MARSH, Luther R. Report to the New York Legislature of the Commission to Select and Locate Lands for Public Parks in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards of the City of New York, and in the vicinity thereof. According to the provisions of the act of the Legislature of the State of New York, chapter 253, passed April 19, 1883. 217 pp. Illustrated with 30 plates and two folding maps. 8vo., 230 x 140 mm, bound in recent half brown morocco, matching silk covered boards. New York: Martin B. Brown, Printer, 1884.

An important document in the history of parks in general, but in particular to the development of parks in the New York metropolitan area. There is discussion of all the various aspects of parks from access to economics. Also chapters discuss parks in various American cities, namely Chicago, Washington, Boston, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Baltimore, San Francisco and Savannah. Then Europe and Japan, focusing on London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Dublin, Amsterdam, Brussels and Tokyo. There are several illustrations each of Van Cortland Park, The Bronx Park, St. Mary's Park and Crotona Park.