num_pages: 928
description: When this New York guide was first published in 1892, its author boasted that it was "the handsomest, the thorough, the largest, the most costly, and the most profusely illustrated book" of its type ever issued for any city on earth. Even today, we can scarcely dispute the claim. Manhattan seldom seems as majestic and varied as it does in the pages of this abundant compendium. More than 1,000 illustrations and a 24-page index supplement a text that captures the Gilded Age at its zenith.
language: English
title: King's Handbook of New York city: An Outline History and Description of the American Metropolis
titlecomplete: King's Handbook of New York city: An Outline History and Description of the American Metropolis
genres: History
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Barnes & Noble