 | Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York by Luc Sante
Buy used from: $0.69 Very nice overview of the seedier side of New York City in the 19th century.
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 | Children of the City: At Work and At Play by David Nasaw
Buy new: $15.25 / Used from: $2.75 Includes a chapter on the Newsboys' Strike of 1899
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 | The Original Fannie Farmer 1896 Cook Book by Mass.) Boston Cooking School (Boston
Buy used from: $9.90 Authentic Victorian recipes, anyone?
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| Panati's Parade of Fads, Follies, and Manias: The Origins of Our Most Cherished Obsessions by Charles Panati
Buy used from: $0.01 Covers everything from music & dances to toys and books for each decade of the 20th century.
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 | Great Fashion Designs of the Belle Epoque: Paper Dolls in Full Color by Tom Tierney
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $0.02 A nice way to get an idea of what the fashion of the time was like. Each outfit is described in detail.
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 | Fashions of the Gilded Age Paper Dolls by Tom Tierney
Buy used from: $3.70 |
 | Gibson Girls Paper Dolls in Full Color by Tom Tierney
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $2.28 |
 | American Family of the 1890s Paper Dolls in Full Color by Tom Tierney
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $2.95 Includes children's fashions, and clothing for all aspects of social life.
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 | Women's Fashions of the Early 1900s: An Unabridged Republication of "New York Fashions, 1909" (Women's Fashions of the Early 1900s) by National Cloak & Suit Co.
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $6.00 Fashions from 1909, and a look at what clothing catalogues were like.
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 | New York for New Yorkers: A Historical Treasury and Guide to the Buildings and Monuments of Manhattan (Second Edition) by Liza M. Greene
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $7.87 The architecture of New York in chronological order, beginning in the 1600s.
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 | How the Other Half Lives (Penguin Classics) by Jacob A. Riis
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $2.50 Life in the slums at the end of the 1800s.
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