Independence, Mo. Examiner Printing Company, 1903. 67pp. 12mo. Original mauve printed wrappers. Light fading to spine. Internally clean. A rare directory for members of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association, including the by-laws and officers of the association. The directory is organized alphabetically by state, with almost every state represented..... More
San Francisco: J.P. Chadwick, 1923. 128pp. plus folding map, 14 x 16.5 inches. Narrow octavo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Slight chipping to first and last few leaves, text lightly tanned. Directory and street guide for San Francisco, designed to help navigate the city’s streetcar lines. “Containing..... More
![San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory June 1944 [cover title]. California](/pictures/thumb/McBRB804_01.JPG?v=1569499785)
San Francisco: 1944. 41pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Small hole punch through upper left corner, not affecting text. Very light creasing and wear to wraps. Light tanning. Rare World War II-era telephone directory for Chinese listings in the Bay Area, issued by Pacific Bell. Aside from the cover title and..... More
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San Francisco: Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1940. 36pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling. Internally clean. A rare issue of this San Francisco phone directory published by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company for the local Chinese community, printed almost entirely in Chinese aside from the front..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Examiner, 1919. 96pp. Original printed wrappers. Light foxing and minor wear to wraps. Portions of two rear leaves for notes and annotations torn out. Light foxing to initial leaves and light tanning throughout. Only edition of this scarce Bay Area directory, published by the San Francisco..... More
Los Angeles: Parker Publishing Co., 1909. 390pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Spine and hinges reinforced; front hinge splitting from foot; wrappers creased, with minor chips and two closed tears at edges. Contents toned. An unusual business directory for early 20th-century Los Angeles. The present work contains a complete list of companies..... More
San Francisco: 1938. 34pp. Original green printed wrappers, stapled. Ink stamp on front cover, later paper label at top of spine. Minor wear and soiling, internally clean. A rare issue of this San Francisco phone directory published by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company for the local Chinese community, printed..... More
San Francisco: Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1929. 40pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Contemporary inscription on front cover. Some light wear and worming, heavier to final leaf, slightly affecting text in places. Closed tear to p.31. Internally clean. A rare issue of this San Francisco phone directory published by the..... More
Denver: Ballenger & Richards, [1898]. 12,[9]-1407,[1]pp. Lacks pp.1393-1394. Thick octavo. Original printed cloth boards; spine perished, boards detached. Corners worn, cloth lightly soiled. Last few leaves loose. Ex-library Newark Free Public Library (withdrawn) with bookplate and ink stamps. Text clean. Massive city directory for Denver, published by the prolific firm..... More
San Francisco: James H. Barry, 1914. 192,[12]pp., plus large folding map measuring 29 x 24 inches. Original printed wrappers. Light wear to wraps, hinges cracking, lower corner of rear wrap torn away. Internally clean. First and only edition of this scarce street guide to San Francisco compiled by the city..... More
Sioux City: W.C. Deitch & Co., printers, [1898]. 24pp. 24mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear along spine. Partially erased pencil scratch work on rear wrapper. Light tanning. An unrecorded directory for merchants in agriculture and manufacturing along the lines of the Sioux City & Northern and Sioux City, O'Neill..... More
![Bukkyoto Nenkan = Manzanar Buddhist Directory [cover title]. Japanese Internment](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1495_01.jpg?v=1596894955)
Manzanar, Ca. Manzanar Buddhist Church, 1945. [4],203,[2]pp. Original printed wrappers, riveted at gutter margin. Some chipping and tearing to spine, with four hasty, but relatively unobtrusive tape repairs. Light wear at edges. Very light tanning and dust soiling. Mostly in Japanese. An extensive and detailed mimeograph directory that lists members..... More
Los Angeles: Rafu Shimpo [Japanese Daily News], 1937. [2],[88],[8],95,[2],483,[1]pp. Original limp red cloth, covers gilt. Light wear and rubbing to binding, light soiling and wear to text; sections of three leaves excised (corner of one leaf from preliminary plates, and p.35 and 91 from first count). Japanese directory and yearbook..... More
Los Angeles: Rafu Shimpo [Japanese Daily News], 1938. [2],[66],8],110,[2],557,[5]pp. Original limp green cloth, gilt. Lightly worn at extremities, spine moderately worn. Japanese ink stamp on title page. Light scattered foxing and soiling, heavier to later leaves. Japanese directory and yearbook published by the Los Angeles Japanese Daily News. The first..... More
Los Angeles: Rafu Shimpo [Japanese Daily News], 1939. [2],[66],[8],80,[10],585,[3]pp. Original limp grey cloth, gilt. Moderate wear and soiling to binding; some light scattered soiling internally. Japanese directory and yearbook published by the Los Angeles Japanese Daily News. The first section is comprised of illustrated plates captioned in Japanese depicting Japanese-Americans..... More
![March, 1930, Telephone Directory for Clay Center, Kansas]. Kansas](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1041.JPG?v=1573312390)
[Kansas]: United Telephone Company, 1930. 24,8pp., plus advertisements. Original color printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers hole-punched at upper left corner, with advertisement on a string loop attached. [1]p. typed letter, signed, laid in. Very minor wear and tanning. Depression-era telephone directory for the small, northern Kansas town of Clay Center. The..... More
Wichita: [ca. 1923]. [32]pp. 16mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Moderately worn, corners heavily so. Lightly tanned. Contemporary pencil inscription on final leaf. Two leaves loose. "For your convenience you will find this directory to contain a complete and revised list of the names aand [sic] locations of the Streets and..... More
Topeka: 1900. 112pp. plus two leaves of ads and folding map. 12mo. Original blue wrappers printed in silver, stapled. Light wear and soiling, upper corner of front cover torn away. Small closed tear at gutter margin of map. Light wear and soiling to text. A handbook produced for use at..... More
Mexico City: 1968. 79,[1]pp. Printed self-wrappers. Light tanning, very minor wear. A nice example of this bilingual guidebook to Mexico, with listings of events for a mid-January week in in 1968, and suggestions and advice on travel, restaurants, sights, hotels, markets, and other attractions, and includes information for many smaller..... More
Kansas City, Mo. 1912. [48]pp. Original printed card covers, stapled. Remnants of original paper label at top of front cover, some light wear and soiling. Errata slip town away at title page. Internally clean. Early telephone directory for Hannibal, Missouri, Mark Twain's hometown. The Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company was..... More
Medford, Or. 1949. 239,[1]pp. plus large folding map, 17 x 21.5 inches. Original printed card covers, stapled. Light wear and soiling. Contemporary note taped to inside of front cover. Internally clean, map clean with minor wear. Directory for Medford City in Jackson County, Oregon, compiled and published by the local..... More
Cincinnati: Printed by J.B. & R.P. Donogh, [1839]. 520pp. plus 10 plates. Lacks pp.25-26. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Scattered foxing and soiling to text, outer leaves with some chipping and wear. Top half of pp.43-46 cut away (ads), likewise bottom half of pp.55-56 (also ads). A solid copy..... More
Kansas City, Mo. R.L. Polk & Co., 1928. 374pp. Original printed cloth. Spine ends and corners moderately worn. Older paper label on spine; ex-Sutro Library markings on the front endpapers and title page. Rear endpapers torn away, a few notations to text. Directory for the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, with..... More
Dallas: R.L. Polk & Co., 1924. 526pp. Original printed cloth. Corners bumped, corners and spine ends worn. Older paper label on spine; ex-Sutro Library markings on the front endpapers and title page. Internally clean otherwise. Directory for the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, with an alphabetical, listing of individuals as well..... More
Kansas City, Mo. R.L. Polk & Co., 1927. 452pp. Original printed cloth. Corners bumped, corners and spine ends worn. Older paper label on spine; ex-Sutro Library markings on the front endpapers and title page. Internally clean otherwise. Directory for the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma, with an alphabetical, listing of individuals..... More