![MISS BRONZE CALIFORNIA BEAUTY PAGEANT [cover title]. African Americana, California](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM56779.jpg?v=1625588651)
[N.p., likely Los Angeles. 1964]. 28pp., profusely illustrated. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Minor edge wear, a few tiny edge chips. Tiny amount of chipping to bottom corner of last few leaves. Very good. The official program for the 1964 Miss Bronze California beauty pageant, a beauty contest for single African-American.....
![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.....
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[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.....
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 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......
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, neatly recased, spine gilt, edges marbled. Spine leather rubbed and faded. Two ownership.....
San Francisco: Pacific States Telephone Companies, [1899]. [4],vi,[2],vii-viii,494,[2]pp. Original printed buckram boards. Small hole drilled through front and rear boards for hanging. Boards soiled and edge worn, remains of adhesive to rear pastedown, bookplate affixed to rear pastedown. Minor soiling and tanning to text, small tear in upper part of.....
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.....
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, 1881. [12],36-343,[2]pp. including advertisements, plus [2]pp. of advertisements on pink stock. Original half calf and printed paper boards, spine gilt. Boards rubbed and worn, spine ends chipped, hinges starting to separate but still strong. Occasional fingerprints and a few ink spills throughout, but overall clean.....
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. Corbett & Ballenger, 1882. [12],34-327,[4]pp., including advertisements, plus [2]pp. of advertisements on pink stock). Original half calf and printed paper boards, spine gilt. Boards moderately rubbed and worn, spine ends chipped, joints loosening but still strong. "1882." written in ink on front board. Modern bookplate on front pastedown.....
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.....
[Cincinnati]: Published by Oliver Farnsworth, 1819. 155,[1]pp. plus folding engraved map. Original printed green paper-covered boards, bordered with Greek key design. Spine paper chipped, boards lightly rubbed and shelfworn, front hinge tender. Map wrinkled, closed tear in the left edge (where bound in), a portion of the left edge trimmed.....
