New Parks beyond the Harlem with Thirty Illustrations and Map; Descriptions of Scenery; Nearly 4000 Acres of Free Playground for the People; Abundant space for a Parade Ground, a Rifle Range, Base Ball, Lacrosse, Polo, Tennis and All Athletic Games; Picnic and Excursion Parties and Nine Mile of Waterfront for Bathing Fishing, Yachting and Rowing

John Mullaly

Record & Guide, New York, 1887

[New York Bronx Parks] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover.  Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xii, [15]-172 pages, including frontispiece plates,  including folding map (detached).  30 full page, illustrations. Contemporary inscription of D.H. Watson. Includes views of Van Cortlandt, the Bronx, Crotona Park. 

This important work written in 1897 is John Mullaly's account of the development of the New York City park system beyond the Harlem River into what was the annexed district of New York City. In 1898 this area then became the Borough of The Bronx of Greater New York.