GARDNER & WHARTON'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY, FOR THE YEAR 1858: EMBRACING THE CITY RECORD, A GENERAL DIRECTORY OF THE CITIZENS, AND A BUSINESS AND FIRM DIRECTORY
by Gardner, Charles
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- See description
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Woodbridge, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[New Orleans]: Printed at E.C. Wharton's Steam Book and Job Printing, Bindery and Stereotype Office, 41 Camp Street, cor. Gravier, 1857. [2], 398, [2 blanks], 48, [2] pp. Original covers, with printed advertisements. Rebacked in cloth tape [portions of a few letters from the left extremity of the front cover are affected], but still slightly shaken. Text browned and moderately foxed. Good+. Front endpaper bearing inscription with rubberstamp: "To Round Table Club, Presented by T. P. THOMPSON, 1812 Calhoun St., NEW ORLEANS. June 20, 1909."
Levee and street guides, index, in-text illustrations. The final 48 pages consist of local advertisements (many illustrated) printed on colored stock.
Jumonville 2637. Spear 228. Thompson 629. OCLC 17832565 [5- U AL, DLC, UTX, HNOC, Tulane] as of October 2023.
Levee and street guides, index, in-text illustrations. The final 48 pages consist of local advertisements (many illustrated) printed on colored stock.
Jumonville 2637. Spear 228. Thompson 629. OCLC 17832565 [5- U AL, DLC, UTX, HNOC, Tulane] as of October 2023.
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- Bookseller
- David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37506
- Title
- GARDNER & WHARTON'S NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY, FOR THE YEAR 1858: EMBRACING THE CITY RECORD, A GENERAL DIRECTORY OF THE CITIZENS, AND A BUSINESS AND FIRM DIRECTORY
- Author
- Gardner, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed at E.C. Wharton's Steam Book and Job Printing, Bindery and Stereotype Office, 41 Camp Street, cor. Gravier
- Place of Publication
- [New Orleans]
- Date Published
- 1857
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA;
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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About the Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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Woodbridge, Connecticut
About David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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- Foxed
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