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Containing a complete resident, street and business directory, town officers, schools societies, churches, post offices etc.. 53 pages. It was publish

Directory for 1869, containing the names of the citizens, and business directories with town officers, societies, schools, etc.. It was printed and pu

State and County Officers and a directory of Merchants, manufactures, etc.. It was produced by Sampson, Davenport & Co.(formerly Adams, Sampson ...

Printed in Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald of 32 South Paca Street. 1887. 146 pages. The covers and binding have some little wear, but are all s

Very scarce, first directory for Bangor! Brown cloth. "Containing the Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwel...

This was Shove's first directory and the sixth overall for the city of Detroit. 235 pages. Stained green printed boards. The pages have some fox...

A directory from the year Helena became the capital of Montana. Ide's Helena City Directory for 1889. Vol. II. C.C. Beckwith, compiler. A.W. Ide...

"Distances, Fares, and Altitudes. Counties, Towns, Mining Camps. Commercial, Mineral, and Agricultural Interests with a Sketch of Vigilantes.&q...

Volume II. Compiled by Luther E. Fitch & Co. Residential and business directory. Advertisements on covers and throughout book. Lists officers of...

South Omaha City Directory for 1892-3. Volume V. It was published by J.M. Wolfe & Co., Publishers, located at 509-510 Paxton Block. 144 pages. D...

CDV of Charles Collins, compiler, inserted on the inside front cover. “Embracing a general resident and business directory of the citizens, historical

FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST OMAHA DIRECTORY. PRESENTATION COPY, with an oval portrait photograph of Collins mounted on the front pastedown, inscribed b

1876, 1877, 1878. Farmer’s Almanac. Includes businesses by city, state and county officials, state societies, railroads and many pages of advertising.

“with an Historical Sketch.” By B. T. Pierson. G. P. Scott & Co., Printers. List of doctors, dentists, and nurses. Index at back. Includes a ske...

B. T. Pierson, Number 3, Bank Street. Historical sketch in front listing churches, banks, hotels, list of teachers at Newton High, list of government

Lot of 5. 1) Bradstreet's Book of Commercial Ratings (Arizona) Pocket Edition. Also lists names, etc. of banks and trust companies selected unde...

Including El Paso, Texas, With Denver and Foreign Classifications. The Gazetteer Publishing & Printing Co., Denver. Calhoun & Holmes, Printe...

Lot of 3. All compiled and published by H.S. Crocker Co. 1)1912: 2144 pages plus advertisements. Black boards with gilt lettering. Small stains on cov

652 pages. Another great resource book for the historian. Includes Reno, Sparks, Gerlach, Nixon, Carson City, Wadsworth, etc. Magnificent condition -

WOW! What a resource for that narrow window in Nevada history where the Goldfield and Tonopah area were the center of all activity. By the 1910 census

Includes the entire state of Nevada and Eastern California (Plumas, Alpine, Lassen, etc.). City: County: State:

Includes Yellow pages. City: County: State: NV Date:

What a gem! Quebedeaux 151: cites the compiler as Edwin Driggs, based on his newspaper research of the publishing of the book. Lists this directory as

The ultimate primary source of Nevada history for a central period in the Comstock. Quebedeaux 148. Around 10 copies known. "The Nevada Directo...

Quebedeaux 149. "extremely rare." Five copies listed as known. "Storey, Ormsby, Washoe & Lyon Counties Directory, Including the C...

Contains 68,159 names. Poor condition. Front and back cover and pages unhinged. Book split in two. Spine cover almost gone and spine is deteriorating.

Williams' Cincinnati Directory and Business Advertiser for 1850--51. Second Annual Issue. C.S. Williams. Cincinnati. 317 pages. Neat foldout map...

Very early directory. The Cincinnati Directory, containing the names, profession and occupation of the inhabitants of the town, alphabetically arrange

"Lawton Directory," and page continues with a map of Lawton, "Geo. W. McCoy, Publisher." Advertising throughout. 66 pages, with ...

"Containing the Names, Professions, and Residence, of All the Heads of Families and Persons in Business of the City and Suburbs, with Other Use...

M’Carty & Davis publishers. Includes new names to the 1821 Directory. 97 page supplement full of history: A list of all lieutenants in the Unite...

This is a beautiful and fragile directory from 1878. It was complied and published by the Texas Directory Company in Austin and printer by Shaw &...

By Gray & Moore. "Containing an Interesting History of Austin, the Name and Residence of its Citizens, and Local Information of General Int...

Contains an historical business review, present government, list of all county officers, post offices, telegraph expresses, population, index to citie

An index to the mercantile, manufacturing and professional interests of the state. Great reference source for collectors and historians. The second ow

Great reference for Utah token research! Published by R. L. Polk & Co. As with all Polk directories, the information about Utah in this director...

Edited and compiled by Robert Sloan. Contains a history of Utah, her resources, attractions, statistics, etc. Also, there is a business directory of t

Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child. Three table of contents: general, business, and alphabetical list of advertisers. Illustrated. Many pictoria

Compiled by Edwin S. Metcalf and published by J. A. & R. A. Reid of Providence. This directory contains census, population, calendar, table of c...

Compiled by Charles Apple. Photograph of Governor Richards in front. Advertisements throughout. Photographs of those holding office throughout the boo

Full title “…with Denver and Foreign Classifications including livestock department, wool growers department, and classified department.” Published by

First city directory for Laramie. This is more than an ordinary directory. It comes in a protective presentation case. As shown by a census taken in

Early Great Lakes Directory! Compiled by M. T. Platt. Published by Sage, Sons & Company, Buffalo, 1867. Advertising on front and back cover, fro...

1898. Full title: “Turner's Directory Embracing the Residents of Mamaroneck, Harrison, Rye and Port Chester, New York, and Greenwich and Rocky N...

Quebedeaux 10: lists 4 copies known. History Del Norte County, California, with a Business Directory and Traveler's Guide. By A. J. Bledsoe. Hum...

The Columbus Business Directory for 1843-4. Containing a Brief History of the City and Public Institutions, the Names of Householders, Heads of Famili

R.L. Polk & Co.'s 1917-18 Alaska-Yukon Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Co. Inc., Publishers, 426-431 Globe Block, Seattle,...

Great Lakes Directory! "Directory of the Marine Interests of the Great Lakes," and page continues describing the contents as a complete l...

Published by William G. Lyford. Full title: "The western address directory: containing the cards of merchants, manufacturers, and other busines...

Steele's Western guide book, and emigrant's directory; containing different routes through the states of New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, ...

Published by Sampson, Davenport, & Co., publishers of the Boston directory, Boston almanac and business directory, New-England business director...

Includes a fold out map. Comprises a description of the cities, towns, county seats, villages, and post-offices, with their location, and population a

Published by Sampson, Davenport, & Co., publishers of the Boston directory, Boston almanac and business directory, New-England business director...

MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT. Also a Gazetteer, giving concise information about each City, Town and Post O

MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT. Also a Gazetteer, giving concise information about each City, Town and Post O

Published by Pratt & Co. "…containing a new map of New-England, an almanac for 1849, a memorandum for every day in the year and a business ...

Published by H. S. Crocker & Co., Sacramento. “McKenney's Pacific Coast directory for 1883-4: giving name, business, and address of business...

Includes the principal towns on the railroads. Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, and Missouri are prominently mentioned. Kansas City, Ft.

Not listed in Quebedeaux. This may be the only copy in private hands. Part of a series of four beginning in 1882. Southern Pacific Coast Directory for

Printed boards. "Giving Name, Business and Address of Merchants, Manufacturers, Professional and all Business Men of Cities and Towns on the Ab...

Listed in Quebedeaux. Price & Haley; The Buyers Manual and Business Guide; being a description of the leading business houses, manufactories inv...

344 pages. Red hardcover binding protecting softcover catalog. Outside cover: Moreys Solitaire Groceries. Inside cover: Catalogue No. 3. 1910. Light H

"Price List and Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware Iron, Steel, Coal, Etc. " H.S. Crocker & Co., Printers, Sacramento. 1884. 584 pages ...

"1840-1848-1898." "Price List/ John A. Roebling's Sons Company/ Trenton, New Jersey./ Pacific Coast Catalogue" Offices and w...

c. 1907. No listings for this edition found on OCLC. "Manufacturers and Jobbers of Machinery and Supplies." Compiled by F.M. Crose. Printe...

"The Vulcan Copper & Supply Co. Jobbers & Distributors of Industrial Supplies & Equipment for Machinist-Engineers-Contractors-Facto...

This large 1769 page catalog is listed as the "Encyclopedia of Supplies." It lists everything from horse remedies and tack to brass check ...

"Frick & Lindsay Co. Industrial Supplies Serving Mills, Mines, Machinists, Oil Wells, Railroads, Foundries, Quarries, Engineers, Power Plan...

Rand McNally Standard Atlas of the World, Indexed, 1885. 192pp. Continental Publishing, Chicago. 12 x 15", red boards, gilt lettering, loose ...

Cram's Ideal Reference Atlas of the World, Indexed, 1908. 368pp. 12 x 15", green boards, silver lettering, loose binding. World atlas wit...

Illustrated Atlas of the United States and Adjacent Countries. T.G. Bradford. 1838. 14 x 17", 170pp. Beautifully hand colored engraved title...

Very large book of US maps, from the whole country. All color topographical maps, featuring quadrant sections. This book measures 28"x19",...

Published by Crocker & Brewster, New York. Includes directions to the binder on where to put illustrations. Includes map (stained, but in good s...

Pocket Guide. Published by Gaylord Watson. "With maps & engravings." “What to See and How to See It.” Do not confuse this with another...

First Gazetteer for New York! By Horatio Gates Spafford and published by H. C. Southwick. “CAREFULLY WRITTEN FROM ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC MATERIALS, AR

Published by J. H. Colton. Full color map by J. Calvin Smith. Includes Steam Boat Routes and Explanations of symbols on the map. The map has a larger

Published by S. L. Massey. Maps of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois Rivers. Includes table of contents, list of Western railroads with distance

By Edward B. Hall. Full title: “The Great West: railroad, steamboat, and stage guide and hand-book, for travelers, miners, and emigrants to the wester

Simultaneous with the production of folio atlases and geographies was the emergence of a "pocket" genre, often produced by the same cartog...

Second edition. Extracted from the latest edition of Morse's Universal gazetteer. With an appendix. By Jedidiah Morse and Richard C. Morse. Appe...

Pocket edition. By J. Calvin Smith. Map. Beautiful, colored hand drawn borders on map. Nice index for easy reference. Foreign Money Exchange. Steamboa

Pocket guide. Includes stage, steamboat, canal and rail-road routes with the distance from place to place. Map in back is intact and colorful (borders

First edition, second printing. Extracted from the latest edition of Morse's Universal gazetteer. With an appendix. By Jedidiah Morse and Richar...

Crofutt's Tourist. Volume 7, 1875. Large format, soft covers. "Seventh volume, sixth revise." Clean, lots of illustrations. 160pp plu...

Crofutt's Tourist. Volume 6, 1874. Large format, soft covers. Entitled "Crofutt's Transcontinental Touries. Sixth volume, fifth revise....

This was THE guide to take with you in 1852 travelling across the United States on the newly built transcontinental railroad. First edition as identif

Published by Marshall, Texas. United States Biographical Publishing Company. "The Encyclopedia of the New West, containing fully authenticated ...

Mullan, John; Miners and Travelers’ Guide to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado…; 1865, Wmk. Franklin, New York. Bookplate for H

Langworthy, F.; Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines, or a Diary kept on the Overland Route to California...; 1855, Sprague, Ogdensburg. 324pp,

Hall, E.H.; The Great West. Emigrants Settlers & Travelers Guide and Handbook to the States of California and Oregon, and the territories of Neb...

Darby & Dwight; A New Gazetteer of the United States of America...; 1833; Hopkins, Hartford. 630pp with appendix. Red brown leather boards, as o...

“Exhibiting a Full Account of the Civil Divisions, Rivers, Harbors, Indian Tribes, &c. of the American Continent: Also of the West-India and oth...

Released just after the Louisiana Purchase making this volume important when researching this large annexation. Full title reads “exhibiting a full a

Includes "Table of population." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by Humphrey Phelps & Bela S. Squire Jr. in...

Title of printed guide reads: “ENSIGN & THAYER’S TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE THROUGH THE STATES OF OHIO, MICHIGAN, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MISSOURI, IOWA, AND ...

Please note the following description is updated and corrected. This classic car is typical of the touring cars that first visited Nevada mining c

1) Wonderful 1900 partial letter from Charles to Frank Mitchler. Charles did not fare very well in Alaska. "Well old man here I am homeward bou...

Lot of 4. Stockman and campers supply station. H. S. Blood proprietor. Bills for Union water Company of Murphys. Two handwritten notes. City:

54 pieces from expense accounts to Selby gold bullion deposits; from time sheets to logs and logging reports. Also a series of items purchased on bill

95 pieces. Includes 1900 John F Davis letterhead about the Esmeralda Mine, The Amador Ledger billhead, Pinocchio general merchandise billhead, C. O. M