Wood's Baltimore City Directory. Containing a Corrected Engraved Map of the City, A Business Directory, A Street Directory, And an Appendix of Much Useful Information. 1875 by Woods, John W - 1875

Saint Paul: Goodrich & Somers, 1857. Small 8vo, pp. viii, 194, [2]; printed endpapers and pastedowns, without the rare folding map (lacking in most copies); printed on yellow, blue, white and green paper, original printed paper-covered boards backed in black morocco, lettered in gilt; boards soiled, top and bottom of spine chipped away, otherwise a sound and reasonably clean copy. This is Saint Paul's second city directory, substantially augmented over the first of the previous year, which contained 76pp. only. Martin, Minnesota Imprints 175; Spear, p. 333.

Buffalo, [New York]: Faxon & Graves, Printers, 1840. In the publisher's green printed paper-covered boards, backed in black morocco. The front board is printed with the Calendar for 1840. Quite an interesting, if foxed, binder's advertisement for Faxon & Read on the front pastedown. There is dampstain throughout, including the boards.

Hartford: Elihu Geer, 1862. First Edition (thus). Hardcover. Very good +. 12mo, 489pp., illustrated. A nice, clean, copy, very good or better in the publisher's dark green bolindstamped cloth. Gilt reasonably bright on spine. Trivial shallow insect damage at the fore-edge, and a stain on the margin of two leaves. Really a tight, clean copy. Folding map in excellent condition, despite a few gentle creases at the extremities. Includes many, many advertisements printed in different-colored ink. Bears the ownership signature of "E. K. Root, Esq, President" on the front paste-down. This is certainly Elisha K. Root, the notable machinist who helped to revolutionize processes and machinery at Colt's manufacturing operations in Connecticut under the leadership of Samuel Colt. Root took over Colt's position as President upon the latter's death in 1862, and held the position until his own death in 1865. Having lived in Hartford for a decade and a half at the time of publication, he… Read More

Saint Paul: Goodrich & Somers, 1857. Small 8vo, pp. viii, 194, [2]; printed endpapers and pastedowns, without the rare folding map (lacking in most copies); printed on yellow, blue, white and green paper, original printed paper-covered boards backed in black morocco, lettered in gilt; boards soiled, top and bottom of spine chipped away, otherwise a sound and reasonably clean copy. This is Saint Paul's second city directory, substantially augmented over the first of the previous year, which contained 76pp. only. Martin, Minnesota Imprints 175; Spear, p. 333.

Buffalo, [New York]: Faxon & Graves, Printers, 1840. In the publisher's green printed paper-covered boards, backed in black morocco. The front board is printed with the Calendar for 1840. Quite an interesting, if foxed, binder's advertisement for Faxon & Read on the front pastedown. There is dampstain throughout, including the boards.

Hartford: Elihu Geer, 1862. First Edition (thus). Hardcover. Very good +. 12mo, 489pp., illustrated. A nice, clean, copy, very good or better in the publisher's dark green bolindstamped cloth. Gilt reasonably bright on spine. Trivial shallow insect damage at the fore-edge, and a stain on the margin of two leaves. Really a tight, clean copy. Folding map in excellent condition, despite a few gentle creases at the extremities. Includes many, many advertisements printed in different-colored ink. Bears the ownership signature of "E. K. Root, Esq, President" on the front paste-down. This is certainly Elisha K. Root, the notable machinist who helped to revolutionize processes and machinery at Colt's manufacturing operations in Connecticut under the leadership of Samuel Colt. Root took over Colt's position as President upon the latter's death in 1862, and held the position until his own death in 1865. Having lived in Hartford for a decade and a half at the time of publication, he… Read More