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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings
entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Basswood Partners, L.L.C.
Address: 645 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Form 13F File Number: 28-
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Matthew Lindenbaum
Title: Managing Member
Phone: (212) 521-9500
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Matthew Lindenbaum New York, NY May 17, 1999
_______________________ __________________ ____________
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of
this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in
this report, and all holdings are reported by other
reporting manager(s).)
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[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the
holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
report and a portion are reported by other reporting
manager(s).)
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
28-
[Repeat as necessary.]
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 3
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 68
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $453,286
[thousands]
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file
number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect
to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this
report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the
column headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 28- Basswood Capital Management, LLC
2 28- Bennett Lindenbaum
3 28- Matthew Lindenbaum
[Repeat as necessary.]
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Form 13F INFORMATION TABLE
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COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
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INVESTMENT DISCRETION VOTING AUTHORITY
(c)
TITLE CUSIP MARKET SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ (a) (b) SHARED OTHER (a) (b) (c)
NAME OF ISSUER OF CLASS NUMBER VALUE PRN AMT PRN CALL SOLE SHARED OTHER MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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American Express Co.
(AXP) Common 025816109 7,000,238 59,450 X 1,2,3 X
Associates First Capital
(AFS) Common 046008108 12,763,800 283,640 X 1,2,3 X
Astoria Financial Corp.
(ASFC) Common 046265104 19,417,100 388,342 X 1,2,3 X
Banc One Corp. (ONE) Common 06423A103 32,240,856 585,532 X 1,2,3 X
Bank of Commerce (BCOM) Common 061589107 567,324 28,190 X 1,2,3 X
Bank of New York (BK) Common 064057102 14,398,072 400,642 X 1,2,3 X
BancAmerica Corp. (BAC) Common 06605F102 990,939 14,031 X 1,2,3 X
Bay View Capital Corp.
(BVC) Common 07262L101 1,755,224 92,992 X 1,2,3 X
Bear Stearns (BSC) Common 073902108 15,085,910 337,587 X 1,2,3 X
Bedford Property Investors
(BED) Common 076446301 1,397,009 95,522 X 1,2,3 X
Brookfield Property Corp.
(BPC-CN) Common 112900105 1,885,847 159,823 X 1,2,3 X
Cadillac Fairview Corp.
(CDF) Common 126929207 1,294,416 77,568 X 1,2,3 X
Capital Corp. of the West
(CCOW) Common 140065103 2,879,790 299,199 X 1,2,3 X
Centura Banks (CBC) Common 15640T100 8,987,350 154,455 X 1,2,3 X
Citigroup Inc. (C) Common 172967101 10,197,133 159,642 X 1,2,3 X
City Commerce Bank
(CIBS) Common 177785102 885,868 50,621 X 1,2,3 X
City National Corp.
(CYN) Common 178566105 3,328,819 107,816 X 1,2,3 X
Community State Bank
(TNEK) Common 204136105 693,359 42,999 X 1,2,3 X
Conseco Inc. (CNC) Common 208464107 124,488 4,032 X 1,2,3 X
Echelon International
Corp. (EIN) Common 278747100 1,623,674 82,735 X 1,2,3 X
Fifth Third Banc (FITB) Common 316773100 4,499,047 68,232 X 1,2,3 X
Financial Federal Corp.
(FIF) Common 317492106 12,170,811 640,569 X 1,2,3 X
Finova Corp. (FNV) Common 317928109 4,819,810 92,912 X 1,2,3 X
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First Community Bank
of the Desert (FCDE) Common 31983J104 877,531 230,142 X 1,2,3 X
First Industrial Realty
Trust (FR) Common 32054K103 718,388 30,011 X 1,2,3 X
First Union Corp. (FTU) Common 337358105 1,481,394 27,722 X 1,2,3 X
Foothill Independent
Bancorp (FOOT) Common 344905104 8,161,485 553,321 X 1,2,3 X
Forest City Enterprises
(CL-A) (FCE'A) Common 345550107 1,104,159 45,650 X 1,2,3 X
Gateway American Bank
(GWAM) Common 367569100 300,000 75,000 X 1,2,3 X
Gentra, Inc. (GTA-CN) Common 37245E874 2,795,310 1,561,800 X 1,2,3 X
Golden State Bancorp
(GSB) Common 381197102 1,314,886 59,096 X 1,2,3 X
Grove Property Trust
(GVE) Common 399613108 620,929 52,845 X 1,2,3 X
Hallwood Realty Partners
(HRY) Common 40636T203 113,243 2,183 X 1,2,3 X
Health Care Financial
Partners (HCF) Common 42219W108 9,738,303 372,758 X 1,2,3 X
Household International
(HI) Common 441815107 4,834,562 105,963 X 1,2,3 X
IMC Mortgage Co. (IMCC) Common 449923101 41,114 263,216 X 1,2,3 X
Imperial Bancorp (IMP) Common 452556103 655,204 38,260 X 1,2,3 X
LNR Property Corp.
(LNR) Common 501940100 1,410,446 71,415 X 1,2,3 X
Long Beach Financial Corp.
(LBFC) Common 542446109 2,598,750 270,000 X 1,2,3 X
MBNA Corp. (KRB) Common 55262L100 2,148,857 90,004 X 1,2,3 X
Mellon Bank Corp. (MEL) Common 585509102 12,948,648 183,995 X 1,2,3 X
National City Corp.
(NCC) Common 635405103 3,667,352 55,252 X 1,2,3 X
National Mercantile
Bancorp (MBLAD-PFD) Preferred 636912206 131,268 15,002 X 1,2,3 X
North County Bancorp
(NCBH) Common 658810106 1,470,162 108,901 X 1,2,3 X
Northern Trust Corp.
(NTRS) Common 665859104 10,080,219 113,500 X 1,2,3 X
Pacific Capital Bancorp
(SABB) Common 69404P101 1,279,649 55,486 X 1,2,3 X
Pacificamerica Money
Center Inc. (PAMM) Common 694935107 1,329 2,658 X 1,2,3 X
Paymentech Inc. (PTI) Common 704384106 189,402 8,017 X 1,2,3 X
Pointe Financial Corp.
(PNTE) Common 73084P100 367,000 36,700 X 1,2,3 X
Professional Bancorp
(MDB) Common 743112104 2,744,345 154,611 X 1,2,3 X
Providian Financial Corp.
(PVN) Common 74406A102 30,568,285 277,893 X 1,2,3 X
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Republic Bancshares
(REPB) Common 759929102 175,275 8,200 X 1,2,3 X
Southern Pacific Funding
Corp (SFCFQ) Common 843576109 25,355 162,529 X 1,2,3 X
Sovereign Bancorp
(SVRN) Common 845905108 9,886,485 807,060 X 1,2,3 X
Summit Bancorp (SUB) Common 866005101 37,263,720 955,480 X 1,2,3 X
Superior Financial Corp.
(SUFI) Common 868161100 3,816,480 386,479 X 1,2,3 X
T. Rowe Price & Assoc.
(TROW) Common 741477103 9,326,969 271,330 X 1,2,3 X
TCF Financial Corp.
(TCB) Common 872275102 20,864,152 800,543 X 1,2,3 X
Toronto Dominion Bank
(TD) Common 891160509 26,662,125 580,400 X 1,2,3 X
UnionBancal Corp.
(UNBC) Common 908906100 7,281,677 213,774 X 1,2,3 X
United Companies Financial
Corp. (UCFNE) Common 909870107 54,110 150,305 X 1,2,3 X
Urban Shopping Centers
(URB) Common 917060105 948,409 33,060 X 1,2,3 X
US Bancorp (USB) Common 902973106 5,477,386 160,804 X 1,2,3 X
Wachovia Corp. (WB) Common 929771103 1,560,424 19,220 X 1,2,3 X
Washington Mutual (WM) Common 939322103 18,081,838 442,369 X 1,2,3 X
Wells Fargo & C0. (WFC) Common 949746101 22,552,551 643,210 X 1,2,3 X
Westamerica Banc (WABC) Common 957090103 7,312,680 231,231 X 1,2,3 X
Western Bancorp (WEBC) Common 957683105 20,627,733 666,755 X 1,2,3 X
Total 453,286,473
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