THE WESTERN ADDRESS DIRECTORY: CONTAINING THE CARDS OF MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, AND OTHER BUSINESSMEN...TOGETHER WITH HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, & STATISTICAL SKETCHES, (FOR THE YEAR 1837,) OF THOSE CITIES, AND TOWNS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, INTENDED AS A GUIDE FOR TRAVELLERS
by Lyford, William G
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Baltimore, 1837.. 468pp. 12mo. Antique-style half morocco and marbled boards. Old stamp on titlepage and a couple other pages, minor scattered foxing. Very good. The directory covers towns from Pittsburgh west (especially along the Ohio River) as far as St. Louis. Besides Lyford's essays on the towns of the West, there are large sections of advertisements on colored paper (pink, yellow, brown, and green) advertising trades and merchants, arranged by category. An extensive and invaluable directory. HOWES L576. GRAFF 2560. CLARK III:200. THOMSON 737.
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- THE WESTERN ADDRESS DIRECTORY: CONTAINING THE CARDS OF MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, AND OTHER BUSINESSMEN...TOGETHER WITH HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, & STATISTICAL SKETCHES, (FOR THE YEAR 1837,) OF THOSE CITIES, AND TOWNS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, INTENDED AS A GUIDE FOR TRAVELLERS
- Author
- Lyford, William G
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- Used
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- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1837.
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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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