 | The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter by Andrew Alpern
Buy used from: $217.05 A stunning book of history, photographs and floor plans
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 | Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan: An Illustrated History by Andrew Alpern
Buy new: $13.46 / Used from: $5.99 Dishy and delicious
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 | New York Apartments by Jamee Gregory
Buy new: $33.75 / Used from: $13.94 A lavish look inside the homes of some of the wealthiest New Yorkers
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 | Better Homes and Husbands by Valerie Ann Leff
Buy used from: $0.01 Valerie Leff's novel about a Park Avenue co-op is much more than a roman-a-clef
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 | Who killed society? by Cleveland Amory
Buy used from: $10.00 Cleveland Amory was one of the best chroniclers of the world of wealth. Society wasn't really dead, it was just changing--and he captures that moment better than anyone.
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| Last Resorts by Cleveland Amory
Buy used from: $79.95 Here, he looks at the richest resorts in America.
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 | "Our Crowd": The Great Jewish Families of New York (Modern Jewish History) by Stephen Birmingham
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.93 The great Stephen Birmingham's classic book on the first Jewish families to scale the heights of society.
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 | Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address by Stephen Birmingham
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.99 Birmingham's look inside the greatest apartment building on the Upper West Side.
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| Americas Secret Aristocracy by Stephen Birmingham
Buy used from: $0.01 Here, Birmingham uses the Livingston family to open the locked doors of Society.
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| Park Avenue: Street of Dreams by James Trager
Buy used from: $17.47 A bit academic but a fascinating look at how Park Avenue became Park Avenue
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| New York, New York: How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of the City (1869-1930) by Elizabeth Hawes
Buy used from: $1.16 Why did New Yorkers abandon private homes and take to apartment living? Hawes has the answers.
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| The Power of Their Glory: America's Ruling Class, the Episcopalians by Kit Konolige
Buy used from: $0.01 America's Episcopracy revealed!
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