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R.L. POLK & CO.'S SALT LAKE CITY DIRECTORY 1894-5. EMBRACING A COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS; A CLASSIFIED LIST OF ALL TRADES, PROFESSIONS AND PURSUITS; A MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY OF CITY AND COUNTY PUBLIC OFFICERS, CHURCHES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, BANKS AND INCORPORATED INSTITUTIONS, SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTIO
by [Salt Lake City]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk & Co, 1894. [2]-952pp. (including one chromolithographic advertising plate and 43pp. of advertisements printed on tinted stock). Original black half cloth, gilt, and boards printed with advertisements. Boards and preliminary leaves detached, closed tear in cloth of spine. Plate fold strengthened. Internally fine. Overall very good. An exhaustive directory with numerous illustrated advertisements. The chromolithographic plate advertises "The Orcutt Company, Leading Lithographers" and depicts a middle eastern market scene.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM35120
- Title
- R.L. POLK & CO.'S SALT LAKE CITY DIRECTORY 1894-5. EMBRACING A COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS; A CLASSIFIED LIST OF ALL TRADES, PROFESSIONS AND PURSUITS; A MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY OF CITY AND COUNTY PUBLIC OFFICERS, CHURCHES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, BANKS AND INCORPORATED INSTITUTIONS, SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTIO
- Author
- [Salt Lake City]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R.L. Polk & Co
- Place of Publication
- Salt Lake City
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
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All material is shipped subject to approval, but notification of return must be made within ten days and returns made in a prompt and conscientious fashion.
About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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