b. 1869 ANTIQUE SUNSHINE and SHADOW in NEW YORK CITY HISTORY BOOK NYPD CRIME GAMBLING VICE. By Matthew Hale Smith. JR Burr & Co Hartford 1869. 718 pages + hard bound cover, illustrated. See scans of table of contents. A wonderful look at the Big Apple life post Civil War. Cover soiling and wear, including edges and corners. Spine frayed at head and tail. Binding a bit shaken, some text soiling and wear, including edges and corners. Text  soiling and wear, fair for age, spine cracked, penciled writing ffep. It measures 6" x 8 3/4" x 2". A nice find.

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