New York: Automobile Club of America, 1911. 876pp. Original limp leatherette covers, gilt lettered. Edges and spine ends chipped, rear joint cracking. Fore-edge straps lacking; metal bosses remaining on front cover. Light tanning, occasional light dampstaining internally. A scarce national route guide for early touring motorists, published annually by the... More about Tour Book of the Automobile Club of America
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 Ex-library Newark Free Public Library (withdrawn) with bookplate and ink stamps.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 about Ballenger & Richards Twenty-sixth Annual Denver City Directory Containing a Complete List of...
[Leavenworth?]: 1944. 38,[6]pp. plus folding map, 18 x 12 inches. Original stiff card wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling. Internally clean. World War II-era telephone directory for the military installation at Fort Leavenworth, dated October 1944. The first twelve pages contain a classified section, printed on yellow paper, which lists... More about Telephone Directory and Quarters List Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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 about The Cincinnati, Covington, Newport and Fulton Directory, for 1840: Comprising the Names of...
Sioux Falls: Chas. Pettibone & Co., 1890. 107pp. Original printed boards with red leather spine. Spine heavily chipped and worn, front cover detached. First leaf of ads detached. Minor wear and soiling to contents. First proper directory for the city of Pierre, South Dakota, founded in 1880, after a small... More about Pierre City Directory 1890-91. Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms and...