![CITY OF NEW YORK HARLEM HOSPITAL H.H.S.N. 1959 [cover title]. African-American Nursing](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM55457.jpg?v=1593712045)
[New York. 1959]. 64pp. Quarto. Red textured cloth over padded boards, front cover decoratively stamped in gilt. Minor edge wear. Occasional ink notations by original owner, else internally clean. Very good. Yearbook commemorating the graduation year for the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing's Class of 1959. This copy was owned.....
![PROFECTUS 1956 [cover title]. African-American Nursing](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM55456.jpg?v=1593712045)
[New York. 1956]. 80pp. Quarto. Contemporary black cloth over padded boards, front cover decoratively tooled and titled in gilt. Minor edge wear and rubbing. Contemporary ink ownership signature of "Joan Ryan '59'" on verso of front free endpaper (likely a future graduate of the same nursing program). Internally clean. Very.....
Philadelphia: John H. Gillette, 1858. Wall map, 66 1/2 x 64 inches, in full period color. Expertly restored, backed with modern linen, trimmed in green cloth, on contemporary rollers. Chip at left end of upper roller. Evenly toned, some minor staining in upper portion. Very good. A handsome map of.....
Boston: Damrell & Moore and George Coolidge, [1860]. xiii,[1],[9]-204,301-522pp. (as issued, pp. 205-300 purposely omitted in the pagination) plus folding map and [10]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements printed on blue and yellow paper. Quarto. Original three-quarter leather and pictorial paper boards, spine gilt; rebacked, with most of original backstrip laid.....
Cincinnati. 1867. [6],116pp. Illus. Original cloth-backed boards. Advertising matter adhered to front cover and rear covers. Wear at extremities. Several pages detached or loose, but complete. Good. A scarce Cincinnati business directory, described as the "second issue" in the introduction. Full of illustrated advertisements for all manner of industrial concerns.....
Portsmouth, N.H. 1860-1861. 168pp. plus [4]pp. of ads at front. 16mo. Original blindstamped cloth, expertly rebacked with new cloth spine. Some black ink stains on covers. Tanned. Else good. City directory for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which lists the residents and includes a section on the city ordinances. Also includes a......
Philadelphia: Smith & Coffin, 1857. Wall map, 56 x 56 inches, with full period hand-color. Expertly repaired, backed with modern linen, trimmed in red cloth, on contemporary rollers. Lightly tanned, faint old stain along upper edge, but in very good condition. A large, attractive wall map of Rockingham County, New.....
Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, 1876. 68,[2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine worn, front wrapper loose. Internally clean. Very good. A reprint of the first Chicago business directory, with a history of the publication of that directory included in the introduction.
Syracuse: Printed at the Journal Office, 1872. 417pp. including folding map and advertisements (some printed on gold or blue paper). Original stamped, pebbled cloth, spine gilt. Very slight wear to spine ends, corners bumped. Touch of early foxing, but a very good copy. An information-laden directory for two upstate New.....
[San Francisco]: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1933. 32pp. including illustrated advertisement. Original printed brown wrappers, stapled. Wrappers somewhat stained, beginning to tear around staples, two holes punched in upper left for hanging. Evenly tanned, some chips and insect holes in the margins, rarely touching text. Later newsletter article.....
![SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND CHINESE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY AUGUST 1947 [wrapper title]....](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM57430.jpg?v=1652978529)
[San Francisco]: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1947. [2],44pp., printed in two columns, almost entirely in Chinese. Original printed green wrappers, stapled, hole punched in upper left corner to hang near a telephone. Two ink stamps of the "official Directory Library" in San Francisco on front wrapper. Occasional pencil.....
![SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND CHINESE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY MARCH 1940 [wrapper title]....](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM57429.jpg?v=1652978529)
[San Francisco]: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1940. 36pp, printed in two columns, almost entirely in Chinese. Original printed green wrappers, stapled, hole punched in upper left corner to hang near a phone. Wrappers a bit stained. Light dampstain to fore margin throughout, and to bottom of last few.....
Leadville, Co. Ballenger & Richards, 1888-1890, 1892, 1897-1898, 1901-1904, 1911, 1913, 1918. Thirteen volumes. All volumes in original half calf, printed advertising boards, spine gilt, with cloth tab at head of spine for hanging. See detailed information below. Thirteen issues of the LEADVILLE CITY DIRECTORY spanning the turn of the.....
Leadville, Co. Corbett & Ballenger, 1885. [3],[29]-269,[6]pp., inclduing advertisements. Original half calf and printed paper boards, spine gilt. Wear, rubbing, and minor soiling to boards, minor loss to edges, tidelines and warping to front board and front pastedown, spine worn, hinges starting to loosen but still strong. Modern bookplate to.....
Leadville, Co. Democrat Printing Co., 1880. [15],[33]-431,[2]pp., including advertisements, plus [2]pp. of advertisements on light blue stock, and [2]pp. on pink stock. Lacks the leaf with pages 404-405. Original half calf and printed paper boards, spine gilt. Boards worn and rubbed, corners bumped, spine ends chipped, rear board and backstrip.....
Denver: S.S. Wallihan & Co., [ 1870]. 442pp., plus [7]pp. of ads at the front, [59]pp. of ads at the rear, and [144]pp. of ads interspersed in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Minor edge wear and light soiling to boards. Internally clean. Very good plus. This directory.....
New Haven: J.H. Benham, 1851. [3],xxiv,[17]-400,[3]pp. (including pastedowns) plus one plate. Publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Hinges cracked. Cloth moderately worn. Light stains and foxing in outer leaves, toning throughout. Ex-lib., with institutional plate on titlepage. Bookseller's inkstamp and bookplates of John J. Ford, Jr., and Benjamin DeForest.....
Buffalo. 1828. 55,[5]pp. Folding frontispiece map. 12mo. Modern cloth. Tanned and foxed. Map mostly lacking, supplied in facsimile. Else good. The first directory of Buffalo, updated and printed annually for a number of years. Includes a history of the village as well.
Washington. [1822; i.e. ca. 1922]. xx,[13]-148pp. plus six engraved leaves of advertisements. The entire work in facsimile. 12mo. Original half roan and printed boards. Slightly rubbed. Very good. The first directory of Washington, in facsimile, particularly interesting for its listing of the lodgings for members of Congress. Originally printed in.....
Washington: John T. Towers, 1846. x,[2],104,[44],*76pp. Dbd. Gatherings loose. Titlepage with small loss at top edge, gouge on center of page with minor loss. Light wear and soiling. Good. Washington directory, containing an almanac, a list of local banks and churches, steamboat and stagecoach times, forty-four pages of ads for.....
Rochester. 1827. 141,[15]pp. Folding frontispiece map. Original half calf and printed boards. Boards a bit rubbed. Moderate foxing; discreet personal library stamp on third page. Map clean, small tear along fold repaired. About very good. In a cloth chemise and red slipcase. This is the first directory of Rochester, and.....
Springfield, Mo. Printed at the Office of the Patriot- Advertiser, 1878. [iii]-273pp. plus folding map and two inserted advertisements, one printed on blue paper and one printed in red on cream paper. Contemporary half blue calf and blue cloth boards, spine gilt. Cloth rubbed, worn at corners and spine ends.....
New York. 1851. 82pp. plus folding map. Original cloth stamped in gilt and blind, expertly rebacked. Very good. The first reprint edition of the extremely rare first New York directory of 1786. The folding map is a facsimile of one included with the directory of 1789.
Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexican Printing Company, 1890. 216pp. plus tipped-in errata slip and two large lithographed folding maps. Original tinted pictorial wrappers. Expertly mended along joint of front wrapper. Text a bit toned, but clean. Very good. First edition of this uncommon promotional for the territory of New Mexico.....
Utica: Elisha Harrington, 1828. 99pp., plus 16pp. of advertisements and errata. Lacks the map. Original printed boards with cloth spine. Rear board lacking significant portion of lower corner. wear to spine, front hinge partially separated. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Lightly foxed. A good copy of a rare work.....
