back ... read more
Description: Fine. 0517558580 THIS IS A HARDCOVER BOOK IN DUST JACKET. THE BOOK AND DUST JACKET ARE IN FINE/FINE CONDITION, LIKE NEW, NO DEFECTS INSIDE OR OUT. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780517558584ISBN:0517558580
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. DJ in protective mylar cover. Press release material laid in. First Edition First Printing, 1 on the number line. read more
Description: Good. Dust Cover Missing. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780517558584ISBN:0517558580
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 239 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. You shouda been here when.... read more
Description: Stated 1st edition with a 1 in the number line; cloth backed boards, 239 pages; hardcover; black and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy with no apparent flaws in a slightly edgeworn price clipped dustjacket. read more
Description: Very good. With a brilliant, entertaining text and hundreds of exciting, nostalgic photographs, WHEN BROOKLYN WAS THE WORLD recovers the history of this lively city, as remembered by the millions of people who knew Brooklyn in its golden era. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780517558584ISBN:0517558580
Description: b/w Photos. Near Fine + in Near Fine jacket. Home of the greatest baseball team of all time YEAH BROOKLYN! ! ! Price clipped jacket. Around the corner. The next block. Across the At the end of the line. Borough Park. Gowanus. Flatbush. Canarsie. Ridgewood. Greenpoint. Brownsville. Bay Ridge. Bensonhurst. City Line. What was the place called Brooklyn really like back then...when Brooklyn was the world? Elliot Willensky, born in Brooklyn and now official Borough Historian, takes us back to a ... read more
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