![DALLAS, TEXAS NEGRO CITY DIRECTORY 1947 - 1948 [cover title]. African Americana, Don Gilbert](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM54873.jpg?v=1556207856)
[Dallas: Don Gilbert / Dallas Negro Chamber of Commerce, 1948]. 356pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs printed in the text. Original red cloth, spine and covers printed in black. Noticeable wear to covers, mild fraying along joints and at spine tail, corners worn, front hinge tender. Clean internally. About very good.....
Nevada, Ca. Printed at the Daily Gazette Book and Job Office, 1867. vi,[6],424pp. With the advertisement leaf, not found in all copies, inserted between pp.184 and 185. This copy does not contain the small advertisement after p. vi, which, according to Quebedeaux, does not appear in all copies. Contemporary printed.....
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.....
Portsmouth, N.H. 1860-1. 168pp. plus [4]pp. 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, N.H., which lists the residents and includes a section on the city ordinances. Also includes a list of.....
San Francisco: Printed by Monson, Valentine & Co., 1856. xxxix,[1],140pp., followed by [8]pp. of advertisements. Original half sheep and printed green boards, spine gilt. Boards rubbed, stained, and edgeworn. Bookplate on front free endpaper. A touch of occasional foxing or tanning, but generally quite clean and neat internally. A very.....
San Francisco: Henry G. Langley, 1867. xcvi,698,88pp. Later half sheep and printed boards, spine gilt. Spine leather worn and chipped, boards rubbed, cloth tape around edges. Initial and final leaves used as pastedowns. No map present. Bookplate on front pastedown. One leaf with extensive tape repairs, several other with minor.....
Oakland: Paolo Sioli, 1883. [8],272pp. plus forty-nine plates, including illustrated titlepage (fourteen of them affixed to full-sheet sheets, the rest printed on the full-sheet). Quarto. Original half pebbled leather and cloth boards, stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt, edges marbled. Spine leather rubbed and faded, neatly recased. Two ownership.....
Oakland. 1896. 104,[2]pp. including dozens of illustrations, with text printed in double columns. Oblong quarto. Original pebbled cloth, title in gilt on front board, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Titlepage and following three leaves with slight wear at foredge, else quite clean internally. Very good. A marvelous illustrated.....
Sacramento: H.S. Crocker & Co., 1869. [6],275,[2]pp., including index and in-text advertisements. Original half pigskin and printed paper boards, spine gilt. Boards quite rubbed, scuffed, and soiled. Rear blank endpaper lacking. Final text leaf (index leaf) torn in upper outer corner, not affecting text. Several instances of early ink or.....
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.....
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.....
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. Springfield.....
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.
[Np. nd, ca. 1850s]. 82pp. plus folding map. Early 19th-century speckled calf. Distressed and split along spine. Pages tanned and dampstained, map detached and worn. Else good. A crudely constructed fake, made to look like an original copy of the rare 1786 New York City directory by Franks. Most likely.....
Utica: Elisha Harrington, 1828. 99pp., plus 16pp. of advertisements and errata. Lacks 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. An.....
Des Moines: Miles & Company, 1869. 254pp. plus folding map. Frontis. Original brown cloth boards, spine gilt. Neatly rebacked, with original backstrip laid down. Edges and corners somewhat worn, folding map split into two pieces along fold. Internally quite clean. Good plus. With many unique contemporary advertisements. Compiled by J.J......
[Wathena: Smith, Vaughan & Co., Publishers, 1868]. [2],xi-xlviii,[2],349pp. Lacking pp. i-viii and titlepage. Large octavo. Original cloth, rebacked at an early date with portion of original backstrip laid down. Cloth rumpled, stained and worn. Rear joint cracked, front board nearly detached. Contents foxed and somewhat dampstained. Fair. A scarce directory.....
[San Francisco. circa 1898]. [9],139,[9]pp. 16mo. Original red pebbled cloth, front board gilt. Backstrip discolored, advertising leaves at front loosening. Internally clean. Very good. Third edition of the first general directory of San Francisco, after the very rare first of 1850, and a scarce second edition of circa 1869. This.....
New Orleans: George Muller & Company, 1900. 239,[1]pp. including illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Moderate edge wear, tape repairs on verso of front wrapper. Evenly tanned. Good. A directory of fraternal lodges of the Knights of Pythias in New Orleans, with an introduction encouraging members to support each other in business.....
New York: Thomas Longworth, 1821. 487,[23]pp. including illustrated advertisements, plus one plate and two one-sided advertising leaves. 12mo. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Early pencil inscriptions in margins of almanac. Light scattered foxing, else very good. The last Longworth directory with contributions from its founder, David Longworth.....
