Item #12310 Gopsill's Philadelphia City and Business Directory for 1868-9. Isaac Costa, compiler.
Gopsill's Philadelphia City and Business Directory for 1868-9.

Gopsill's Philadelphia City and Business Directory for 1868-9.

Being A Complete and Accurate Index to the Residents of the Entire City: Their Names, Business, and Location. A Full and Accurately Classified Business Directory. An Appendix of Actually Useful Information of the Banks, Insurance Companies, Churches; City, State and Miscellaneous Records Carefully Selected and Arranged. Together with A Valuable Street Index or Guide. Compiled by Isaac Costa. Philadelphia: Published by James Gopsill, 1868.

First Edition. Hardcover. Small thick quarto: approx. 9.5" x 6.5" x 5". Printed paper covered boards with leather spine. Advertisements printed on the boards, spine, top and bottom text edge and both front and rear paste downs. Collated as follows: xxxi advertisements on yellow paper in front and after page 16 (including the front paste down counted as i), folding frontispiece large map of Philadelphia (in very good condition), 1952 pages. Approx. 74 non numbered, full page advertisements printed on yellow paper, 2 printed on pink paper, and 2 pages on thick card stock. Includes 2 leaves on glossy engraved paper. Advertisements on yellow paper following page 1952 are collated as "xxxi-lxxi". Several illustrated ads and some in text illustrations. Light shelf and edge wear to boards. Leather spine is in good condition with some rubs and light edge wear. One of the engraved glossy advertisements has a small hole with minor text loss. Front hinge is strong. Rear hinge has a slight crack. Weight approx. 7lbs. Note: This copy matches the OCLC catalog description except for a folding leave. This copy has 2 leaves none folding. Apparently the folding leave was not bound in or was carefully removed.

Scarce. 2 copies located in OCLC as of 1/18. Good +. Item #12310

Price: $850.00

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